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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2008 Lions debut at #18 In Division II Coaches Poll Kansas City, Mo. - The Missouri Southern men's basketball team, which has equaled the program's best-ever start at 9-0, has debuted this week at No. 18 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II National Poll. Southern has started 9-0 for just the second time in the program's history, the other being in 1999-2000 when the Lions went 30-3 and made a trip to the NCAA Division II Final Four. The Lions opened up MIAA play with a 65-56 road win at Truman and added a thrilling 71-70 come back victory at home over then 22nd ranked Central Missouri last Saturday. Tony Webb capped off an 18-3 Lions' run in the final three minutes with a jumper at the top of the key as time expired to give the Lions the win. Southern will travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 18-20 to take part in the Lexmark/Puerto Rico Holiday Tournament. The Lions will face off against the University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras on the 18th at 5 pm central time. Southern's final two games in the tournament will be determined by the outcomes of the other tournament games. NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Dec. 9, 2008)
Record
Points Pvs 2. South Carolina Aiken 4-0 190 2 3. Augusta State, Ga. 3-0 183 4 4. Southwest Baptist, Mo. 7-0 178 5 5. Gannon, Pa. 4-0 163 6 6. Minnesota State 8-1 156 8 7. Central Oklahoma 8-1 142 3 8. Brigham Young-Hawaii 3-0 140 9 9. LIU-C.W. Post, N.Y. 4-0 134 10 10. Catawba, N.C. 8-0 129 14 11. Grand Valley State, Mich. 6-1 124 7 12. Central Washington 4-1 101 19 13. Arkansas-Monticello 8-0 97 23 14. Kentucky Wesleyan 7-1 83 12 15. North Alabama 6-2 60 11 16. Northern Kentucky 5-2 58 20 17. Pittsburgh-Johnstown, Pa. 6-1 57 15 18. Missouri Southern 9-0 52 NR 19. Saint Martin’s, Wash. 9-2 49 25 20. Ouachita Baptist, Ark. 7-1 45 NR 21. Bellarmine, Ky. 5-0 27 NR 22. Cal State-Dominguez Hills 7-0 26 NR 23. Elizabeth City State, N.C. 8-0 25 NR 24. Valdosta State, Ga. 8-1 24 NR 25. Southern Indiana 9-2 19 NR
Others receiving votes: Drury (Mo.) 18, Tampa (Fla.) 12, West Liberty State (W.Va.) 12, Arkansas Tech 11, Bentley (Mass.) 10, Southwestern Oklahoma State 10, Edinboro (Pa.) 9, Angelo State (Texas) 7, Northern State (S.D.) 7, Clayton State (Ga.) 5, Merrimack (Mass.) 5, Benedict (S.C.) 4, St. Edward’s (Texas) 4, San Francisco State (Calif.) 3, Augustana (S.D.) 2, Francis Marion (S.C.) 2, Northern Michigan 2, West Texas A&M 2, Western Washington 2, Ashland (Ohio) 1, Southwest Minnesota State 1.
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