Tusculum, Wingate, Mars Hill In NCAA Women’s Basketball Region Rankings
INDIANAPOLIS -- For the fifth straight week, the Tusculum College women's basketball team is seventh in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region rankings, released Wednesday afternoon.
Wingate University remains at No. 8, while Mars Hill moves back into the poll at No. 9.
The Pioneers, the defending NCAA II Southeast Region Champions, are 18-8 overall and 16-8 against regional opponents
Wingate is eighth with a 17-9 overall and in-region record. Mars Hill, 18-8 against DII opponents and 16-8 against in-region opponents, is ninth.
The tournament champions of the SAC, the Peach Belt Conference and Conference Carolinas will earn automatic bids to the NCAA Southeast Regional tournament, along with five at-large selections. The Peach Belt has six teams included in this week's rankings: Clayton State (1st), Lander (2nd), USC Aiken (3rd), Georgia College (4th) Francis Marion (5th), and Columbus State (10th). Conference Carolinas' lone representative in the rankings is Barton in sixth place.
The tournament field will be announced on Sunday.
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Overall In-Region
1. Clayton State 27-0 27-0
2. Lander 24-2 25-2
3. South Carolina Aiken 21-3 22-4
4. Georgia College 18-6 18-6
5. Francis Marion 16-8 16-8
6. Barton 22-4 22-4
7. Tusculum 16-8 18-8
8. Wingate 17-9 17-9
9. Mars Hill 16-8 18-8
10. Limestone 17-8 17-8