Box Score KANSAS CITY - After losing their second game of the season, the Freed-Hardeman Lions fell two spots to No. 5 in the latest NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches Poll released on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
FHU (22-2, 15-0) went 2-1 on the week but suffered a loss at Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.), 83-81, missing a chance to get off the last shot of regulation.
This week, the Lions face an important three-game stretch that includes trips to Park (Mo.), who gave FHU a tough game in Henderson, and No. 7 Columbia (Mo.) in a game that could determine the regular season champion of the American Midwest Conference.
Cal State-San Marcos remained in the No. 1 spot following by Pikeville (Ky.) at No. 2. Lindenwood-Bellevlle, the only team to beat FHU thus far, just missed climbing into the top 25.
2013 – 14 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Feb. 18
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2013-14 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Cal State San Marcos (9) |
27-1 |
250 |
| 2 |
2 |
Pikeville (Ky.) (1) |
22-2 |
242 |
| 3 |
4 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
20-2 |
234 |
| 4 |
5 |
SAGU (Texas) |
22-3 |
223 |
| 5 |
3 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
22-2 |
219 |
| 6 |
7 |
Talladega (Ala.) |
22-4 |
207 |
| 7 |
6 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
24-2 |
203 |
| 8 |
7 |
Emmanuel (Ga.) |
22-2 |
193 |
| 9 |
9 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
21-4 |
182 |
| 10 |
11 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
20-6 |
180 |
| 11 |
16 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
18-6 |
170 |
| 12 |
10 |
Culver-Stockton (Mo.) |
19-5 |
155 |
| 13 |
18 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
17-6 |
149 |
| 14 |
12 |
Xavier (La.) |
18-7 |
146 |
| 15 |
13 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
19-7 |
143 |
| 16 |
19 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
18-7 |
129 |
| 17 |
14 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
14-8 |
109 |
| 18 |
20 |
Montana State-Northern |
22-6 |
100 |
| 19 |
15 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
16-9 |
99 |
| 20 |
23 |
Wiley (Texas) |
18-5 |
92 |
| 21 |
RV |
Westminster (Utah) |
17-10 |
83 |
| 22 |
RV |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
16-10 |
78 |
| 23 |
21 |
St. Gregory's (Okla.) |
18-6 |
75 |
| 24 |
25 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
16-7 |
73 |
| 25 |
NR |
Arizona Christian |
19-6 |
70 |
| |
Others Receiving Votes: Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 55; Evangel (Mo.) 36; St. Catharine (Ky.) 25; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 20; Biola (Calif.) 14; Oklahoma City 12; Edward Waters (Fla.) 7; Montana Western 6; St. Thomas (Texas) 4; Bethel (Tenn.) 4; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 3.
