#11 for William Penn in Ninth Ranking
William Penn University Athletics
Oskaloosa–Despite giving up the highest poll position of any league team, the Statesmen men’s basketball team only dropped one rung as the NAIA’s ninth Division I rating was released Tuesday.
The Statesmen (22-6, 15-5 Heart) are now #11 with 145 points. Fellow Heart of America Athletic Conference foe MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) has become the league’s highest squad at #10, while Peru State (Neb.) is again 18th.
LSU Alexandria remains #1 with 219 points and all nine first-place votes. Georgetown (Ky.) is second, Talladega (Ala.) and Texas Wesleyan are tied for third, and Hope International (Calif.) is fifth.
William Penn travels to Fayette, Mo. Wednesday to face Central Methodist in Heart of America Athletic Conference action at 7:30 p.m.
NAIA Men’s Basketball Rating #9 – February 23, 2016
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. LSU-Alexandria (9)
2. Georgetown (Ky.)
3. Talladega (Ala.)
3. Texas Wesleyan
5. Hope International (Calif.)
6. Lewis-Clarke State (Idaho)
7. Pikeville (Ky.)
8. Biola (Calif.)
9. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
10. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
11. William Penn
12. Columbia (Mo.)
13. Langston (Okla.)
14. Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
15. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
15. Park (Mo.)
15. Arizona Christian
18. Peru State (Neb.)
19. William Carey (Miss.)
20. Cumberlands (Ky.)
21. Carroll (Mont.)
22. William Jessup (Calif.)
22. Montana Western
24. Westmont (Calif.)
25. Dillard (La.)
25. Oklahoma City
Others receiving votes: Campbellsville (Ky.) 31; LSU Shreveport (La.) 26; Bethel (Tenn.) 26; SAGU (Texas) 19; Xavier (La.) 17; Dalton State (Ga.) 10; Voorhees (S.C.) 6.
