GREENWOOD, Ind. – Kentucky Wesleyan returned to the top 25 at No. 18 in the weekly National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II men's basketball poll announced on Tuesday.
 
The Panthers were previously slotted at No. 23 in the Dec. 15 rankings.
        
KWC is rolling on a current six-game win streak and back-to-back Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week selections in Jordan Jacks and most recently, C.J. Blackwell.
 
Junior guard Ken-Jah Bosley has surfaced to the top of the career scoring race in conference history with 1,287 points since 2013.
 
Kentucky Wesleyan recently clamped down defensively with impressive road wins last week against Alderson Broaddus and Davis & Elkins. KWC toppled the Battlers in a rematch of the 2015 G-MAC Championship final.
    
Up next for Kentucky Wesleyan (15-2, 3-0 G-MAC) is conference foe Trevecca Nazarene (6-11, 2-1 G-MAC) on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. EST.

NABC Top-25 Coaches Poll (Jan. 19)