GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University women's basketball team is again receiving votes in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) national Division II poll for the week ending January 8.
The Pioneers (14-2, 5-1 South Atlantic Conference) had their 11-game winning streak come to an end last week with a 68-59 overtime loss at Limestone on Wednesday, but Tusculum bounced back with an 82-44 win over Mars Hill on Saturday.
Tusculum earned 18 poll points in this week's WBCA rankings, dropping the Pioneers from the first team listed outside the top 25 to the third, behind Jefferson (50 points) and Nova Southeastern (25). Azusa Pacific (12-3) is 25th in the WBCA poll with 57 points this week.
The Pioneers, who are ranked sixth in this week's D2SIDA Southeast Region poll, travel to Carson-Newman (9-6, 4-2 SAC) on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and host Wingate (10-4, 3-2 SAC) Saturday at 2 p.m. at Pioneer Arena.