Nov 18, 2024

🏀 HutchCC women remain No. 1 in nation

Posted Nov 18, 2024 10:51 PM
Photo Courtesy HutchCC Athletics
Photo Courtesy HutchCC Athletics

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With six-straight victories to open the 2024-25 season, the Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team claimed the No. 1 spot in the NJCAA Division I Rankings for the second-straight regular-season poll.

The Blue Dragons defeated the Kansas Wesleyan JV (85-54) and Redlands (81-59) in the Barton Classic this weekend to bump their record to 6-0, extending their winning streak to 43 games.

This week the Dragons open Jayhawk Conference play with a pair of road tests at Barton (4-2) and Fort Hays Tech Northwest (0-4), formerly known as Northwest Kansas Tech at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday in Goodland.

The Top 11 teams from last week all won last weeks and stayed exactly the save. No. 12 Cochise was the highest-ranked women's team to lose last week and fell to No. 16.

The Top 5 remains Hutchinson, Northwest Tech, New Mexico Junior College, Wabash Valley and Gulf Coast State.

The KJCCC is well represented this week. Dodge City remains No. 9 and Butler jumps into the rankings at No. 24.

The Blue Dragons have now been ranked No. 1 in seven consecutive polls dating back to last season. They have appeared in 17 consecutive rankings dating back to the first regular-season poll of the 2023-24 season.