@MizzouWBB Enters AP Top 25 Poll for First Time Since 2006
12/21/2015 1:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Tigers ranked No. 25 in poll released Monday afternoon
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women's Basketball earned the No. 25 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll released on Monday afternoon. The Tigers received 79 points from various media members throughout the country covering NCAA Women's Basketball.
The national ranking is the first for the Mizzou program since the Tigers were ranked No. 24 for the week of Jan. 9, 2006. Prior to that week, Mizzou hadn't entered the AP Top 25 Poll since Jan. 6, 1985.
Mizzou is off to the first 11-0 start in program history. The Tigers rank second nationally in free throw shooting percentage (78.2), 11th in scoring margin (+24.6) and rebounding margin (+13.0), 23rd in field goal percentage (46.1), 24th in 3-pointers per game (8.3), 26th in scoring offense (79.1 points per game), 29th in scoring defense (54.5 points per game) and 35th in field goal percentage defense (34.8).
Mizzou returns to action on Monday evening with a 7 p.m. CT tipoff vs. Texas State at Mizzou Arena on SEC Network Plus/WatchESPN.
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