Hot Start to the Year Pushes Eagles to No. 23 in the Nation
By Mike DeVader, Reinhardt Director of Athletic Communications & Media
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After a 10-0 start under first-year head coach Toby Wagoner, the Eagles made their initial appearance inside the 2019-20 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll – at No. 23 – which was released by the NAIA national office in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday morning.
Reinhardt (10-0, 7-0 Appalachian Athletic Conference) received 89 total voting points in the rating, and are near the top of the conference standings with 17th-ranked Bryan (Tenn.) after snagging a last-second victory over the Yellow Jackets of Allen (S.C.).
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Most recently, a fourth-quarter comeback was capped off by a heave and a prayer that found the bottom of the net from 3-point range from Ashton Sutton off an in-bounds pass with less than a second remaining, pushing Reinhardt over Allen last Wednesday night inside the Brown Athletic Center.
Amberlee Zeller also tallied a career-best 30 points on 10-of-14 shooting and 10-for-11 from the free throw line.
Zeller's previous best was 14 points against Tennessee Wesleyan earlier this year.
The rest of the month wraps up with back-to-back AAC contests on the road, beginning at Union (Ky.) on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 4 p.m.
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