NAIA Schedule, Links to Watch, Games of the Day and Five Players to Watch: December 16th

With a bit of a slower day we are going to put the focus on three players from the same game for this one as #18 Dakota Wesleyan travels to play #8 Morningside. The game features three of the best players in the GPAC in Trey Brown and Zach Imig of Morningside and Nick Harden of Dakota Wesleyan. Nick is back to being healthy and has really played well in leading Dakota Wesleyan to 9-1 and a new #18 ranking in today’s poll. Imig and Brown have been great in helping to keep Morningside a Top 10 team. All three players will look to step up big tonight to help lead their team to a Top 25 win!

Joey Buggemi 6’3 G/F St Francis (IL) – 15.4ppg/3.4rpg

Buggemi is coming off of his worst game of the season with just 7 points against Governors State. However, he has gone above 15pts in every other game this season. He will need a big bounce back game tonight if the Fighting Saints plan to knock off the Bees on the road.

David Ejah 6’6 F Saint Francis (IN) – 18.8ppg/10.8rpg

Another player from this really good NAIA Sophomore class Ejah leads the Crossroads League in RPG, and is 2nd in the country in Defensive Rebounds per game (9.5). He also leads the Cougars in PPG and RPG. He has a big motor and the athleticism that makes him tough around the rim. He has shown the ability to step outside, but is one of the areas he can improve the most on. Either way he is a force for the Cougars!