Southwest Tennessee Community College

For Immediate Release

Date: February 11, 2009

For More Information: Keith Gentry (901) 333-4114 / (901) 619-1899

Saluqis Basketball Team Leaps to Number Six Ranking in a National Poll

The Southwest Men's Basketball Team moved up four more spots to number six this week in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 Poll. The Saluqis have won 17 games in a row and are 18-1 on the season.

Southwest ranks fourth in the NJCAA with a team scoring average of 98.4 points per game and also ranks 13th in team field goal percentage at 50.5 percent. After beginning the season unranked, the Saluqis entered the Top 25 for the first time on January 13 with a number 22 ranking and the team has rapidly climbed in the polls each week since.

Southwest will play Volunteer State on February 11 at the Verties Sails Gymnasium on Southwest's Union Avenue Campus and will travel to Jackson, Tennessee on February 14 for a matchup with Jackson State.

Top 25 National Poll | February 10, 2009
Rank College Region Record Points Last Week
1 Chipola College
8
25-1
320
1
2 Indian Hills Community College-Ottumwa
11
25-1
297
3
3 Miami Dade College
8
23-2
262
5
4 Southeastern Illinois College
24
21-1
241
2
5 South Plains College
5
21-2
233
7
6 Southwest Tennessee Community College
7
18-1
223
10
7 Midland College
5
23-3
218
6
8 North Dakota State College of Science
13
25-1
214
4
9 Southwestern Illinois College
24
22-2
189
11
10 Salt Lake Community College
18
20-3
183
8
11 Barton County Community College
6
22-3
162
9
12 Shelton State Community College
22
23-2
113
21
13 Monroe College
15
24-2
98
20
14 Southeastern Community College
11
21-4
93
12
15 Western Oklahoma State College
2
19-4
76
19
16 North Idaho College
18
21-3
72
15
17 Tyler Junior College
14
18-4
61
13
18 Cowley County Community College
6
20-4
52
20
19 Collin County Community College
5
20-4
42
24
20 McLennan Community College
5
21-3
39
17
21 Highland Community College-Illinois
4
21-3
26
RV
22 Jacksonville College
14
19-5
22
23
23 College of Eastern Utah
18
19-4
19
16
24 Arizona Western College
1
20-4
18
18
25 South Georgia Technical College
17
21-5
13
25

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