NAIA Morning Bullet Points: 1K Scorers, Top 25 match-ups, New Addition to Our Team

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NAIA Morning Bullet Points: 1K Scorers, Top 25 match-ups, New Addition to Our Team

By naiahoopsreport_admin November 4, 2019 0 Comments

The NAIA Morning Bullet Points is a feature that will do a quick dive into the world of NAIA basketball.

We had a few student-athletes who joined the 1,000 point club this week. Congratulations to them all!

MBB | Reynolds’ milestone, Speight MVP leads No. 9 @MUCrusadersMBB to win over Lakers #CrusaderNation #FearTheCru https://t.co/6uMTIrRqmq

— Madonna Athletics (@MUCrusaders) November 3, 2019

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ C A R E E R P O I N T S😤

Senior Austin Butler officially joined the 1,000 point club with his career-high 4️⃣4️⃣-point performance during men’s basketball’s season opener on Tuesday💥💪🏀#CavClan | #CavsMBB pic.twitter.com/Pz1NbYr5bA

— Montreat Cavaliers (@MontreatCavs) November 1, 2019

Huge congrats to Charlie Warner for joining the 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ point club tonight! @GraceBasketball pic.twitter.com/LKEYp2INVv

— Grace Athletics (@GraceLancers) November 3, 2019

A big congratulations also to Coach Jeff Rutter at Arizona Christian on his 150th career coaching win!

M🏀- @coachrutteracu Wins 150 As Firestorm Win Official Opener- https://t.co/dnV8sEWh8M pic.twitter.com/BfikGb8tXH

— ACU Firestorm (@ACUFirestorm) November 2, 2019

There were some great Top 25 battles this past week. Here are a few we highlighted:
The #4 Morningside Mustangs had a BIG weekend, with two NAIA DII TOP 25 Wins. They beat #23 Indiana Tech, and #12 Cornerstone (MI) over the weekend.

🏀 Huge first half sends @msidehoops past Cornerstone 78-58 – Tyler Borchers 25 pts., six reb./Alex Borchers and Zach Imig 11 pts. each #MsideProud #RollSide @GPACSports @NAIAHoopsReport

— Morningside Mustangs 🐴 (@MsideMustangs) November 2, 2019

🏀 @msidehoops slips past Indiana Tech in final seconds thriller https://t.co/u8yYeHFIY5 #MsideProud #RollSide @GPACSports @NAIA @NAIAHoopsReport

— Morningside Mustangs 🐴 (@MsideMustangs) November 2, 2019

#4 Indiana Wesleyan also got a two BIG wins this weekend. The knocked off #17 Union (KY), and a team that was in OUR NAIA Top 25 Lincoln College (IL).

Indiana Wesleyan defeats Union 92-73.#iam3 #fearless #unconscious pic.twitter.com/YHqGbw1L9C

— IWU Hoops (@IWUHoops) November 1, 2019

FINAL | Indiana Wesleyan defeats Lincoln 84-73. 🔴⚪ pic.twitter.com/CsPWe6nb8P

— IWU Hoops (@IWUHoops) November 2, 2019

A couple nice NAIA DI Top 25 showdowns as well, One in particular was #24 Park (MO) beating #20 Central Methodist (MO). Park joins the Heart of America Athletic Conference after this season, and went 2-0 this weekend against their future Conference.

M🏀, No. 24 Park takes an 85-74 season-opening win over No. 20 CMU behind a triple-double from Blue Johnson! pic.twitter.com/UU2sc60u29

— Park Pirates (@ParkPirates) November 1, 2019

Not to bury this news at the bottom of the morning bullet points, but we are excited to announce that Jake Pommerer (@TheRealJakePom) has come on board to help cover NAIA DII basketball, and in particular the North Star Athletic Conference. Jake is 24 years old who graduated with his Bachelors Degree in Sports Management and a Minor in Athletic Coaching from Valley City State University in 2018. Jake spent three seasons as a student assistant for the men’s basketball program and was with the team that won the regular season conference championship in 2015-16 and advanced to the second round of the National Tournament. He also spent time interning in the Sports Information office during his years at Valley City State. Jake currently is attending Northern State University (SD) working towards his masters in Sports Leadership. Jake spent two years assisting the NSAA conference rater with Top 25 polls. He has been in attendance at 2-3 games every week since him and I started talking. I have appreciated his passion for NAIA basketball, and have enjoyed talking hoops with him. His first NSAA article will be out later today!!