COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Benedict College women’s basketball team moved up one spot to ninth in this week’s edition of the DII SIDA South Region poll.
The Lady Tigers won their only game last week in beating Paine, winning their ninth game in a row and improving to 15-7 overall. Benedict takes on rival Claflin on Wednesday night.
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.
1
Team
Record
Pts
Last week
Last week’s results
1
Eckerd
20-4
60
2
WA Tampa (65-58); WA Nova Southeastern (66-46)
2
West Florida
19-5
53
1
WH Christian Brothers (54-45); LH Union (80-78 OT)
3
Florida Southern
16-7
43
5
WA Florida Tech (51-45); WH Embry-Riddle (69-40)
4
Lee
17-7
39
3
LA Delta State (60-56); WA Mississippi College (61-60)