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HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY WOMEN RANKED 16TH IN LATEST USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 POLL

January 24, 2007

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - The Holy Family Women's Basketball team is currently ranked 16th in the latest USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll, which was released Tuesday evening by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

The Tigers, who are 15-1 overall and a perfect 12-0 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), climbed four spots from their previous ranking of 20th last week. Holy Family is the second highest ranked team from the Northeast Region, as Southern Connecticut State University is ranked fourth.

Holy Family is the lone CACC team ranked in the top 25, and is riding a nine-game winning streak along with a 38-game regular-season conference winning streak heading into Wednesday evening's game with cross-town rival Philadelphia University.

The Tigers are led by point guard Kelly Killion (Jr./Pennsauken, NJ/Camden Catholic) who averages 12.8 points per game and is ranked among the leaders in Division II in three-point field goal percentage (42.1) and three-point field goals per game (2.5).

As a team, the Tigers lead Division II in field-goal percentage defense, allowing teams to shoot just 30.4 percent from the field. The Tigers are also third in scoring margin, with an average win coming by 22.5 points. Tigers' opponents are averaging just 50.1 points per game, which ranks sixth-best in Division II.

Starting center Megan Bauer (Sr./Norwood, PA/Ridley) recently scored her 1,000th career point as a Tiger, and also ranks among the leaders in Division II in rebounds per game (9.1) and blocked shots per game (1.9).

USA TODAY/ESPN DIVISION II TOP 25 COACHES' POLL

Rank Institution - First Place Votes, Last Week's Rank, Record, Points

1. University of North Dakota - 23 1 21-1 687

2. Missouri Western State - 2 3 18-0 655

3. Washburn University (Kan.) 2 16-1 646

4. Southern Connecticut State University - 1 4 18-0 627

5. Florida Gulf Coast University - 2 5 20-0 588

6. California State University, Chico 6 13-1 562

7. Glenville State College (W. Va.) 9 16-2 514

8. Augustana College (S.D.) 14 20-2 457

9. Lewis University (Ill.) 15 15-2 435

10. Grand Valley State University (Mich.) 13 14-4 388

11. Emporia State University (Kan.) 7 12-4 381

12. Delta State University (Miss.) 8 14-3 358

13. West Texas A&M University 16 15-3 352

14. University of South Dakota 17 14-3 330

15. Clayton State University (Ga.) 10T 15-2 297

16. Holy Family University (Penn.) 20 15-1 271

17. American International College (Mass.) 18 14-4 262

18. Metropolitan State College of Denver (Colo.) 19 14-3 240

19. Henderson State University (Ark.) 12 13-3 236

20. Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) 21 15-2 196

21. Stonehill College (Mass.) 10T 15-4 154

22. Northern State University (S.D.) 22 14-4 121

23. Anderson University (S.C.) 24 14-2 115

24. Wingate University (N.C.) 25 13-4 58

25. University of California-San Diego 23 11-3 50