Women's Basketball ranked No. 14 in the 12th weekly D3hoops.com Poll

Women's Basketball ranked No. 14 in the 12th weekly D3hoops.com Poll
March 3, 2016

By Ashley Birchmeier

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ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team fell to no. 14 in the 12th weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll.

Thomas More (Ky.) reclaimed the top spot with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, followed by George Fox (Ore.) in second with 600 points and Scranton (Pa.) in third with 561 points.

Northern fell last week in the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament semifinals, as Baldwin Wallace knocked off the top seeded Polar Bears 65-58.

The Polar Bears return to action Thursday as they compete in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament hosted by Hope, Mich. Northern will face-off with Denison.

D3hoops.com Poll - Week 12

Mar. 3, 2016


   2015-16   Last
Rank School (1st Place Votes) Record  Points Week 
1. Thomas More (Ky.) (25) 27-0 625 1
2. George Fox (Ore.) 27-0 600 2
3. Scranton (Pa.) 27-0 561 3
4. Amherst (Mass.) 26-1 551 5
5. Hope (Mich.) 26-1 507 6
6. Tufts (Mass.) 23-3 496 4
7. Amherst (Mass.) 23-1 503 7
8. St. Thomas (Minn.) 24-3 445 8
9. Albright (Pa.) 25-2 385 12
10. Washington University 20-5 361 9
11. UW-Oshkosh 22-5 350 15
12. Muhlenberg (Pa.) 24-2 341 13
13. UW-River Falls 22-5 303 11
14. Ohio Northern 22-4 274 10
15.  University of New England 25-3 267 16
16. Rochester (N.Y.) 20-5 256 14
17. Wheaton (Ill.) 22-5 226 19
18. Maryville (Tenn.) 24-3 213 20
19. Mary Washington 24-4 166 22
20. UW-Stevens Point 20-7 132 17
21.  Bluffton 25-2 85 —
22. Calvin (Mich.) 20-6 74 18
23. Christopher Newport 22-4 61 21
24. Montclair State 21-6 52 —
25.
 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 19-6 48 —

Others receiving votes: Trinity (Texas) 43; Bowdoin 38; Marymount 33; Denison 28; Birmingham-Southern 20; UW-Whitewater 14; St. Norbert 9; Stevens 8; Stockton 8; Rowan 8; St. Mary's (Minn.) 5; FDU-Florham 5; New York U. 3; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2; DePauw 2; St. John Fisher 2; WPI 2.