Rio Grande (Ohio) comes in at No. 20 in this week's #NAIADIIWBB Top 25
Rio Grande (Ohio) comes in at No. 20 in this week's #NAIADIIWBB Top 25
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- University of Rio Grande (Ohio) checks in at No. 20 in this week's NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll released by the national office on Tuesday (Dec. 11).
The RedStorm is 9-2 overall and comes in highly ranked in many areas of NAIA DII women's basketball. Rio Grande is the the No. 1 rebounding team in the country in both rebounds per game (48.8 rpg) and rebound margin (+15.1 rpg). The RedStorm is also third nationally in scoring margin (+26.5 ppg) and scoring offense (85.8 ppg). Rio Grande is ninth in the country in steals per game and 12th in turnover margin.
Rio Grande plays its next game at home versus Point Park on Saturday, Dec. 15 (2 p.m.). Rio Grande is 1-1 RSC thus far in conference play.
For the complete Top 25 report from the national office, click here.
2018-19 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll – No. 2 (Dec. 11, 2018)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) [12] | 12-0 | 312 |
| 2 | 3 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 9-0 | 299 |
| 3 | 1 | Concordia (Neb.) | 11-1 | 295 |
| 4 | 4 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 10-1 | 281 |
| 5 | 5 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 10-1 | 273 |
| 6 | 7 | Indiana Tech | 12-1 | 259 |
| 7 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 11-3 | 254 |
| 8 | 8 | Morningside (Iowa) | 8-3 | 236 |
| 9 | 11 | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 8-2 | 223 |
| 10 | 10 | Taylor (Ind.) | 11-3 | 221 |
| 11 | 13 | Sterling (Kan.) | 12-0 | 212 |
| 12 | 9 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 7-3 | 205 |
| 13 | 15 | Dordt (Iowa) | 10-3 | 201 |
| 14 | 17 | Eastern Oregon | 7-2 | 179 |
| 15 | 12 | Hastings (Neb.) | 9-4 | 166 |
| 16 | 21 | Indiana Wesleyan | 10-4 | 150 |
| 17 | 19 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 10-1 | 145 |
| 18 | 14 | Southern Oregon | 5-3 | 139 |
| 19 | 16 | Tabor (Kan.) | 9-3 | 138 |
| 20 | 18 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 9-2 | 118 |
| 21 | 22 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 7-3 | 112 |
| 22 | 23 | Michigan-Dearborn | 10-2 | 87 |
| 23 | 25 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 9-0 | 83 |
| 24 | 25 | Midland (Neb.) | 7-5 | 67 |
| 25 | NR | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 7-5 | 47 |
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Dropped out: Huntington (Ind.)
Receiving votes: Indiana Nothwest 45, UC Merced 40, Bellevue (Neb.) 38, Siena Heights (Mich.) 32, Huntington (Ind.) 31, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 17, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 13, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 11, Haskell (Kan.) 10, Kansas Wesleyan 8