As temperatures drop outdoors things begin to heat up inside on the hardwood. Expectations are high for the Lady Statesmen Basketball Team.

It's picked to finish second in the Midwest Collegiate Conference behind last year's regular season and tournament champion Grand View. Coming off a 12 and 19 season with a 9 and 9 conference record, this is Penn's highest preseason ranking since joining the conference in 2001.To see if the navy and gold could back up the initial hype we check in with CRI and OSP's Jason Madison when non-conference foe Waldorf visited the Penn Zone Tuesday.