GORHAM, Maine – The University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's basketball team remains in the "Also Receiving Votes" category of both the D3hoops.com and WBCA National Polls. The Huskies have been in the ARV category for the D3hoops.com poll six times this season (Nov. 23, Nov. 30, Dec. 7, Dec. 14, Jan. 4 and Jan. 13), and have appeared in the WBCA poll three times (Nov. 25, Jan. 6 and Jan. 13).
Following a pair of Little East Conference wins last week, the Huskies are 12-1 overall and 5-0 in Little East Conference action. Southern Maine's loss came at the hands of No.13/No. 10 Bates College on November 25 in overtime 70-66. Since the loss to the Bobcats, Southern Maine has won nine consecutive games.
Averaging 72.9 points per game and shooting 42.9 percent from the field as a team, the Huskies lead the Little East Conference in scoring defense and are holding their opponents to 50.9 points per game. Southern Maine is led by a trio of double-digit scorers: senior
Jaycie Christopher (Skowhegan, Maine) and sophomores
Lucy Wiles (Glenburn, Maine/Hampden Academy) and sophomore
Dakota Shipley (Bath, Maine/Brunswick).
Leading the LEC in double-doubles with five, Christopher is averaging 19.1 points and 8.8 rebounds per game while shooting 56.0 percent (84-for-150) from the field. Wiles, the 2025 LEC Rookie of the Year, is scoring at a 15.3 points per game clip, and is adding 2.8 assists, 1.5 steals per game while shooting 42.4 percent from three-point range. Shipley, the team's leader in blocked shots (16), is averaging 12.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.2 blocked shots per game while shooting 47.7 percent from the field. Chipping in at 7.5 points and 7.1 points per game respectively are graduate student
Liz Cote (Conway, NH/Kennett) and senior
Avah Ingalls (Hampstead, NH/Pinkerton Academy).
Southern Maine (12-1, 5-0 Little East) is at home at Hill Gym for back-to-back conference games hosting UMass Dartmouth on Wednesday, January 14 (2:00 pm) and Eastern Connecticut on Saturday, January 17 (1:00 pm). The Huskies are then on a three-game road trip, heading to Thomas College in non-conference action on Tuesday, January 20 (5:30 pm), and then Plymouth State and WestConn in Little East action on Wednesday, January 21 (5:30 pm) and Saturday, January 24 (1:00 pm), respectively.
D3hoops.com women's Top 25, Week 6 – January 12
Through games of Sunday, Jan. 11:
| # |
School (No. 1 votes) |
W-L |
Pts. |
Prev. |
| 1 |
New York University (18) |
12-0 |
617 |
1 |
| 2 |
Scranton (6) |
13-0 |
603 |
2 |
| 3 |
UW-Oshkosh (1) |
14-0 |
570 |
3 |
| 4 |
Smith |
12-0 |
536 |
4 |
| 5 |
Johns Hopkins |
13-0 |
533 |
5 |
| 6 |
Washington and Lee |
13-0 |
481 |
6 |
| 7 |
UW-Whitewater |
12-2 |
435 |
8 |
| 8 |
Bowdoin |
11-1 |
402 |
10 |
| 9 |
Emory |
11-1 |
395 |
9 |
| 10 |
John Carroll |
12-1 |
374 |
11 |
| 11 |
Hope |
12-2 |
355 |
7 |
| 12 |
Ohio Wesleyan |
12-1 |
351 |
12 |
| 13 |
Washington U. |
10-2 |
346 |
14 |
| 14 |
Bates |
13-1 |
329 |
13 |
| 15 |
Denison |
14-0 |
265 |
16 |
| 16 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
10-4 |
251 |
17 |
| 17 |
Baldwin Wallace |
12-2 |
194 |
20 |
| 18 |
Chicago |
8-3 |
184 |
15 |
| 19 |
UW-Platteville |
13-1 |
149 |
-- |
| 20 |
Carroll |
10-4 |
140 |
21 |
| 21 |
Bethel |
10-3 |
116 |
22 |
| 22 |
Shenandoah |
11-2 |
62 |
23 |
| 23 |
Cortland |
10-2 |
51 |
-- |
| 24 |
Ripon |
13-2 |
50 |
-- |
| 25 |
Christopher Newport |
14-3 |
47 |
-- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Trinity (Conn.); No. 19 Amherst; No. 24 UW-Eau Claire; No. 25 Concordia-Moorhead
Others receiving votes: Trinity (Conn.) 43; Amherst 33; Concordia-Moorhead 31; Trine 29; McDaniel 25; Coe 22; UW-Eau Claire 20; Southern Maine 18; Cal Lutheran 12; Saint Mary's (Minn.) 12; Wisconsin Lutheran 9; William Paterson 7; Bridgewater 6; Elizabethtown 4; Hardin-Simmons 4; Springfield 3; Susquehanna 3; Calvin 2; Wartburg 2; Centre 1; Gustavus Adolphus 1; Messiah 1; Redlands 1
The
D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.
WBCA Division III Women's Basketball Top 25 – January 13
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 women's basketball coaches' poll, with teams' RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week's poll, and first-place votes received.
| Rank |
School (record) |
Total
Points |
Last Week's
Rank |
First-Place
Votes |
| 1 |
NYU (12-0) |
250 |
1 |
10 |
| 2 |
Scranton (13-0) |
239 |
2 |
0 |
| 3 |
Smith (12-0) |
226 |
3 |
0 |
| 4 |
UW-Oshkosh (14-0) |
218 |
4 |
0 |
| 5 |
Johns Hopkins (13-0) |
209 |
5 |
0 |
| 6 |
Washington and Lee (13-0) |
193 |
6 |
0 |
| 7 |
UW-Whitewater (12-2) |
174 |
8 |
0 |
| 8 |
Emory (11-1) |
163 |
9 |
0 |
| 9t |
Bowdoin (11-1) |
159 |
10 |
0 |
| 9t |
Hope (12-2) |
159 |
7 |
0 |
| 11 |
John Carroll (12-1) |
151 |
11 |
0 |
| 12 |
Bates (13-1) |
134 |
12 |
0 |
| 13 |
Washington-St. Louis (10-2) |
121 |
14 |
0 |
| 14 |
Ohio Wesleyan (12-1) |
116 |
13 |
0 |
| 15 |
Baldwin-Wallace (12-2) |
92 |
16t |
0 |
| 16 |
Denison (14-0) |
91 |
16t |
0 |
| 17 |
Christopher Newport (15-3) |
79 |
19 |
0 |
| 18 |
Illinois Wesleyan (10-4) |
68 |
20 |
0 |
| 19 |
Ripon (13-2) |
51 |
21 |
0 |
| 20 |
Chicago (8-3) |
42 |
18 |
0 |
| 21 |
William Paterson (13-1) |
37 |
23 |
0 |
| 22 |
UW-Platteville (13-1) |
35 |
RV |
0 |
| 23t |
Carroll, WI (10-4) |
31 |
24t |
0 |
| 23t |
Trinity, CT (11-4) |
31 |
15 |
0 |
| 25 |
SUNY-Cortland (10-2) |
27 |
RV |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Amherst (9-3); No. 24t Bethel, MN (10-3)
Others receiving votes: Bethel, MN (10-3) 22; East Texas Baptist (14-4) 18; Trine (11-3) 17; Shenandoah (11-2) 14; Cal Lutheran (12-2) 12; UW-Eau Claire (11-3) 12; Southern Maine (12-1) 11; Amherst (9-3) 8; Redlands (10-2) 8; Concordia-Moorhead (14-4) 7; Linfield (10-2) 5; UW-Stout (10-4) 5; UW-La Crosse (8-6) 4; Texas Lutheran (9-4) 3; Centre, KY (13-1) 2; Coe (12-3) 2; Hardin-Simmons (12-3) 2; Puget Sound (11-2) 1; Susquehanna (11-2) 1.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is composed of one head coach from each of the 10 NCAA Division III regions. The committee for the 2025-26 season: Samantha Crough, Regis (MA); Brad Fischer, UW-Oshkosh; Eric Harrison, Lehman; Jasen Jonus, Oglethorpe; Melissa Kolbe, Wittenberg; Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams.
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