Tuesday January 31, 2012

LILBURN, Ga. – The University of South Carolina Aiken women’s basketball team is ranked 16th in the latest USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.

USC Aiken is one of three Peach Belt Conference teams ranked currently with Clayton State the highest ranked PBC squad at No. 5. Lander is presently ranked 19th.

The Pacers were ranked 17th in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll. In the first regular season poll of 2011-12 on Nov. 22, USC Aiken checked in at No. 23. The Pacers were ranked 21st on Nov. 29. USC Aiken was ranked 18th in the Dec. 6 poll. In the last poll of the 2011 portion of the 2011-12 regular season on Dec. 13, USC Aiken was ranked 16th.

The first poll of 2012 saw the Pacers ranked 14th. USC Aiken was ranked 13th on Jan. 10 and 11th on Jan. 17. Last week, USC Aiken checked in at No. 15.

USC Aiken has been in the top-25 for at least one week in four of the last five seasons.

The Pacers have now been ranked in 22 straight USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.