Receiving seven first place votes, the Howard Payne women’s basketball team was pre-season picked to finish second in the American Southwest Conference West Division, after a vote of each division’s head coaches, sports information directors and media members, the conference office announced on Tuesday.
Five-time ASC champion Howard Payne (20-6, 16-5 ASC) was predicted to finish in second place in the West with 129 points and seven first-place votes. The Lady Jackets have also won three division crowns and hoisted the NCAA Division III national championship trophy in 2007-08.
The Lady Jackets, who have posted nine consecutive 20 win seasons, will have an exhibition game with NCAA D-I Stephen F. Austin State University on November 2nd at 7:00 pm in Nacogdoches, Texas. Howard Payne will officially start the 2012-2013 season at the Mississippi College Tournament in Clinton, MS, November 16-17. They will open the tournament with Berry College at 5:30 pm and play Huntingdon College the next day at 1:00 pm.
Howard Payne will have their home opener on November 24th versus the University of Texas at Tyler at 1:00 pm.
2012-13 ASC PRESEASON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POLL
[Voted on by ASC Head Coaches, Sports Information Directors and Media Members]
WEST DIVISION
Team (first-place votes) Points 2011-12 Record
1. Concordia Texas (13) 137 23-5, 18-3 ASC (1st)
2. Howard Payne (7) 129 20-6, 16-5 ASC (T2nd)
3. Hardin-Simmons (1) 108 13-13, 11-10 ASC (4th)
4. Mary Hardin-Baylor 77 6-19, 5-16 ASC (T6th)
5. Texas Lutheran 59 7-18, 6-15 ASC (5th)
6. Schreiner 55 7-18, 5-16 ASC (T6th)
7. Sul Ross State 23 2-23, 1-20 ASC (8th)
* McMurry (19-8, 16-5 ASC) is no longer a member of the conference.
EAST DIVISION
Team (first-place votes) Points 2011-12 Record
1. Louisiana College (18) 142 24-5, 18-2 ASC (1st)
2. Texas-Dallas (3) 122 20-7, 15-5 ASC (2nd)
3. Mississippi College 100 16-10, 13-7 ASC (3rd)
4. Texas-Tyler 65 12-13, 8-12 ASC (6th)
5. LeTourneau 61 13-12, 9-11 ASC (T4th)
6. Ozarks 58 13-13, 9-11 ASC (T4th)
7. East Texas Baptist 40 6-19, 4-16 ASC (7th)
* Centenary (8-17, 0-0 ASC) is no longer a member of the conference.
