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)
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Last |
| 1 | Lubbock Christian (5) | 18-1 | 275 | 2 |
| 2 | Freed-Hardeman (4) | 18-1 | 270 | 3 |
| 3 | Vanguard | 12-1 | 264 | 1 |
| 4 | Oklahoma City (2) | 14-2 | 261 | 4 |
| 5 | Westminster (Utah) | 18-2 | 245 | 5 |
| 6 | Lee (Tenn.) | 16-1 | 236 | 6 |
| 7 | Cumberland | 18-1 | 225 | 7 |
| 8 | The Master's | 17-0 | 220 | 8 |
| 9 | Westmont | 13-3 | 205 | 11 |
| 10-tie | MidAmerica Nazarene | 18-2 | 198 | 10 |
| 10-tie | Campbellsville | 15-4 | 198 | 9 |
| 12 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 15-4 | 181 | tie-13 |
| 13 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 12-6 | 166 | 16 |
| 14 | Xavier | 13-4 | 164 | 12 |
| 15 | Rogers State | 15-5 | 151 | tie-13 |
| 16 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 18-3 | 138 | 17 |
| 17 | Wiley | 17-1 | 133 | 18 |
| 18 | Lyon | 16-3 | 130 | 15 |
| 19 | Shawnee State | 15-5 | 120 | 20 |
| 20 | William Woods | 15-2 | 115 | 19 |
| 21 | Our Lady of the Lake | 18-1 | 103 | 23 |
| 22 | Faulkner | 17-4 | 95 | 24 |
| 23 | Central Methodist | 17-3 | 74 | 22 |
| 24 | Columbia (Mo.) | 14-5 | 72 | RV |
| 25 | Auburn Montgomery | 14-5 | 63 | 21 |
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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