MANKATO, Minn. --- The Minnesota State women's basketball team has moved up to 11th in the latest edition of the WBCA Poll.

The Mavericks, which were ranked 13th in last week's poll, improved to 11th after defeating Winona State (65-42) and Upper Iowa (99-82) last week.

MSU is one of two NSIC teams ranked in the top-25. Minnesota Duluth improves to ninth after defeating Minnesota Crookston (99-52) and Bemidji State (84-62) last week. Augustana is receiving votes.

Minnesota State will take on the winner of the game between Wayne State and UMary in the second round of the NSIC Tournament on Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

 

Rank	School (Record)	Total Points	First-Place Votes	Last Week's Rank
1	Ashland (27-0)	575	23	1
2	Drury (25-1)	550	0	2
3	Tampa (25-1)	527	0	3
4	Glenville State (24-2)	496	0	5
5	Grand Valley State (24-2)	485	0	6
6	Cal State Dominguez Hills (25-1)	436	0	9
7	Nebraska Kearney (26-3)	418	0	10
8	Eckerd (21-4)	375	0	7
9	Minnesota Duluth (24-3)	364	0	11
10	Central Missouri (21-3)	340	0	12
11	Minnesota State (23-3)	320	0	13
12	Texas Woman's (23-3)	310	0	4
13	Western Washington (21-3)	291	0	8
14	Union, TN (21-3)	288	0	15
15	Gannon (25-3)	207	0	17
16	Thomas Jefferson (23-3)	206	0	16
17	Colorado Mines (21-4)	186	0	18
18	Cal State San Marcos (20-4)	181	0	14
19	Georgia Southwestern (21-4)	161	0	19
20	Catawba (22-4)	116	0	21
21	Azusa Pacific (21-4)	100	0	22
22	Montana State Billings (22-5)	86	0	20
23	Assumption (22-4)	82	0	23
24	Tuskegee (22-3)	69	0	24
25	Lee, TN (22-4)	58	0	25

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Michigan Tech (22-5) 51; Missouri Western State (23-5) 36; Missouri Southern State (22-6) 31; Belmont Abbey (21-4) 28; Augustana, SD (24-4) 14; West Virginia State (21-4) 11; Angelo State (21-6) 2.