Lady Bears Climb to No. 5 in AP Poll
12/20/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 20, 2004
WACO, Texas - The Baylor Lady Bear basketball team continues to inch up the Associated Press' national poll and is listed at No. 5 in the poll released today. The No. 5 listing is Baylor's highest-ever ranking in a women's basketball poll. The team had been ranked No. 6 for the past two weeks.
Baylor began the 2004-05 season at No. 8 in the poll and had never slipped below No. 9. The Lady Bears, currently sporting a 9-1 record, have won nine straight contest after dropping its season opener to LSU, 71-70. LSU was ranked No. 3 at the time of the game and is currently the nation's top-ranked team at 10-0.
The Lady Bears defeated Florida, 89-62, on ESPN2 on Sunday and will take a break for the holidays before hosting Montana State on Wed., Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Ferrell Center. The game will be Baylor's final non-conference contest before beginning Big 12 play on the road against Texas A&M, Sat., Jan. 5.
Women's AP Top 251. LSU 10-02. Stanford 8-03. Duke 10-14. Texas 5-25. BAYLOR 9-16. North Carolina 9-17. Notre Dame 10-18. Connecticut 4-19. Tennessee 7-210. Ohio State 10-111. Michigan State 9-112. Texas Tech 6-213. Minnesota 8-214. Boston College 7-115. Georgia 8-316. Vanderbilt 7-117. Maryland 7-118. Iowa 9-019. DePaul 7-220. UCLA 6-221. Purdue 6-322. Houston 9-123. Kansas State 6-224. Rutgers 6-225. Utah 8-2
