SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The Drury Lady Panthers stayed at number four in this week's WBCA/NCAA-II poll. Drury is 11-0 and off to their best start in program history. The Lady Panthers picked up two wins this week with an 86-63 win at Nova Southeastern on Sunday and a 107-54 victory against Concordia (Ore.) on Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The top 12 teams in the national poll were unchanged from last week's ranking. Union (Tenn.) is 11-0 and remained the number one ranked team in NCAA-II. Indiana (Pa.) (8-0) is ranked second while West Texas A&M (9-0) is third.
One other team in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in the top 25 with Lewis (8-1) ranked 20th.
Drury is nationally ranked for the 88th consecutive week, the longest such streak in the nation. They are also in the top 10 for the 21st straight week.
The Lady Panthers are idle until Jan. 3 when they return to conference play to take on William Jewell in Liberty, Missouri.
Complete WBCA/NCAA-II poll – Dec. 18, 2018
| Rank |
School (Record) |
Points |
1st-place votes |
Previous Rank |
| 1 |
Union (TN) (11-0) |
595 |
20 |
1 |
| 2 |
Indiana (PA) (8-0) |
568 |
3 |
2 |
| 3 |
West Texas A&M (9-0) |
541 |
0 |
3 |
| 4 |
Drury (11-0) |
523 |
0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Bentley (12-0) |
481 |
0 |
5 |
| 6 |
Fort Hays State (10-0) |
476 |
1 |
6 |
| 7 |
Northwest Nazarene (9-0) |
456 |
0 |
7 |
| 8 |
Ashland (9-1) |
410 |
0 |
8 |
| 9 |
University of the Sciences (8-0) |
402 |
0 |
9 |
| 10 |
UC San Diego (8-0) |
347 |
0 |
10 |
| 11 |
Grand Valley State (9-1) |
345 |
0 |
11 |
| 12 |
Virginia Union (9-1) |
315 |
0 |
12 |
| 13 |
California (PA) (8-0) |
304 |
0 |
14 |
| 14 |
Alaska Anchorage (7-1) |
271 |
0 |
13 |
| 15 |
Central Missouri (7-2) |
235 |
0 |
15 |
| 16 |
North Georgia (7-1) |
232 |
0 |
16 |
| 17 |
Florida Southern (8-1) |
209 |
0 |
17 |
| 18 |
Black Hills State (8-1) |
175 |
0 |
18 |
| 19 |
Thomas Jefferson University (10-0) |
169 |
0 |
19 |
| 20 |
Lewis (8-1) |
153 |
0 |
20 |
| 21 |
Angelo State (6-1) |
121 |
0 |
22 |
| 22 |
Central Oklahoma (9-1) |
118 |
0 |
23 |
| 23 |
Augustana (SD) (11-1) |
65 |
0 |
NR |
| 23 |
Emporia State (8-2) |
65 |
0 |
24 |
| 25 |
Stonehill (9-2) |
52 |
0 |
25 |
Dropped Out: Saint Mary's (TX) (8-2)
Others receiving votes: Saint Mary's (TX) (8-1) 31; Truman State (10-1) 28; Cedarville (9-1) 23; Eastern New Mexico (7-2) 21; Southwestern Oklahoma State (9-1) 16; Anderson (8-2) (SC) 7; Charleston (WV) (9-1) 7; Colorado Mesa (8-1) 5.
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