LILBURN, Ga. — After opening the weekend with an 81–78 win over Minnesota Duluth and closing with a 94–69 victory against Bemidji State, Minnesota State women's basketball remained unbeaten at 18–0 and held onto the No. 2 spot in the WBCA Coaches Poll for the seventh consecutive week.

The Mavericks continue to stand as the only NSIC program ranked in this week's poll, while Minnesota Duluth is receiving votes for the third straight week.

MSU will return to the Taylor Center on Friday for a 5:30 p.m. matchup against Northern State.
 

Rank	School (Record)	Points	Last Week's Rank	First-Place Votes
1	Grand Valley State (15-0)	575	1	23
2	Minnesota State Mankato (18-0)	551	2	0
3	Texas Woman's (15-1)	520	3	0
4	Nova Southeastern (17-0)	496	4	0
5	Fort Hays State (16-1)	469	6	0
6	West Texas A&M (17-1)	455	7	0
7	Indiana, PA (15-0)	452	8	0
8	Gannon (17-2)	387	5	0
9	Colorado Mesa (18-1)	382	9	0
10	Cal Poly Pomona (15-1)	351	11t	0
11	Central Washington (16-1)	329	14	0
12	Harding (14-2)	305	15	0
13	Pittsburg State (14-3)	258	16	0
14	Embry-Riddle (13-2)	249	17	0
15	Lubbock Christian (15-3)	211	11t	0
16	Northern Michigan (15-3)	206	13	0
17	Miles (15-2)	193	21	0
18	Coker (13-3)	176	10	0
19	Ferris State (13-3)	168	22	0
20	Daemen (15-2)	160	23	0
21	Bentley (11-2)	104	24	0
22	Winston-Salem State (15-1)	97	25	0
23t	Columbus State (13-3)	75	18	0
23t	Lincoln Memorial (13-2)	75	20	0
25	Northwestern Oklahoma State (13-3)	69	19	0

 
Dropped Out: None.
 
Others receiving votes: Vanguard U. (12-2) 39; Minnesota Duluth (13-3) 34; Fairmont State (13-3) 31; Malone (13-4) 15; Missouri-St. Louis (14-2) 5.