LILBURN, Ga. – The University of South Carolina Aiken
women's basketball team moved one spot to a season-best ninth
in the latest USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.
USC Aiken's continued stay in the top-10 marks the second
time in the last two years that the Pacers have been ranked in the
top-10 nationally. Last year, USC Aiken was ranked eighth in the
Mar. 8, 2011 poll.
The highest ranking ever for a Pacer women's basketball
team was in the 2008-09 season when the Pacers were ranked seventh
in the Dec. 2, 2008 poll.
USC Aiken is one of three Peach Belt Conference teams ranked
currently with Clayton State the highest ranked PBC squad at No. 3.
Lander is presently ranked 23rd.
The Pacers were ranked 17th 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 21st on Nov. 29. USC Aiken
was ranked 18th 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 16th.
The first poll of 2012 saw the Pacers ranked 14th.
USC Aiken was ranked 13th on Jan. 10 and
11th on Jan. 17. USC Aiken checked in at No. 15
five weeks ago before being ranked 16th four weeks
ago. Three weeks ago, the Pacers were ranked 15th. Two
weeks ago, USC Aiken checked in at No. 13.
The Pacers were ranked 10th last week.
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 26 straight USA Today/ESPN
Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.
Peach Belt Conference East Division No. 1 seed USC Aiken (23-3,
16-2 PBC) will commence the Peach Belt Conference Tournament in
Columbus, Ga. by playing at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March
1 against Peach Belt Conference West Division No. 4
Montevallo.
The Pacers enter the PBC Tournament having won their last seven
games.
For more information on the PBC Tournament, please visit the
official tournament website at:http://www.peachbeltconference.org/information/12bbtournament/index
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