LILBURN, Ga. – The University of South Carolina Aiken women's basketball team is ranked 15^th in the latest USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.

USC Aiken is one of three Peach Belt Conference teams ranked currently with Clayton State the highest ranked PBC squad at No. 2. Lander also joined the rankings this week at No. 24.

The Pacers were ranked 17^th in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll. In the first regular season poll of 2011-12 on Nov. 22, USC Aiken checked in at No. 23. The Pacers were ranked 21^st on Nov. 29. USC Aiken was ranked 18^th in the Dec. 6 poll. In the last poll of the 2011 portion of the 2011-12 regular season on Dec. 13, USC Aiken was ranked 16^th.

The first poll of 2012 saw the Pacers ranked 14^th. USC Aiken was ranked 13^th on Jan. 10 and 11^th on Jan. 17.

USC Aiken has been in the top-25 for at least one week in four of the last five seasons.

The Pacers have now been ranked in 21 straight USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.

USC Aiken picked up a 65-42 victory over Georgia Southwestern on Monday evening at the Convocation Center.

USC Aiken (15-2, 8-1 PBC) has now won 14 of its last 15 games. The Pacers are a perfect 9-0 at the Convocation Center in the 2011-12 regular season.

USC Aiken will next travel to Montevallo, Ala. for its first game against former Pacer assistant Cindy Hilbrich and the Montevallo Falcons. USC Aiken head coach Mike Brandt and the Pacers will take on his former protégé Hilbrich and the Falcons at 6:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 26.

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