Clayton State women crack USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coach’s Poll
Undefeated Lakers ranked 23^rd in first poll released in 2006-07 season

MORROW, Ga. --- NOVEMBER 28, 2006 --- The Clayton State Laker women’s basketball team wasn’t ranked in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coach’s Poll. That didn’t last long.

The first in-season USA Today/ESPN Division II Coach’s Poll was released on Tuesday, and the Lakers cracked the Top 25 coming in ranked 23^rd in the nation. Clayton State was one of five teams unranked in the preseason poll to crack this week’s Top 25. The Lakers are the only team from the Peach Belt Conference in this week’s poll.

Head coach Dennis Cox’s Laker squad is off to a fast 4-0 start to the 2006-07 season after a convincing 97-64 rout at Elizabeth City State on Saturday. Clayton State is averaging 91 points a game so far on the young season, and the Lakers have forced an average of 32 turnovers a contest with their stifling pressure defense.

Clayton State plays its fifth straight road game to start the season on Saturday with a 2 p.m. match-up at Francis Marion.