- Good Morning NAIA Hoops Nation! What a Saturday we had. A lot of good Top 25 matchups, a few under the radar teams who got big wins, and a lot of great individual performances. The greatness of NAIA basketball was on full display yesterday.
- We will start today with a big time scoring feat, hit by NAIA Player of the Year Candidate Kyle Mangas, who surpassed the 2,000 career point mark at Indiana Wesleyan yesterday.
Join us in congratulating and welcoming @Kmango2 to the @IWUHoops 2K Club!
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1) Frank – 2,452 points,
2) Walker – 2,409 points
3) @LaneMahurin – 2,288 points
4) KYLE MANGAS – 2,025
5) @CoachWeidner44 – 2,224 points
6) Brothers – 2,013 points
7) Bob Peters – 2,004 pic.twitter.com/2zKA9NTrnC— #𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (@IWUWildcats) January 4, 2020
- Mount Vernon Nazarene’s Jacob Paul joined the 1k club last night. Congrats Jacob!
🌧Senior Jacob Paul scores his 1,000th career point tonight! 🌧
Congratulations JP! pic.twitter.com/YtCUK0gfj7— RULECougar (@MVNUMbb) January 4, 2020
- Congrats also to Ryan Howard of IC Merced who became the schools all time assist leader with 280.
Another chapter in the Hollywood story.
Congratulations to Ryan Haywood for becoming @UCMercedMBB all-time assists leader! pic.twitter.com/ImTmnF0jDX
— UC Merced Bobcats (@UCMercedBobcats) January 5, 2020
- Thaddeus Newby also put his name into the record books last night as he broke the Culver-Stockton career 3 pointers made record with 201 now in his career.
M🏀 Newby sets career mark for 3-point field goals made, but @CSCWildcatsMBB can't hold halftime lead in loss to CMU. https://t.co/XWJ1Ma5eOi #GoWild. pic.twitter.com/YXacPUUXYA
— C-SC Wildcats (@CSCWildcats) January 5, 2020
- Congrats to MACU head coach Josh Gamblin on his 100th career win last night!
MBB: Congratulations to @MACUMBB Head Coach Josh Gamblin on picking up his 100th career victory with a pivotal 73-59 win over No. 10 John Brown today!#MACUProud #1Team pic.twitter.com/A4pYwAIKSq
— MACUAthletics (@MACUathletics) January 5, 2020
- There were so many great games yesterday, I can’t emphasize that enough. Here are just a few examples of what happened around NAIA Hoops yesterday.
- DI Hoops
.@mastersuniv MBB extended its 🏡 winning streak to 46 games with a win over No. 15 Hope International tonight.
📰: https://t.co/eeXvdTpb3J#GoMustangs pic.twitter.com/Hvw8bwASXO
— Master’s Athletics (@TMUAthletics) January 5, 2020
MBB: No. 3 @MACUMBB Head Coach Josh Gamblin won his 100th career game with the Evangels as MACU cruised to a dominant 73-59 victory over No. 10 John Brown on Saturday!#MACUProud #1Team https://t.co/RXvLY26R5a
— MACUAthletics (@MACUathletics) January 5, 2020
🚨UPSET ALERT!!🚨
The (RV) @LifeUMBB outscored No. 19 Lindsey Wilson 46-29 in the second half to pull off the @MidSouthSports upset 72-57!! Joyner tallied a double-double on 18 points and 10 rebounds as Maxwell finished with a team-high 24! Horton added 11 in the win! pic.twitter.com/VSBJBSwb5e
— Life Running Eagles (@LifeUAthletics) January 4, 2020
.@LyonCollegeMBB Head Coach Chad Tapp on the Scots’ 65-61 win over No. 18 CBC #GoScotsGo pic.twitter.com/4sJ2HyXYLa
— Lyon Scots Athletics (@LyonAthletics) January 4, 2020
Final: #1 Georgetown 73, #4 Pikeville 60.@Ctwitty_ pours in 31 points. Georgetown holds Pikeville 36 points below its season average. Tigers move to 12-0. @NAIAHoopsReport @BKennedyTV @markcstory
— Jason Grefer 🎙💻 (@JasonGrefer) January 4, 2020
- DII Hoops
By the numbers… pic.twitter.com/DbrP1fMMQA
— IWU Hoops (@IWUHoops) January 4, 2020
Final results from tonight’s #KCACmbb action! #KCACscores@sportsinkansas @KansasPregame @KansasSportsNet @OklaSports_Joey @NAIA pic.twitter.com/77O9jObb9X
— Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (@kcacsports) January 5, 2020
DEFENSE HOLDS! #20 @thresherhoops walks out of #KCMO with a thrilling 79-78 OT victory over Avila #RollOn #kcacscores @NAIAHoopsReport
— ThresherGameDay (@ThresherGameDay) January 5, 2020
With 1.4 seconds left in the game, Jimmy Sylvain drains two free throws to seal the Seahawk victory, 82-80! With this win over Warner University, Keiser improves to 13-2 on the season.
PTS – Gordon, 27
REB – Gordon/Anderson, 7
A – Mabry, 5 pic.twitter.com/yRtKOjmVi4— Keiser Seahawks MBB (@KUSeahawksMBB) January 4, 2020
🚨🚨UPSET COMPLETE 🚨🚨
Bobcats stun #11 Ave Maria on the road, 80-70! #MVBobcats
Justin Brown: 26 points, 10-16 FG
Ahmad Gilbert: 24 points, 9 rebounds#STUHoops // #TheseCatsCanPlay— St. Thomas Men’s Basketball (@STU_MBasketball) January 4, 2020
@MarianMensBball: Marian Earns Hard Fought Win Over Grace https://t.co/N9VIltYRVh pic.twitter.com/nlV6mTj2C9
— Marian Knights (@MUKnights) January 4, 2020
🏀 @msidehoops puts four in double figures, expands @GPACSports standings advantage https://t.co/7GRtsvngcU #MsideProud #RollSide @NAIAHoopsReport
— Morningside Mustangs 🐴 (@MsideMustangs) January 5, 2020
- There were plenty of other great games yesterday, and conference races are starting to heat up! Going to be
- Be on the look out for the NAIA Hoops Report Top 25 that will be out later today!
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