Phoenix women rise to No. 20 in AP poll

GREEN BAY - The Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team climbed one spot higher in this week's AP Top 25.

Green Bay beat conference foes Detroit (71-63) and Illinois-Chicago (67-36) to lock up a 15th consecutive regular-season Horizon League title.

The Phoenix plays its final home game of the 2012-13 season on Thursday night against Loyola.  Green Bay wraps up the regular season Saturday at Milwaukee.

Green Bay will once again host the conference tournament, which begins Wednesday, March 13.

Here is the complete women's AP Top 25 poll for this week:

                              Record Pts    Prv
    1. Baylor (40)    28-1    1,000    1
    2. Notre Dame    27-1    957    2
    3. UConn    27-2    916    3
    4. Stanford    28-2    881    4
    5. California    27-2    840    6
    6. Duke    27-2    797    5
    7. Kentucky    25-4    742    10
    8. Penn St.    24-4    709    7
    9. Tennessee    23-6    673    8
    10. Maryland    23-6    622    9
    11. Dayton    26-1    565    12
    12. Georgia    24-5    499    11
    13. Louisville    23-6    490    16
    14. UCLA    23    6    484    17
    15. North Carolina    26-5    436    15
    16. Delaware    26-3    380    18
    17. South Carolina    23-6    376    14
    18. Colorado    24-5    354    19
    19. Texas A&M    21-9    305    13
     20. Green Bay    24-2    223    21
    21. Nebraska    22-7    213    20
    22. LSU    19-10    122    -
    23. Florida St.    21-8    93    24
    24. Syracuse    22-6    70    22
    25. Toledo    26-2    64    -    
Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 60, Purdue 38, Gonzaga 19, San Diego St. 13, Oklahoma St. 11, Texas Tech 11, Michigan St. 10, Vanderbilt 8, Chattanooga 3, Oklahoma 3, Villanova 3, Charlotte 2, DePaul 2, Florida Gulf Coast 2, Miami 2, West Virginia 2.