Clayton State women ranked 12th in this week’s
USA Today
ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll
Clayton State 3-1 overall entering Wednesday’s Peach Belt Conference showdown at Georgia College

MORROW, Ga. - November 27, 2007 – The first in-season USA Today ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches’ poll was released on Tuesday, and the Clayton State Laker women’s basketball team remains nationally ranked.

 
After being ranked seventh in the preseason, the Lakers are ranked 12th in the first week’s poll. Clayton State is currently 3-1 to start the season with victories over Lincoln Memorial (74-63), Carson-Newman (68-67) and Tuskegee (77-62), followed by a tough 67-63 defeat in its Peach Belt Conference opener against USC-Aiken on Saturday.

Clayton State is one of two teams from the Peach Belt Conference ranked in this week’s Division II Coaches’ Poll. USC-Aiken is ranked 20th, while North Georgia and Georgia College both received votes. North Dakota held on to the top spot for the first week, followed by Delta State, Washburn, Cal-San Diego and Alaska-Anchorage in the Top Five.

Head coach Dennis Cox’s Lakers return to action on Wednesday with key Peach Belt Conference showdown at rival Georgia College at 5:30 p.m.