KANSAS CITY, MO – Lady Tigers find themselves still sitting in the top five in the latest NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll landing at fourth this week.
Campbellsville sits at 15-1 on the season and 9-1 inside conference play. They most recently took on the top-ranked Thomas More Saints on January 5th. The Saints shot 46.4% from three-point range and 50.8% from the floor in that game. The team bounced back with a big win over Wilberforce on January 7th with an 83-45 victory.
Kaitlynn Wilks leads the team averaging 15.4 PPG, with
Elizabeth Bertram,
Maddy Boyle, and
Courtney Pritchett averaging double figures through the first 16 games.
Lady Tigers have a road stint in Tennessee on January 12th and 14th. They play Bethel University on January 12th for a 6:30 p.m. ET matchup and Freed-Hardeman on January 14th at 2 p.m. ET. Campbellsville already defeated both the Wildcats and Lions this season. They beat Bethel 105-68 and Freed-Hardeman 75-53.
Campbellsville leads all Mid-South schools in the polls. The University of the Cumberlands is ranked 24th in the poll, Pikeville is receiving votes, and Georgetown is bottom receiving votes.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [21] |
17-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
4 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
14-0 |
564 |
| 3 |
5 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
16-0 |
549 |
| 4 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
15-1 |
537 |
| 5 |
2 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
13-1 |
516 |
| 6 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
16-1 |
503 |
| 7 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
14-3 |
473 |
| 8 |
8 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
13-2 |
444 |
| 9 |
9 |
Loyola (La.) |
13-0 |
441 |
| 10 |
10 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
14-1 |
436 |
| 11 |
12 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
15-2 |
381 |
| 12 |
18 |
Montana Western |
15-2 |
375 |
| 13 |
14 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
11-3 |
342 |
| 14 |
13 |
Indiana Tech |
14-3 |
340 |
| 15 |
15 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
12-3 |
323 |
| 16 |
20 |
Eastern Oregon |
13-2 |
264 |
| 17 |
NR |
Texas Wesleyan |
14-1 |
258 |
| 18 |
11 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
12-5 |
253 |
| 19 |
17 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
14-1 |
241 |
| 20 |
NR |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
12-4 |
239 |
| 21 |
22 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
12-4 |
186 |
| 22 |
16 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
12-4 |
181 |
| 23 |
23 |
Southern Oregon |
12-3 |
145 |
| 24 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
14-3 |
143 |
| 25 |
NR |
Rust (Miss.) |
8-3 |
116 |
Dropped from the Poll: Mid-America Christian (Okla.), St. Francis (Ill.), Georgetown (Ky.), Dakota Wesleyan
Receiving Votes: Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 106, IU South Bend (Ind.) 82, Pikeville (Ky.) 55, Texas A & M Texarkana 50, Reinhardt (Ga.) 43, Dakota State (S.D.) 40, Jamestown (N.D.) 32, St. Francis (Ill.) 32, Hope International (Calif.) 29, Faulkner (Ala.) 21, Grace (Ind.) 16, Siena Heights (Mich.) 9, Philander Smith (Ark.) 6, Oakland City (Ind.) 6, Georgetown (Ky.) 4, Midway (Ky.) 3
