Dominican Breaks Back into Top 25
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (February 5, 2013) - After spending a week in the "others receiving votes" category, the Chargers broke back into the latest NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Poll after picking up two victories last week.
Dominican earned an 83-68 decision at Caldwell and an 80-65 home victory over Nyack in action last week to improve to 18-3 overall and 12-1 in conference play. Four different players averaged in double figures for the Chargers last week as Leon Porter, Khaleev Ginyard, Nick Smith and Cory Quimby all consistently contributed 10 points or better in each game. The pair of victories extended the Chargers winning-streak to five games.
The NABC/Division II Men's Basketball Poll is conducted by 16 members of the NABC, two representing each of the eight NCAA Divisions II regions.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Feb. 5, 2013 – Regular season poll #10)
Record Points Pvs
1. Metropolitan State, Colo. (13 first place votes) 19-0 397 1
2. Western Washington (3 first place votes) 20-0 387 2
3. West Liberty, W.Va. 20-1 365 3
4. Cal Poly Pomona 17-1 353 5
5. Minnesota State 18-2 326 7
6. Seattle Pacific, Wash. 16-3 306 4
7. Indiana, Pa. 17-2 298 8
8. Florida Southern 16-2 295 9
9. Alabama-Huntsville 16-3 262 11
10. Southern Indiana 16-3 247 13
11. Bellarmine, Ky. 16-3 243 6
12. Winona State, Minn. 20-3 218 17
13. East Stroudsburg, Pa. 17-2 191 20
14. Adams State. Colo. 14-3 164 23
15. Saint Anselm, N.H. 16-3 157 22
16. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn. 15-3 143 10
17. Washburn, Kan. 14-4 131 21
18. Harding, Ark. 17-3 120 24
19. Wayne State, Mich. 14-3 114 25
20. Fort Lewis, Colo. 14-3 98 14
21. Indianapolis, Ind. 15-4 69 15
22. North Alabama 16-3 59 NR
23. Kentucky Wesleyan 15-4 50 18
24. Winston-Salem State, N.C. 16-4 39 16
25. Dominican, N.Y. 18-3 31 NR
Dropped out: Barton (12), Rollins (19).
Others receiving votes: Rollins (Fla.) 28, Fairmont State (W.Va.) 23, Barton (N.C.) 20, Saint Leo (Fla.) 16, Cal State-San Bernardino 11, Dixie State (Utah) 10, Grand Valley State (Mich.) 7, Newman (Kan.) 5, St. Cloud State (Minn.) 4, Gannon (Pa.) 3, Midwestern State (Texas) 3, Central Missouri 2, Augustana (S.D.) 2, Drury (Mo.) 2, Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 1.
Records are through games of Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013.