USCAA Week 4 Coaches Poll - Men's Basketball Ranked 20, Women's Basketball Receives Votes

January 10, 2019

USCAA Week 4 Coaches Poll - 1/9/19

After moving up to #19 in the Week 3 Poll, Five Towns College Men's Basketball ranked #20 (102 votes) in the Division II USCAA Basketball Week 4 Coaches Poll. The men's team is currently 4-4 overall, and 3-2 in USCAA contests. Sophomore guard Kyree Sawyer leads the team with 23.8 points per game (51.7%), good for third in the USCAA. Sawyer averages 3.3 assists and is tied for first in the USCAA with 3.5 steals.

Senior forward John Francois is the team's second highest scorer with 18.2 points per game. Francois also averages 7.6 rebounds and has posted two double-doubles this season.

The men return to play on January 16th when travel to take on the Davis College Falcons in a USCAA matchup. The team will then play four home games through January (1/19, 1/21, 1/24, 1/27). Check out the full Men's Basketball Schedule and come support the Sound!

The Five Towns Women's Basketball team went unranked in Week 4 but received votes (31) for the third week in a row, after ranking 20 in Week 1. The team is 4-3 overall, and 2-1 in the USCAA. Freshman guard Rasauna Melendez leads the team in scoring with 20.2 points per game, placing her 7th in scoring in the USCAA. Melendez also averages 2.2 assists and 3.0 steals.

Sophomore forward Denisha Allen continues to control the boards and is #1 in the USCAA in rebounds with 19.1 per game. Allen has scored three double-doubles this season. Senior guard Chloe Walton ranks in the top 10 in the USCAA in three categories: #3 steals per game (4.6), #5 assists per game (5.4), #6 blocks per game (1.7).

The women play two away games on January 15th at Suffolk Community College and on January 18th at Vaughn College, before returning home to face King's College on January 21st at 6:00 PM.

All Five Towns College home basketball games can be viewed live at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/ftc/

The full Week 4 Coaches Poll Rankings are listed below. The poll can also be viewed at The USCAA.

Men's Division 2

Rank	Team	Total	Last Wk.
1	Villa Maria College	299	1
2	Berkeley College-NY	295	2
3	Central Penn College	285	3
4	Penn State Wilkes Barre	279	T-4
5	NHTI	272	T-4
6	Southern Maine CC	267	7
7	Penn State Beaver	258	8
8	Central Maine CC	254	6
9	Penn State York	253	9
10	Johnson and Wales-Charlotte	240	10
11	Penn State Mont Alto	237	11
12	Warren Wilson College	224	13
13	Andrews University	209	14
14	Davis College	208	16
15	SUNY Delhi	192	RV
16	Vermont Tech	182	15
17	College of New Rochelle	178	17
18	Penn State Greater Allegheny	173	18
19	Penn State Shenango	144	12
20	Five Towns College	102	19

Also Receiving Votes: Vaughn College (73); UC Clermont (69); Penn State New Kensington (68); ACPHS (34); Penn State Hazelton (33); Penn State Brandywine (32)

Women's Division 2

Rank	Team	Total	Last Week
1	Central Maine CC	296	1
2	Villa Maria College	296	2
3	Penn State Beaver	289	3
4	Southern Maine CC	280	4
5	Johnson & Wales-Charlotte	274	5
6	Penn State Lehigh Valley	274	6
7	Warren Wilson College	258	T-7
8	Penn State Brandywine	251	10
9	Penn State DuBois	250	9
10	Davis College	247	12
11	University of Maine-Machias	243	11
12	Vermont Tech	226	13
13	Andrews University	226	14
14	Central Penn College	218	T-7
15	NHTI	206	17
16	University of Cincinnati-Clermont	201	18
17	Penn State Wilkes Barre	179	16
18	SUNY-Delhi	177	15
19	Penn State Greater Allegheny	175	19
20	University of Maine-Augusta	126	20

Also Receiving Votes: College of St. Joseph's Vermont (36); Penn State Fayette (35); Penn State Scranton (35); Five Towns College (31); Penn State York (31)