| KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Warrior women made the most noise in this week’s NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches Top 25 Poll with the largest jump of the group. LC State Women’s Basketball moved up eight spots to No. 14 after a 6-0 start to the season.
Each Warrior victory so far this season has come in commanding fashion. Through its first six games, LC State holds a scoring margin of 24.5 points per game. Since the last poll, the Warriors defeated then-No. 9 Carroll (Mont.) 73-44, NCAA Division III Puget Sound 64-37, and opened Cascade Conference play with a 71-48 victory over Walla Walla (Wash.).
The Warriors currently rank fifth in the NAIA in assists per game (21.2) and seventh in field goal percentage (48.4), and lead the Cascade Conference in scoring defense (53.7), field goal percentage, blocked shots (31), blocked shots per game (5.2), assists (127), assists per game, steals (85), steals per game (14.2) and assist/turnover ratio (1.4).
Darian Herring is off to a monster start to her season and leads the NAIA in blocks per game (3.8) and is fourth in total blocks with 23. She also leads the CCC in assists per game (4.8). Lindsey Wilson is second in the NAIA and leads the CCC in field goal percentage, aided by her 7-for-7 night on Tuesday, with a mark of .792.
CCC opponent Southern Oregon remained No. 4 in the poll and Oregon Tech is receiving votes.
The Warriors hit the road for four contests before returning home Dec. 20 and 21. LC State heads to Seattle Dec. 6-7 to face Northwest (Wash.) and Evergreen State (Wash.).
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