CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- The Tusculum University women's basketball team has moved up two spots to fourth in this week's D2SIDA Division II Southeast Region rankings, released Monday.

The Pioneers (4-0) won their only game last week, defeating Virginia State 74-48 last Monday at Pioneer Arena. The Trojans had been ranked sixth in the Atlantic Region by D2SIDA heading into the game.

Columbus State (3-0) took over the top spot in this week's rankings, moving up from third after defeating then-top ranked Carson-Newman 88-83. The Eagles (5-1) dropped to second and North Georgia (4-1) fell to third, one spot ahead of Tusculum.

Barton (5-0) is fifth, followed by Wingate (4-2), Newberry (5-0) and a tie for eighth between Francis Marion (2-0) and Lander (2-2). Flagler (4-2) rounds out the top 10, which consists of the same 10 teams from last week but each in a different position in the rankings.

Tusculum will open its South Atlantic Conference schedule on Wednesday night with a visit to Anderson at 6 p.m., followed by a road game at Catawba on Saturday at 2 p.m.

D2SIDA Women's Basketball Southeast Region Rankings
through games of Nov. 25

Rk School (1st) W-L Pts Prev

1. Columbus State (4) 3-0 58 3

2. Carson-Newman (2) 5-1 55 1

3. North Georgia 4-1 48 2

4. TUSCULUM 4-0 38 6

5. Barton 5-0 35 4

6. Wingate 4-2 28 8

7. Newberry 5-0 25 9

t8 Francis Marion 2-0 13 10

t8 Lander 2-2 13 5

10 Flagler 4-2 12 7