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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Both the MIAA coaches and media expect a much improved Missouri Western Women’s Basketball team in 2018-19. The Griffons were picked in a sixth-place tie with Pittsburg State in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll and eighth in the MIAA Preseason Media Poll.

Both polls were released Tuesday morning during MIAA Basketball Media Day at the College Basketball Experience in Kansas City. A year ago the Griffons finished 12th in the MIAA regular season standings before two historical upsets vaulted the injury depleted Griffons into the semifinals of the MIAA Championships.

Seventh-year MWSU head coach Rob Edmisson will look to mold nine returners with six newcomers. The list of returners includes 2017-18 MIAA honorable mention selections Melia Richardson, Dossou Ndiaye and Cera Ledbetter. Richardson posted career-high numbers last season while Ndiaye and Ledbetter combined to give the Griffons a lethal combination in the post.

The Griffons open the 2018-19 season with an exhibition game at Mizzou on Oct. 29 before the regular season opener against Upper Iowa in Hays, Kansas on Nov. 9.

Coaches Poll
1. Central Missouri (13) – 169
2. Fort Hays State (1) – 154
3. Emporia State – 131
4. Washburn – 126
5. Central Oklahoma -113
t-6. Missouri Western – 104
t-6. Pittsburg State – 104
8. Lindenwood – 90
9. Nebraska Kearney – 73
10. Missouri Southern – 63
11. Southwest Baptist – 61
12. Northeastern State – 42
13. Northwest Missouri – 31
14. Lincoln – 13

Media Poll
1. Central Missouri (20) – 291
2. Fort Hays State (1) – 265
3. Washburn – 220
4. Emporia State – 216
5. Pittsburg State – 203
T-6. Central Oklahoma – 177
T-6. Lindenwood – 177
8. Missouri Western – 159
9. Nebraska Kearney – 146
10. Southwest Baptist – 113
11. Missouri Southern – 88
12. Northwest Missouri – 68
13. Northeastern State – 59
14. Lincoln – 23

— MWSU Athletics —