MASON CITY – The NIACC women’s basketball team is ranked No. 17 in the NJCAA Division II poll released Tuesday.
NIACC (6-5 overall) split a pair of games last weekend in the Kansas City area. The Lady Trojans topped MCC-Penn Valley 87-73 and dropped a 88-72 decision to No. 5 Johnson County CC.
Kirkwood (12-0) is ranked No. 1 and DMACC (10-2) is ranked No. 10.
It is the eighth straight poll that has included NIACC as the Lady Trojans were ranked in the final four polls of the 2015-16 season and have been ranked in the first four polls of the 2016-17 season.
NIACC returns to action Dec. 28 against No. 15 Kalamazoo Valley (6-1) in the opening round of the Illinois Central tournament in East Peoria, Ill.
NJCAA Division II poll
Kirkwood, Pima Owens, Highland (Kan.), Johnson County, Louisburg, Kankakee, North Arkansas, Monroe CC, DMACC, Kansas City (Kansas), Parkland, Cecil, Guilford Tech, Kalamazoo Valley, Cape Fear, NIACC, Lake Land, Illinois Central, Garrett.