Thursday, January 24, 2013

Gold Nuggets 14th in NAIA after dropping 2 more places

NEW ORLEANS — Another loss resulted in another drop for the Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketball team.

After losing 63-56 at home Jan. 14 to Gulf Coast Athletic Conference and city rival SUNO, the Gold Nuggets fell two places to 14th in the NAIA Division I Coaches' Top 25 Poll announced Tuesday afternoon. Voting was based on games through Sunday.
    
It's the second consecutive week that Xavier dropped after ranking ninth for two consecutive polls. Moving two spots ahead of the Gold Nuggets was Bethel (Tenn.), which lost 75-67 in double overtime at Xavier on Jan. 2.
    
The Gold Nuggets are in the top 25 for the 37th consecutive time dating to Jan. 25, 2010.
    
Since the loss to SUNO, Xavier defeated Philander Smith 65-47 on Saturday and Fisk 63-41 on Monday. The Gold Nuggets are 4-2 and tied for third place in the GCAC, one game behind leaders SUNO and Talladega. SUNO collected its most points of the season, 11, in the new poll and ranks 30th.
    
Xavier will visit GCAC and city rival Dillard at 5 p.m. Saturday and Mobile at 5:30 p.m. Monday. The next poll will be released Jan. 22.

NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Jan. 20)
RankTeamRecordPointsLast
1Lubbock Christian (5)18-12752
2Freed-Hardeman (4)18-12703
3Vanguard12-12641
4Oklahoma City (2)14-22614
5Westminster (Utah)18-22455
6Lee (Tenn.)16-12366
7Cumberland18-12257
8The Master's17-02208
9Westmont13-320511
10-tieMidAmerica Nazarene18-219810
10-tieCampbellsville15-41989
12Bethel (Tenn.)15-4181tie-13
13Georgetown (Ky.)12-616616
14Xavier13-416412
15Rogers State15-5151tie-13
16Benedictine (Kan.)18-313817
17Wiley17-113318
18Lyon16-313015
19Shawnee State15-512020
20William Woods15-211519
21Our Lady of the Lake18-110323
22Faulkner17-49524
23Central Methodist17-37422
24Columbia (Mo.)14-572RV
25Auburn Montgomery14-56321

Others receiving votes: LSU-Shreveport 54, St. Catharine 53, Carroll (Mont.) 38, Robert Morris (Chicago) 31, SUNO 11, Lindsey Wilson 3, Southern Poly 3.

By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
XULAATHLETICS 

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