Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball Moves Up In National Polls

Union, N.J. (12/5/07) - The Kean University women's basketball team is moving up in the national rankings as the Cougars improved to 5-0 this past week.

Kean remained steady in the 5^th spot of the D3Hoops.com poll.  The Cougars were pre-season ranked 7^th and in the first two weeks of the season have slowly moved into the 5^th spot.

In the USA Today/ESPN Division III Coaches' Poll, the Cougars climbed from the 10^th spot to their current rank of 7^th. 

Through five non-conference games this season, Kean has outscored their opponents by an average of 33 points.  The Cougars have also scored an average of over 90 points per game.

Kean opens up conference play this Saturday, December 8^th as they take on William Paterson University, who the Cougars defeated at the buzzer on February 24, 2007 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship.