Women's Basketball: Up Two Spots in Coaches' Poll
January 05, 2010 03:00 PM | General
January 5, 2010
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University’s women’s basketball team (13-1,1-0) moved up two spots to No. 17 in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 poll, receiving 273 points. The Mountaineers were ranked No. 22 in the AP poll yesterday.
The Mountaineers are off to their best 14-game start in school history and have won 11 games in a row, the most of the Mike Carey era and most since stringing together 22 in a row during the 1991-92 season. WVU has also won 11-straight contests at home, the third-longest home winning streak in school history.
West Virginia returns to action tonight, at 7 p.m., when it takes on Backyard Brawl rival and No. 22 Pitt (11-3, 0-1) in its first of two meetings with the Panthers this year. The contest will be televised nationally by CBS College with Ann Schatz and Tammy Blackburn on the call.
The game will air on MSN women’s basketball affiliated stations with play-by-play announcer Travis Jones and color commentator Jay Jacobs on the call. Live stats of the contest can be viewed at www.MSNsportsNET.com.
