KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With a 4-0 start under its belt, the UIndy men's basketball team is ranked No. 22 in the first regular season National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) poll, released Tuesday.
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The Greyhounds polled at No. 19 in the first set of rankings a season ago.
Regional foes Bellarmine (No. 3), Southern Indiana (No. 13), Ashland (No. 15) and Ferris State (No. 19) also appear in the latest top 25.
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UIndy has picked up three in-region victories already this season, including a big 95-71 win over Grand Valley State. The Greyhounds shot nearly 53 percent from the field in the win, including 42.9 percent from 3-point range.
Trevor Lakes led all scorers with 23 points.
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After defeating Saginaw Valley and Northwood down in Louisville, Ky. to begin the season, UIndy scathed by upset-minded Elmhurst in the team's home opener last Tuesday evening.
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Redshirt-senior
Jimmy King leads the Greyhounds with 15.8 points/game and 6.3 assists/game, while Lakes paces the squad on the boards with 7.5 rebounds/game.
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UIndy is back in action this weekend with another pair of region contests, first with Ohio Dominican on Friday evening on the campus of Cedarville, Ohio.
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| Rk. |
School (First-place votes) |
Record |
Pts. |
Prev. Rk. |
| 1 |
Northwest Missouri State (16) |
5-0 |
400 |
1 |
| 2 |
Nova Southeastern |
2-0 |
380 |
2 |
| 3 |
Bellarmine |
3-0 |
366 |
3 |
| 4 |
UC San Diego |
3-0 |
348 |
5 |
| 5 |
West Texas A&M |
5-0 |
342 |
7 |
| 6 |
Queens (NC) |
4-0 |
322 |
8 |
| 7 |
Missouri Southern |
3-0 |
296 |
10 |
| 8 |
Indiana (PA) |
3-0 |
281 |
11 |
| 9 |
Valdosta State |
4-0 |
249 |
12 |
| 10 |
Lincoln Memorial (TN) |
4-1 |
220 |
10 |
| 11 |
Alabama Huntsville |
2-0 |
212 |
16 |
| 12 |
St. Edward's |
5-0 |
204 |
20 |
| 13 |
Southern Indiana |
2-0 |
193 |
18 |
| 14 |
Saint Anselm |
3-0 |
174 |
21 |
| 15 |
Ashland |
2-0 |
172 |
19 |
| 16 |
West Liberty (WV) |
2-1 |
157 |
4 |
| 17 |
Daemen |
5-1 |
132 |
22 |
| 18 |
Florida Southern |
3-0 |
106 |
NR |
| 19 |
Ferris State |
7-0 |
90 |
NR |
| 20 |
St. Thomas Aquinas |
4-0 |
62 |
NR |
| 21 |
Southern Nazarene |
4-2 |
53 |
9 |
| 22 |
Indianapolis |
4-0 |
51 |
NR |
| 23 |
Jefferson |
3-0 |
47 |
NR |
| 24 |
Point Loma |
3-0 |
41 |
NR |
| 25 |
Augusta |
2-1 |
33 |
13 |
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