GREENVILLE, S.C. – Kaylee Carson,
Nadiya Hairston, and
Layla Tillery were tabbed Players to Watch this season as Lees-McRae women's basketball was selected to finish 10th in the Conference Carolinas Women's Basketball Preseason Poll.
Francis Marion earned 11 first-place votes and 221 total points to claim the top spot. Belmont Abbey received two first-place votes and both UNC Pembroke and Chowan registered one first-place vote apiece. Young Harris rounded out the top five with 178 total points.
Lees-McRae women's basketball heads to Conway, South Carolina to face Coastal Carolina on Sunday, November 9 at 1 p.m. in an exhibition
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| Rank |
School |
Points (First-Place Votes) |
| 1 |
Francis Marion |
225 (11) |
| 2 |
Belmont Abbey |
199 (2) |
| 3 |
UNC Pembroke |
192 (1) |
| 4 |
Chowan |
184 (1) |
| 5 |
Young Harris |
178 |
| 6 |
Shorter |
155 |
| 7 |
Barton |
131 |
| 8 |
Emmanuel |
124 |
| 9 |
King |
115 |
| 10 |
Lees-McRae |
93 |
| 11 |
Converse |
81 |
| 12 |
North Greenville |
76 |
| 13 |
Mount Olive |
61 |
| 14 |
Southern Wesleyan |
56 |
| 15 |
Erskine |
33 |
| 16 |
Ferrum |
21 |
