Boiling Springs, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb
women's basketball team fell two places to this week in the
Collegeinsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top-25 poll, coming in a No.
15 overall.
This week, GWU received 318 points, one more point then last
week, yet fell from No. 13 last week to No. 15 this week.
This week marks the ninth-straight week in which GWU has been in
the top-25 of the mid-major poll.
Gardner-Webb (7-4) suffered its first loss of the month of
December last week, falling victim to a late Purdue three-pointer
to fall at home 59-58 on December 22nd.
The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for GWU and a 12
game-home winning streak dating back to last season.
Gardner-Webb will have play three games over the next five days,
beginning with a 7 p.m. showdown tonight, December 29th, versus
Tennessee Temple at Paul Porter Arena.
The Runnin' Bulldogs will then welcome the No. 10 nationally
ranked and undefeated North Carolina Lady Tar heels to Boiling
Springs, N.C. on Friday, December 31st, at 3 p.m. before tipping
off its conference slate with a home game versus Charleston
Southern on Monday, January 3rd, at 5:30 p.m.
The women's Mid-Major Top 25 is comprised of teams from the
America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial,
Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic,
Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley,
Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt and
West Coast Conference.
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CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25 (Dec.
28)
First-place votes listed in parentheses
Team records current through games of Dec. 27
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Record
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Points
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Previous
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1.
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Green Bay (28)
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10-1
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770
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1
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2.
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Bowling Green (1)
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11-1
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740
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2
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3.
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Florida Gulf Coast (2)
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9-0
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705
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3
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4.
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Gonzaga
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10-3
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670
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4
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5.
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Princeton
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8-3
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639
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5
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6.
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Middle Tennessee
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9-3
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622
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6
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7.
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Marist
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9-2
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596
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7
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8.
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UC Davis
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10-2
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556
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8
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9.
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Missouri State
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9-3
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497
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11
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10.
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Illinois State
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6-3
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424
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10
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11.
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Delaware
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6-3
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416
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9
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12.
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Old Dominion
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5-4
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390
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12
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13.
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Drexel
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7-2
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361
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17
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14.
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Central Michigan
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8-3
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338
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16
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15.
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Gardner-Webb
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7-4
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318
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13
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16.
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Creighton
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6-5
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292
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14
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17.
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Hofstra
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8-1
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263
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20
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18.
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Kent State
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8-2
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253
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19
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19.
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Appalachian State
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7-3
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248
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18
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20.
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Toledo
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7-5
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201
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15
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21.
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James Madison
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6-5
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179
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22
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22.
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Lamar
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8-3
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121
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24
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23.
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Samford
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7-3
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102
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21
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24.
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Tennessee Tech
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8-2
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91
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NR
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25.
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Monmouth
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8-2
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51
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NR
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OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Arkansas-Little Rock
42, UC Riverside 41, Lehigh 28, Cleveland State 20, Sacred Heart
19, Miami (Ohio) 18, UNC Wilmington 16, Northern Iowa 16, Detroit
8, Albany 5, Oakland 5, Saint Mary's 5, Tennessee State 4, UC
Irvine 2, Saint Francis (Pa.) 2, McNeese State 1.
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