The Wittenberg Tigers moved into the top 25 of the D3Hoops.com men's basketball poll Tuesday for the first time in six years.
An 83-70 victory over No. 19 Marietta on Saturday at Pam Evans Smith Arena gave Wittenberg an 11-0 start and pushed it from unranked to No. 17 in the latest poll. It is one of six undefeated teams in the top 25. Marietta fell to No. 25.
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Wittenberg was last ranked in the final poll of the 2011-12 season. It finished No. 11 after a 24-7 season that saw it reach the national quarterfinals.
.@WittenbergHoops drops #19 Marietta in the 2017 Kiwanis Holiday Classic Championship game, 83-70! #TigerUp pic.twitter.com/2oUpkmQvnq
— Wittenberg Athletics (@WittAthletics) December 31, 2017
This is Wittenberg’s best start since 1993-94 when the Tigers reached 26-0 in former coach Bill Brown’s first season and current coach Matt Croci’s senior season.
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Wittenberg returns to action at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Kenyon. The Tigers share first place in the North Coast Athletic Conference with No. 9 Ohio Wesleyan (9-2, 4-0). The Battling Bishops almost beat No. 1 Whitman on Saturday, losing 92-90 in Las Vegas, Nev., at the D3Hoops.com Classic.
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