The Panthers are 19-4 overall and riding an 11-game winning streak entering Thursday's regular season home finale against William Jewell at the O'Reilly Family Event Center (7:45 p.m. tipoff).
Drury is one of four, and the highest, ranking Great Lakes Valley Conference team in the poll this week. East leader Wisconsin-Parkside is 13th, Bellarmine 15th and Southern Indiana 16th.
Coach Steve Hesser's Panthers have two regular season games remaining after Thursday's home finale, visiting Rockhurst in Kansas City on Saturday and Missouri Science and Technology in Rolla on Feb. 28.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Feb. 19, 2013 – Regular season poll #12)
1. Metropolitan State, Colo. (13 first place votes) 22-0 397 1
2. Western Washington (3 first place votes) 24-0 387 2
3. West Liberty, W.Va.
4. Cal Poly Pomona
5. Seattle Pacific, Wash.
6. Florida Southern
7. Winston-Salem State, N.C.
8. Alabama-Huntsville
9. Minnesota State
10. East Stroudsburg, Pa.
11. Drury, Mo.
12. Saint Anselm, N.H.
13. Wisconsin-Parkside
14. Indiana, Pa.
15. Bellarmine, Ky.
16. Southern Indiana
17. Fort Lewis, Colo.
18. Winona State, Minn.
19. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn.
20. Saint Leo, Fla.
21. Newman, Kan.
22. St. Cloud State, Minn.
23. Franklin Pierce, N.H.
24. Gannon, Pa.
25. Dixie State, Utah
Dropped out: Indianapolis (12), North Alabama (24), Washburn (25).
Others receiving votes: Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 35, Benedict (S.C.) 13, Fairmont State (W.Va.) 12, Wingate (N.C.) 10, North Alabama 8, Michigan Tech 7, Indianapolis (Ind.) 6, Augustana (S.D.) 5, Barton (N.C.) 5, Dominican (N.Y.) 4, Assumption (Mass.) 3, Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 1, Kentucky Wesleyan 1, Wayne State (Mich.) 1.
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