WBCA Division II Women's Basketball Rankings
WBCA -- The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) has placed three Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) women's basketball programs inside the Top 25.
Ashland is the No.2-ranked team in the country for the second consecutive week after a perfect 8-0 record and received three first-place votes. The No. 2 ranking is AU's highest in the WBCA poll since finishing the 2013 season at No. 1 following its national title. The Eagles are paced by junior forward/center Laina Snyder's 16.6 points and 11.1 rebounds per contest.
Grand Valley State improves to No. 16 up one spot from last week as the Lakers have started the year 6-1 overall and 2-0 in GLIAC play. GVSU is once again relying on perimeter shooting putting up a league-high 24.4 three-point field goals per contest led by Bailey Cairnduff's 12.7 points per game connecting on 41.0 percent of three point attempts.
Saginaw Valley State, 6-1 overall on the year, reenters the polls this week at No. 24 after a dominant GLIAC-opening weekend with blowout wins over Hillsdale (73-48) and Lake Erie (29). The Cardinals are guided by 2015 GLIAC Player of the Year Emily Wendling who is averaging 18.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game with help from Katelyn Carriere's 16.0 points per contest.
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2016 WBCA Basketball Poll |
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Rank |
School |
Record |
Points |
First |
Last |
|
1 |
Emporia State |
8-0 |
596 |
21 |
1 |
|
2 |
Ashland |
8-0 |
573 |
3 |
2 |
|
3 |
California (PA) |
9-0 |
549 |
0 |
3 |
|
4 |
Pittsburg State |
9-0 |
528 |
0 |
4 |
|
5 |
Bellarmine |
8-0 |
499 |
0 |
5 |
|
6 |
Virginia Union |
6-0 |
470 |
0 |
6 |
|
7 |
Angelo State |
5-0 |
394 |
0 |
8 |
|
8 |
Alaska-Anchorage |
6-2 |
364 |
0 |
9 |
|
9 |
Colorado State-Pueblo |
8-0 |
329 |
0 |
12 |
|
10 |
California Baptist |
9-2 |
315 |
0 |
10 |
|
11 |
Drury |
8-1 |
307 |
0 |
14 |
|
12 |
Winona State |
8-1 |
299 |
0 |
14 |
|
13 |
Limestone |
5-1 |
292 |
0 |
13 |
|
14 |
Bentley |
7-2 |
278 |
0 |
11 |
|
15 |
Queens (NY) |
7-1 |
252 |
0 |
16 |
|
16 |
Grand Valley State |
6-1 |
235 |
0 |
17 |
|
17 |
West Texas A&M |
6-2 |
227 |
0 |
7 |
|
18 |
Lewis |
8-1 |
214 |
0 |
18 |
|
19 |
Lincoln Memorial |
8-0 |
208 |
0 |
20 |
|
20 |
Clayton State |
8-1 |
135 |
0 |
24 |
|
21 |
Florida Southern |
5-2 |
121 |
0 |
19 |
|
22 |
Union (TN) |
5-1 |
117 |
0 |
21 |
|
23 |
Seattle Pacific |
7-0 |
99 |
0 |
27 |
|
24 |
Saginaw Valley State |
6-1 |
78 |
0 |
26 |
|
25 |
Northern State |
6-1 |
44 |
0 |
28 |
Dropped Out: No. 22 Nova Southeastern (6-2); No. 23 Newberry (6-1); No. 25 Fort Hays State (6-2).
Others receiving votes: Newberry (6-1) 41; Arkansas Tech (6-1) 36; Wheeling Jesuit (7-1) 30; Harding (6-1) 24; Nova Southeastern (6-2) 23; Chowan (7-1) 22; Johnson C. Smith (6-2) 18; Anderson, SC (5-1) 14; Saint Mary's, TX (8-1) 8.
13 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 56 combined points.
The WBCA NCAA Division II Coaches' Poll Committee is made up of 24 head coaches at NCAA Division II institutions — one from each conference. The committee for the 2016-17 season: Trisha Brown, Stonehill; Debbie Buff, Wheeling Jesuit; David Caputo, Bloomfield; Jory Collins, Emporia State; Jacques Curtis, Shaw; Carmen Dolfo, Western Washington; Jason Flores, Fort Lewis; Sheila Green-Gerding, Minot State; Russell Gregg, Erskine; Scott Groninger, West Georgia; Darin Grover, Southeastern Oklahoma State; T.J. Hardeman, Asuza Pacific; Noel Johnson, Midwestern State; Carrie Lohr, Wayne State (MI); Jason Martens, St. Mary's (Texas); Kerri Nakamoto, Cal State-Monterey; Bet Naumovski, Queens (New York); Katie Pate, Lenoir Rhyne; Kevin Pederson, Lander; John Reynolds, Florida Tech; James Rice, Benedict; Jessica Strom, California (Pennsylvania); Shannon Sword, Ursuline; Katie Vaughn, Missouri-St. Louis.