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

March 3, 2016

By Ashley Birchmeier

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.