After convincing victories over William Jewell (97-70) and Rockhurst (91-60), Coach Steve Hesser's Panthers are 21-4 overall and riding a 13-game winning streak into Thursday's regular season finale at Missouri Science and Technology in Rolla (7:30 p.m. tipoff).
Drury is of four Great Lakes Valley Conference teams in the poll, which now features no more remaining unbeaten teams nationally after losses by Metro State and Western Washington last week.
GLVC East champion Wisconsin-Parkside is No. 13, Bellarmine No. 15 and Southern indiana No. 19 in this week's rankings, as the league finishes regular season play Thursday and begins the Deaconess GLVC Tournament on campus sites on Sunday.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Feb. 26, 2013 – Regular season poll #13)
1. West Liberty, W.Va. (9 first place votes) 27-1 389 3
2. Metropolitan State, Colo. (4 first place votes) 23-1 386 1
3. Western Washington (3 first place votes) 25-1 375 2
4. Seattle Pacific, Wash.
5. Cal Poly Pomona
6. Alabama-Huntsville
7. Minnesota State
8. Drury, Mo.
9. Saint Anselm, N.H.
10. Winston-Salem State, N.C.
11. Saint Leo, Fla.
12. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn.
13. Wisconsin-Parkside
14. Florida Southern
15. Bellarmine, Ky.
16. Indiana, Pa.
17. Fort Lewis, Colo.
18. Benedict, S.C.
19. Southern Indiana
20. East Stroudsburg, Pa.
21. Winona State, Minn.
22. Grand Canyon, Ariz.
23. Dominican, N.Y.
24. Livingstone, N.C.
25. Augustana, S.D.
Dropped out: Newman (21), St. Cloud State (22), Franklin Pierce (23), Gannon (24), Dixie State (25).
Others receiving votes: South Carolina Aiken 35, Assumption (Mass.) 33, Kentucky Wesleyan 27, Michigan Tech 27, Wayne State (Mich.) 27, Newman (Kan.) 19, Eckerd (Fla.) 12, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 11, Fairmont State (W.Va.) 9, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 8, Gannon (Pa.) 5, Dixie State (Utah) 4, North Carolina-Pembroke 4, Midwestern State (Texas) 1.
Records are through games of Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013.
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