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Montana State University-Northern senior Taylor Cummings dribbles during last Saturday's game against Westminster in Havre. The Skylights moved up three spots in the new NAIA Coaches Poll. The MSU-N men fell out of the Top 25.
Despite both the Montana State University-Northern men’s and women’s basketball teams dropping tough games to powerful Westminster College last Saturday night in Havre, the Lights and Skylights went in opposite directions in the NAIA Coaches Poll.
In the new NAIA Women’s Coaches Poll, the Skylights rose three spots to No. 15. Northern beat UM-Western last Thursday, but lost to No. 4 Westminster last Saturday night. Still, the 14-3 Skylights are getting plenty of respect from their NAIA peers. The Griffins remained No. 4 in the new poll, while Lewis-Clark State, which is unbeaten in the Frontier, and 18-1 overall, moved up five spots this week to No. 18.
On the men’s side, the Lights’ loss to Westminster caused Northern to tumble hard in the Coaches Poll. The Lights entered last week No. 15, but after a split with Western and Westminster, they fell all the way out of the poll for the first time this season. Northern received 15 votes in the new poll.
After back-to-back losses last weekend, the Rocky Mountain College Battlin’ Bears also took a dramatic fall. The Bears went from being ranked No. 10 to not being ranked at all this week. Meanwhile, Westminster moved to No. 19 in the new poll, even with a loss at UGF last Friday night. LC State also went from not even being rated to being ranked No. 22 this week.
The Lights and Skylights are on the road this weekend, visiting Montana Tech Friday night and Carroll College Saturday night.
NAIA Women's Coaches Poll
Rn. Prv. Rec. Pts.
1 1 Vanguard (Calif.) (9) 11-0 250
2 2 Freed-Hardeman (1) 14-0 242
3 3 Oklahoma City 9-1 233
4 4 Westminster (Utah) 11-2 223
5 5 MidAmerica Naz. 13-1 222
6 7 Oklahoma Baptist 12-2 206
7 8 Georgetown (Ky.) 10-3 203
8 5 Campbellsville (Ky.) 14-2 194
9 9 The Master's (Calif.) 12-3 191
10 12 Talladega (Ala.) 15-1 171
11 11 Our Lady of the Lake 11-1 168
12 13 Westmont (Calif.) 9-4 165
13 10 Bethel (Tenn.) 11-5 160
14 17 Wiley (Texas) 13-1 145
15 18 MSU-Northern 14-3 135
16 15 Coastal Georgia 15-1 127
17 19 Columbia (Mo.) 10-4 119
18 23 Lewis-Clark State 18-1 113
19 16 John Brown (Ark.) 11-3 103
20 24 Hope International 11-3 99
21 RV Baker (Kan.) 11-5 93
22 21 Cumberlands (Ky.) 8-6 85
23 14 Benedictine (Kan.) 11-6 67
24 RV Martin Methodist 12-3 62
25 RV LSU Shreveport (La.) 10-3 60
Others Receiving Votes: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 42; Xavier (La.) 39; Central Methodist (Mo.) 27; Mobile (Ala.) 20; Lyon (Ark.) 12; Southern Poly (Ga.) 7; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 6; San Diego Christian (Calif.) 6.
NAIA Men's Coaches Poll
Rn. Prv. Rec. Pts.
1 1 Pikeville (Ky.) (9) 14-1 250
2 2 SAGU (Texas) 12-1 242
3 4 Cal State San Marcos 19-1 232
4 3 Columbia (Mo.) (1) 15-1 226
5 6 Evangel (Mo.) 14-3 210
6 11 Freed-Hardeman 11-0 209
7 8 Arizona Christian 14-1 203
8 7 Talladega (Ala.) 16-2 201
9 9 William Carey (Miss.) 9-2 185
10 5 Concordia (Calif.) 13-3 175
11 12 St. Gregory's (Okla.) 13-1 174
12 14 Wiley (Texas) 11-1 163
13 19 Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 12-3 151
14 23 St. Catharine (Ky.) 10-5 136
15 15 Benedictine (Kan.) 11-4 127
T16 RV Emmanuel (Ga.) 13-2 123
T16 17 Philander Smith (Ark.) 12-5 123
18 13 Georgetown (Ky.) 12-4 113
19 RV Westminster (Utah) 11-7 105
20 21 Vanguard (Calif.) 13-2 102
21 18 Mid-America Christian 8-4 93
T22 NR Lewis-Clark State 16-4 77
T22 24 Xavier (La.) 13-4 77
24 NR Wayland Baptist 12-2 64
25 RV Hope International 12-3 52
Others receiving votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 46; Bethel (Tenn.) 46; Rio Grande (Ohio) 34; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 29; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 15; MSU-Northern 15; LSU Shreveport (La.) 5; Cumberland (Tenn.) 3.
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