KANSAS CITY, Mo. -  The University of Findlay men’s basketball team rose four places to No. 19 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) NCAA Division II poll, which was released on Tuesday, Feb. 2.

The Oilers won a pair of home games last week, defeating Lake Superior State 80-65 on Thursday and winning 82-51 against Saginaw Valley State on Saturday. The wins extend their home winning streak to 87 games in the regular season and brought their overall home winning streak to 49 games. In the past seven years, the Oilers are 117-2 in Croy Gymnasium.

In the win over Lake Superior State, senior guard Marcus Parker set a new career-high with 29 points.  He tied his career-high with five triples and set a new career-high by going 12-of-14 from the charity stripe.  In the win over Saginaw Valley State, junior guard Nathan Hyde had 21 points and six rebounds while freshman guard Aaron Robinson had a career-high 19 points and six rebounds. Parker has now scored 1,306 career points, ranking 22nd all-time at Findlay.

NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Feb. 2, 2010 – Regular season poll #10)
Record Points Pvs
1 Arkansas Tech (8) 18-0 200 1
2 Southern Indiana 19-0 192 2
3 Central Missouri 19-1 181 4
4 Minnesota State 19-1 169 5
5 Valdosta State (Ga.) 19-2 161 6
6 Indiana (Pa.) 17-1 157 9
7 Midwestern State (Texas) 19-1 154 10
8 Fort Hays State (Kan.) 17-2 145 3
9 Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 16-2 135 11
10 Bentley (Mass.) 18-2 119 12
11 Florida Southern 18-2 118 13
12 Augusta State (Ga.) 17-2 115 8
13 Mesa State (Colo.) 17-1 94 14
14 Drury (Mo.) 17-3 93 15
15 Kutztown (Pa.) 16-2 92 7
16 Kentucky Wesleyan 21-3 91 16
17 Rollins (Fla.) 16-3 69 18
18 Western Washington 19-3 66 21
19 Findlay (Ohio) 15-3 52 23
20 East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 18-1 47 22
21 Georgia College & State 16-2 37 T25
22 Quincy (Ill.) 17-3 27 19
23 Metropolitan State (Co.) 16-3 22 20
24 West Liberty (W. Va.) 14-1 16 NR
25 Augustana (S.D.) 16-4 15 17

Dropped Out: Montevallo (24), Clark Atlanta (T25).

Others receiving votes: Tarleton State (Texas) 11, Clark Atlanta (Ga.) 9, Alderson-Broaddus (W.Va.) 4, St. Cloud State (MInn.) 4, West Virginia State 3, Central Oklahoma 1, Stonehill (Mass.) 1.

Records are through games of Jan. 31, 2010...previous ranking is from Jan. 26 poll.