BLUE DRAGONS VAULT TO NO. 6 IN NJCAA RANKINGS

Lauryn Mapusua (11), Makayla Vannett (23) and the Blue Dragon women's basketball team are ranked No. 6 in this week's NJCAA Division I Rankings. (Bre Rogers/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
Lauryn Mapusua (11), Makayla Vannett (23) and the Blue Dragon women's basketball team are ranked No. 6 in this week's NJCAA Division I Rankings. (Bre Rogers/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
February 3, 2020
Information Box

NJCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RANKINGS
  Record Points Last Poll
1. South Plains (7)
2. Trinity Valley
3. Western Nebraska
4. Gulf Coast State
5. Shelton State
6. Hutchinson
7. Northwest Florida State
8. New Mexico
9. Chipola
10. Jones
11. Tyler
12. Seward County
13. Central Arizona
14. Florida SouthWestern State
15. Wabash Valley
16. South Georgia Tech
17. Casper
18. Midland
19. Odessa
20. Wallace State
21. Gillette
22. Eastern Florida State
23. Bismarck State
24. Blinn
25. Three Rivers		 24-0
21-1
20-1
18-2
20-2
21-2
19-4
15-6
20-4
14-2
18-4
18-4
20-3
20-5
19-1
23-2
20-3
15-5
17-4
18-4
22-2
20-5
|21-3
18-4
20-5		 175
168
161
154
147
140
133
126
119
112
205
98
91
84
77
70
63
56
49
42
35
28
21
14
7		 1
2
3
4
7
8
10
5
9
11
6
12
13
14
15
16
19
20
17
18
21
22
RV
RV
RV
Others Receiving Votes: Utah State Eastern (21-3, 5.0); Moberly Area (19-4, 4.0); Vincennes (20-4, 3.0); Salt Lake (17-5, 2.0); Collin County (17-6, 1.0).

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

A 2-0 week which included a road win over No. 12 Seward County vaulted the Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team up two spots in the latest NJCAA Division I Women's National Rankings.

Released on Monday, the 21-2 Blue Dragons jumped up to No. 6 in the national rankings. Former No. 5 New Mexico and former No. 6 Tyler both lost games last week. The Top four teams – South Plains, Trinity Valley, Western Nebraska and Gulf Coast State remained the game. Shelton State moved into the Top 5.

The Blue Dragons defeated Barton last week 67-43 and then defeated the Saints 72-70 on Saturday on Abby Ogle's basket with 2.7 seconds to play. The Blue Dragons now find themselves in a first-place tie in the Jayhawk West with Seward County at 13-1. Those team meet again on Feb. 22 in Hutchinson.

Despite the loss to Hutchinson, Seward County stayed put at No. 12 this week. No other KJCCC team is getting any national attention this week.

The Blue Dragons will open a busy stretch of four games in eight days starting on Wednesday at Northwest Tech in Goodland. The Dragons then play host to Garden City on Wednesday and Pratt next Monday before traveling to Dodge City on Feb. 12.

The Blue Dragons have now been ranked in 32 consecutive polls and in 133 of the last 138 ranking periods.