Men's Basketball | February 06, 2024
AIKEN, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken men's basketball team is No. 24 in the latest NABC National Poll, which was released Tuesday afternoon.
Head coach
Mark Vanderslice's team tallied 38 points in the poll.
West Texas A&M sits atop the national poll while Nova Southeastern, Fort Lewis, DBU and Minnesota State round out the top five. North Georgia, West Georgia, Gannon, MSU Moorhead and Colorado Mesa complete the top 10.
The Pacers are 16-4 on the season, including 7-3 in league play.
On the season, USC Aiken accounts for 82.0 points per night while hitting 46.7 percent of its shots from the floor, including 38.2 percent from behind the three-point stripe. The squad outrebounds its opponents by 3.7 rebounds per game. Vanderslice's team has forced 52 more turnovers on the year.
The Pacers return to action Wednesday when they play at Flagler at 7:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at PacerSports.com.
| 1. West Texas A&M (16) |
20-1 |
400 |
1 |
| 2. Nova Southeastern, Fla. |
17-2 |
381 |
3 |
| 3. Fort Lewis, Colo. |
19-2 |
359 |
4 |
| 4. DBU, Texas |
18-2 |
339 |
5 |
| 5. Minnesota State |
21-2 |
324 |
2 |
| 6. North Georgia |
18-2 |
323 |
6 |
| 7. West Georgia |
19-2 |
288 |
8 |
| 8. Gannon, Pa. |
19-2 |
280 |
9 |
| 9. MSU Moorhead, Minn. |
19-3 |
257 |
12 |
| 10. Colorado Mesa |
17-3 |
241 |
13 |
| 11. East Stroudsburg, Pa. |
19-2 |
227 |
15 |
| 12. Northwest Missouri State |
17-4 |
214 |
16 |
| 13. Saint Martin's, Wash. |
18-3 |
205 |
7 |
| 14. Benedict, S.C. |
17-3 |
169 |
11 |
| 15. Minot State, N.D. |
18-4 |
161 |
19 |
| 16. California, Pa. |
18-3 |
160 |
14 |
| 17. Colorado School of Mines |
19-4 |
158 |
10 |
| 18. Cal State Dominguez Hills |
18-3 |
140 |
22 |
| 19. Chico State, Calif. |
16-4 |
102 |
23 |
| 20. St. Thomas Aquinas, N.Y. |
17-3 |
95 |
25 |
| 21. Charleston, W.Va. |
16-3 |
88 |
NR |
| 22. Minnesota Duluth |
18-5 |
73 |
NR |
| 23. Fort Hays State, Kan. |
16-5 |
51 |
24 |
| 24. USC Aiken |
16-4 |
38 |
21 |
| 25. Lander, S.C. |
16-4 |
30 |
18 |
