NAIA Schedule, Links to Watch, Games of the Day – Dec. 15th

7pm: #24 IU South Bend @ Trinity Christian – Watch Live

Back inside the Top 25 for the first time since the preseason polls, IU South Bend hits the road for an important CCAC matchup! Dylan Allen (IUSB) vs James Pennington (TC) will be must watch tonight! Both have been great the past two seasons and while Alex Gross is the favorite to repeat as CCAC POY, both Allen and Pennington are certainly in the running and will be 1st Team All-CCAC selections!

7:30pm: MidAmerica Nazarene @ Park – Watch Live

Both head coaches have combined to win nearly 1,100 games in their careers. Rocky Lamar sits at #1 on the current active wins list while Park Head Coach, Jason Kline has moved inside the Top 15 on the list. However, this year, these two teams sit at 2-2 in the Heart and find themselves in the middle of the pack in the Heart South standings. Both still have Heart Championship aspirations, so a win here keeps them in striking distance. Not that there isn’t still a lot of season left, but the Heart Champions usually doesn’t have more than 2-3 losses in the league. MNU has REALLY struggled on the road this year as they are now 0-5 away in true road games. Park is no easy place to play either. 

7:45pm: #16 USAO @ rv Texas Wesleyan – Watch Live

A fun SAC matchup tonight as USAO, coming off of a loss to RV Texarkana, will try and avoid a two game slide. Texas Wesleyan comes in winners of five straight. Peyton Sallee and Vydal Bradford continue to add to their great careers and new big man, Kristian Lafayette, has been a MONSTER on the glass. The rebounding battle will be one to watch tonight as the USAO bigs really pound the glass hard as well. You are going to see a lot of “above the rim” type of rebounds tonight in a game that features a ton of talent!