Lake Land womens basketball remained No. 6 in the final NJCAA poll of the season after taking a week off.
The Lakers rolled past Southwest Illinois, 82-43, Monday night. Before that, Lake Land (26-3, 15-2 in the GRAC) had last played Feb. 15 when it defeated Southwest Illinois College 82-67.
Illinois Central moved up four spots to No. 9 after defeating then-No. 3 Lincoln Land on Saturday, 70-66. The Loggers, conversely, dropped two spots to No. 5. Illinois Central has not lost since its loss to the Lakers, a 10-game stretch.
Lake Land defeated Illinois Central 77-56 in mid-January two weeks after losing to Lincoln Land on a last -second 3-pointer in Springfield.
The Lakers next travel to face Rend Lake in their season-finale. The Region 24 tournament, which determines who advances to the national Division II tournament, takes place in Peoria on March 7-8.
NJCAA DIVISION II POLL
| Rank | School | Pts | ||
| 1 | North Iowa Area (7) | IA | 27-1 | 140 |
| 2 | Labette | KS | 23-4 | 133 |
| 3 | Macomb | MI | 27-0 | 126 |
| 4 | Kirkwood | IA | 25-3 | 119 |
| 5 | Lincoln Land | IL | 25-3 | 111 |
| 6 | Lake Land | IL | 25-3 | 104 |
| 7 | Johnson County | KS | 25-4 | 97 |
| 8 | Catawba Valley | NC | 22-1 | 89 |
| 9 | Illinois Central | IL | 22-6 | 79 |
| 10 | Bryant&Stratton-WI | WI | 22-6 | 73 |
