For the seventh straight week, the Anderson University men’s basketball team has been ranked in the d3hoops.com Top 25 coaches poll, which was released on Tuesday.
AU first appeared in the poll in Week 4 and rose from the 24th spot to 10th in Week 9, which was the highest in school history. After dropping its first Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference game at Defiance, the Raven fell to No. 14 last week. However, they moved up one spot on Tuesday.
The Ravens have the fourth best record in NCAA Div. III, sporting a 19-2 overall mark, including 11-1 in the HCAC. The Ravens need to finish the regular season 4-0 to break the previous school record of 22 wins by the 1960-61 squad, which finished with a school-record 26 wins and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City.
The Ravens were also ranked 5th in the first Midwest Regional rankings, which were released last Wednesday and play a key role in determining at-large teams that make the NCAA Div. III tournament. The regional rankings are updated each Wednesday over the final month of the season leading up to the selection of the tournament field.
AU leads Hanover by three games in the HCAC standings with four games left on the regular season schedule. If the Ravens can win their next two games at home against Rose-Hulman (Wednesday) and Transylvania (Saturday), they will clinch their first conference championship in 28 years and ninth overall in school history.
Ty Riddle leads five Ravens in double figures in scoring at 14.1 points per game. Andrew Jones (14 ppg), Brock Morrison (14), Andrew Bowman (11.8) and Gabe Miller (10.8) also average double figures for AU. Morrison leads the team in rebounding (8.2 rpg) while Miller is first in assists (71) and steals (41).
AU hosts Rose-Hulman on Wednesday. The game will be carried live on the internet broadcast and WQME 98.7 FM from O.C. Lewis Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m.
















