McLennan Highlanders enter NJCAA poll at No. 21

The McLennan Highlanders are No. 21 in this week's NJCAA Division I Basketball Poll. The Highlanders received 57 points in the voting after handily defeating No. 3 Kilgore last week. Kilgore dropped six spots this week to No.9 with 229 points.

Northwest Florida State continues to hold the No. 1 spot, receiving 346 points. Indian Hills jumped three spots to No. 2 with 338, and Salt Lake moved up one spot to No. 3 with 315 points.

Odessa and Midland, both Region V opponents of McLennan, come in at No. 5 and No. 25 with 291 and 16 points, respectively. Other Texas schools are receiving votes: Weatherford, Panola, Howard, Lee, and Navarro.

The Highlanders play Blinn at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Brenham, and will face Tyler at 4 p.m. Friday and Kilgore at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Kilgore Classic.