Women's Basketball moves up five spots to No. 11 in the sixth weekly D3hoops.com Poll
By Ashley Birchmeier
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ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up five spots to No. 11 in the sixth weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.
The Polar Bears received 313 points in the poll, the most this season.
Thomas More (Ky.) reclaimed the top spot with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, followed by Amherst (Mass.) in second with 593 points and George Fox (Ore.) in third with 577 points.
Ohio Athletic Conference foe Capital moved up six spots, claiming the No. 17 spot with 197 points.
Northern returns to action Wednesday evening as they welcome Heidelberg to the ONU Sports Center, tip off set for 7:30 pm.
D3hoops.com Poll - Week 6
Jan. 19, 2016
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| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | Thomas More (Ky.) (25) | 14-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) | 15-0 | 593 | 2 |
| 3. | George Fox (Ore.) | 15-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4. | Hope (Mich.) | 15-0 | 555 | 5 |
| 5. | Texas-Tyler | 15-1 | 488 | 6 |
| 6. | Scranton (Pa.) | 16-0 | 485 | 7 |
| 7. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 13-1 | 474 | 10 |
| 8. | Washington (Mo.) |
12-2 | 424 | 11 |
| 9. | New York U. | 13-1 | 416 | 4 |
| 10. | Tufts (Mass.) | 13-2 | 368 | 12 |
| 11. | Ohio Northern | 13-2 | 313 | 16 |
| 12. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13-2 | 302 | 8 |
| 13. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 12-3 | 260 | 20 |
| 14. | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
12-3 | 244 | 19 |
| 15. | Calvin (Mich.) | 12-3 | 227 | 18 |
| 16. | Muhlenberg (Pa.) |
11-1 | 221 | 9 |
| 17. | Capital | 13-2 | 197 | 23 |
| 18. | Wisconsin-River Falls | 13-2 | 192 | — |
| 19. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12-3 | 184 | 14 |
| 20. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 13-1 | 124 | 21 |
| 21. | Whitman (Calif.) |
12-2 | 113 | 24 |
| 22. | Rowan (N.J.) |
15-1 | 105 | — |
| 23. | Albright (Pa.) | 14-2 | 98 | 25 |
| 24. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-4 | 85 | 15 |
| 25. |
Trinity (Tex.) | 12-3 | 81 | 17 |
Others receiving votes: Bluffton 79; Wartburg 67; Maryville (Tenn.) 53; Luther 37; Cal Lutheran 33; St. John Fisher 18; Moravian 18; Bowdoin 14; Connecticut College 11; Christopher Newport 10; U. of New England 8; Mary Washington 7; Birmingham-Southern 6; St. Mary's (Minn.) 5; Keene State 4; Stevens 3; McDaniel 1.