KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sitting at 16-2 overall as the second half of the Heart of America Athletic Conference schedule begins on Saturday, the Raven Women's Basketball team dropped in the fourth edition of the NAIA Div. I Coaches' Poll on Tuesday.
Benedictine had moved up to No. 7 in last week's poll, but this week after suffering just their second loss of the season over 10 days ago to now-ranked No. 23 Central Methodist University, the Ravens only received 145 points to move to No. 11 this week.
The Ravens are one of three teams from the Heart inside the Top 25 this week with MNU passing the Ravens and moving up from No. 10 to No. 8 with an overall record of 16-2. With upsets of Benedictine and Baker University last week, CMU moved inside the Top 25 this week with 69 points. Culver-Stockton College and Baker are also listed in the receiving votes category.
Benedictine leads the NAIA in total 3-pointers with 171 and is No. 2 in 3-pointers per game at 9.5. They also rank inside the top 10 in eight addition categories, which can be found on the Dakstats home page for the Ravens.
The Ravens take on Baker tonight at 5:30 p.m. before opening the second half of Heart play on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Culver-Stockton. Culver-Stockton earned a 74-72 upset over the Ravens in the first match up of the season back on Nov. 21.