Lady Tigers Ranked 10th In South Region
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Benedict) – The Benedict College women’s basketball team is ranked 10th in this week’s edition of the DII SIDA South Region poll.
The Lady Tigers won both games last week, improving to 13-7 overall and stretching their winning streak to seven games. Benedict takes on rival Claflin on Tuesday night. Claflin received votes in this week’s poll. The Lady Panthers are 13-6 overall and have won their last four games.
The poll is voted on by a committee of Sports Information Directors from the South Region, which includes teams from the SIAC, Gulf South Conference, and Sunshine State Conference
The Women’s Basketball Division II Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA, in its third year of existence. The regional poll will be released every Monday, followed by the national poll every Tuesday. Each region has six representatives that comprise the regional poll. The national poll has 16 voters – 2 from each region.
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Record | Points | Last Week | Last week’s results |
| 1 | Eckerd (5) | 17-3 | 59 | 3 | WH Embry-Riddle (65-46); WA Barry (80-65) |
| 2 | West Florida (1) | 16-4 | 55 | 1 | WA Valdosta State (77-64); WH West Alabama (63-51); LA West Georgia (54-53) |
| 3 | North Alabama | 15-4 | 44 | 4 | WH Mississippi College (110-81); LH Delta State (55-52) |
| 4 | Tampa | 14-5 | 42 | 5 | LA Nova Southeastern (66-56); WA Saint Leo (66-39) |
| 5 | Nova Southeastern | 13-7 | 30 | 8 | WH Tamps (66-56); WA Florida Southern (53-48) |
| 6 | Florida Southern | 12-7 | 27 | 2 | LH Rollins (65-63); LH Nova Southeastern (53-48) |
| 7 | Lee | 13-6 | 22 | 7 | LH Union (85-72); WH Christian Brothers (86-68) |
| 8 | Embry-Riddle | 13-6 | 17 | 6 | LA Eckerd (65-46); LA Lynn (47-64) |
| 9 | Valdosta State | 12-8 | 12 | T10 | LH West Florida 77-64; WH West Georgia (68-62); WA West Alabama (69-60) |
| 10 | Benedict | 13-7 | 10 | 9 | WA Albany State (66-57); WH Clark-Atlanta (88-68) |
| Also receiving votes: Rollins, Claflin, Central State | |||||
