Staff Report
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Saturday, Eastern Mennonite suffered its first loss to a D-III school. Monday night, the Royals slipped four spots in the D3hoops.com men’s basketball national poll, landing at No. 11.
EMU is one of four Old Dominion Athletic Conference teams ranked in the poll, all in the top 11 spots.
The men slipped from the No. 7 spot achieved in just their third week in the top 25. Guilford remained at No. 2. Virginia Wesleyan jumped from No. 12 to No. 7 after handing Randolph-Macon its second loss in seven days. The Yellow Jackets slid six spots to No. 9. Wisconsin-Stevens Point maintained the top spot for the second week in a row, taking all 25 first-place votes.
Rival Bridgewater knocked off the men 89-83 Saturday night before a capacity crowd in BC’s Nininger Hall. The Runnin Royals, now 14-2 overall and 8-1 in the ODAC, took their only other loss from NAIA Southern Virginia. Eastern Mennonite gets a chance to avenge that defeat when the Knights come to Harrisonburg this Thursday, Jan. 28.
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