The Tusculum University women’s basketball team remains sixth in this week’s D2SIDA Southeast Region Women’s Basketball media poll, released Monday.
The Pioneers (7-1) defeated Lander 77-64 and Lincoln Memorial 67-38 to extend their winning streak to five games. Tusculum is one of five South Atlantic Conference teams in this week’s rankings, which is through games of Dec. 4.
Lenoir-Rhyne (8-0), the only undefeated team in the Southeast Region, received all five first-place votes and moved into the top spot in the rankings. Wingate (5-1) also moved up two spots from fourth to second, while previous top-ranked North Georgia (6-1) slipped to third after losing to Carson-Newman. Catawba (7-1) also fell two spots from second to fourth, while Georgia Southwestern (4-1) remains in fifth.
The sixth through 10th teams in the poll remain unchanged from last week, with Tusculum being followed by Georgia College (7-1), Carson-Newman (4-4), Columbus State (5-1) and Augusta (6-1).
The D2SIDA Poll is for publicity purposes only and is not used in the selection process for the NCAA Division II postseason.
Tusculum will play a pair of SAC games this week, hosting UVA Wise on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Pioneer Arena and visiting Mars Hill on Saturday at 2 p.m.
D2SIDA Southeast Region Women’s Basketball Poll
December 5, 2022
| Rk | School (1st Place Votes) | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Lenoir-Rhyne (5) | 8-0 | 50 | 3 |
| 2 | Wingate | 5-1 | 41 | 4 |
| 3 | North Georgia | 6-1 | 38 | 1 |
| 4 | Catawba | 7-1 | 36 | 2 |
| 5 | Georgia Southwestern | 4-1 | 31 | 5 |
| 6 | TUSCULUM | 7-1 | 27 | 6 |
| 7 | Georgia College | 7-1 | 18 | 7 |
| 8 | Carson-Newman | 4-4 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | Columbus State | 5-1 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Augusta | 6-1 | 7 | 10 |
