Northwest Missouri St., topped arch-rival Missouri Western 90-67 in Maryville. Jesse Shaw led Northwest with 17 points, eight rebounds and three steals and Northwest improved their record to 23-3 overall and 14-3 in the MIAA conference. Missouri Western dropped to 12-16 and 6-11. On Wednesday, the new NCAA Division II Regional Rankings were released and Northwest Missouri St. remained the third-ranked team in the South Central Region. Drury of Springfield is sixth in the South Central. In Division-II, the top eight teams in each of the eight regions comprise the 64-team national tournament. In the women’s regional rankings, Drury is number two, Northwest is sixth and Missouri Western is eighth.