AU Women Hold Off Bulldogs, Move Up To No. 3 In WBCA Poll

Even with 14 first-half 3-point field goals and a 21-point lead late in the third quarter, Ashland University's women's basketball team needed to hold off Truman State at the end and won, 96-88, on Tuesday (Nov. 22) afternoon on the first day of Drury's Oasis Hotel & Convention Center Thanksgiving Classic.
 
The Eagles, now ranked No. 3 in NCAA Division II (see below), are 5-0, while the Bulldogs are 2-3 following the first matchup between the two programs.
 
THE WRAP-UP

• An early-season high in points was paced by four Eagles in double-figures – senior forward Annie Roshak (21), junior guard Savaya Brockington (16), and sophomore forwards Zoe Miller and Hayley Smith (14 each). Roshak moved into 10^th place on Ashland's all-time points list with 1,415.
• The Eagles fell one trey short of the program record of 18, but still were 17-for-34 from downtown, 53.1 percent from the field and 11-of-13 from the free-throw line.
• Ashland head coach Kari Pickens has won 110 of her first 125 games (.880) guiding the Eagles.

 
UP NEXT
Ashland will take on host Drury, No. 7 in the country, on Wednesday (Nov. 23) at 6:30 p.m. East/5:30 p.m. local. Drury was 3-0 prior to its game on Tuesday against Cedarville.
 
ASHLAND MOVES UP TO NO. 3 IN FIRST REGULAR-SEASON WBCA POLL
The first 2022-23 regular-season Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll was revealed on Tuesday (Nov. 22) afternoon, and Ashland has climbed up two spots to No. 3.
 
The Eagles are the lone Great Midwest Athletic Conference representative in this week's poll.
 
This is the 140^th time the Eagles have been in the Top 25 all-time, and the 92^nd time in the top five. For a complete history of Ashland women's basketball coaches poll rankings prior to 2022, go to page 43 of the program record book.
 
Ashland is 14-3 all-time as the No. 3-ranked team in NCAA Division II.
 
2022-23 ASHLAND UNIVERSITY WBCA TOP 25 POLL RANKINGS: No. 5 (preseason), No. 3 (Nov. 22).