Daily Dive

Well, Wednesday’s are usually a bigger night around the NAIA, but unfortunately, Winter storms decided to roll in, so much of the games were pushed to today! With a smaller game slate yesterday there wasn’t much happening outside of the ordinary (yes, that includes the normal GPAC craziness).

• Games of the Day Recap
  • #13 Georgetown bounced out to a big early lead, and then withstood the Cumberland run to take a 73-63 win (Recap).
    • The win gives Georgetown a half game lead for 2nd place in the MSC Standings. Cumberland remains in that crucial 4-seed in the MSC, but the lead over UPike and Freed-Hardeman is just 1 game.

SCHOOL	MSC	%	OVERALL	%	GB	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL	STREAK
7 Thomas More	14-1	.933	20-2	.909	—	11-2	9-0	0-0	Won 11
13 Georgetown	13-3	.813	20-3	.870	1.5	13-2	6-1	1-0	Won 4
RV Tennessee Southern	12-3	.800	17-6	.739	2	9-2	6-4	2-0	Won 1
Cumberland (TN)	9-6	.600	13-6	.684	5	6-2	6-4	1-0	Lost 1
Pikeville	7-6	.538	14-7	.667	6	10-4	4-3	0-0	Lost 3
Freed-Hardeman	8-7	.533	13-9	.591	6	7-5	4-4	2-0	Won 1
Cumberlands (KY)	8-8	.500	14-10	.583	6.5	7-3	4-7	3-0	Won 1
Shawnee State	6-10	.375	12-11	.522	8.5	7-5	5-5	0-1	Lost 2
Campbellsville	5-10	.333	12-11	.522	9	8-5	1-6	3-0	Won 2
Bethel	3-11	.214	11-11	.500	10.5	5-6	4-5	2-0	Won 1
Lindsey Wilson	3-12	.200	10-13	.435	11	4-6	4-7	2-0	Won 1
Life	2-13	.133	5-15	.250	12	3-8	2-7	0-0	Lost 6

• #1 William Penn All-Americans, Karmari Newman and Kevion Blaylock once again led the Statesmen charge as WPU rolled to another win. This time it was a 112-94 win over a hot Mount Mercy team, who had worked themselves up into 2nd place in the Heart of America. (Recap)
  • The loss, coupled with a Grand View win over Clarke, now pushes Grandview into a tie for 2nd place in the Heart North.

North

	Conference	Overall
School	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
William Penn	14	13-1	0.929	23	22-1	0.957
Mount Mercy	14	8-6	0.571	24	15-9	0.625
Grand View	14	8-6	0.571	21	13-8	0.619
Clarke	14	6-8	0.429	23	11-12	0.478
Peru State	13	5-8	0.385	23	10-13	0.435
Culver-Stockton	13	4-9	0.308	22	13-9	0.591
Graceland	13	3-10	0.231	24	7-17	0.292

South

	Conference	Overall
School	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Evangel	13	8-5	0.615	22	15-7	0.682
Central Methodist	13	7-6	0.538	24	16-8	0.667
Park	13	7-6	0.538	19	12-7	0.632
Benedictine (KS)	13	7-6	0.538	22	13-9	0.591
Baker	13	7-6	0.538	21	11-10	0.524
MidAmerica Nazarene	13	7-6	0.538	23	12-11	0.522
Missouri Valley	13	3-10	0.231	23	11-12	0.478

• Other Games of Note
  • The GPAC didn’t go as bonkers as it has been going over the past few weeks, but #25 Briar Cliff beat Mount Marty, 74-63 (Recap) and CUNE survived on the road against Midland, 92-87 (Recap), giving both teams a little separation on the rest of the league.
  • 3rd-7th in the GPAC remains a zoo though and one loss can send you spiraling deep down into the standings, but a win, like Jamestown had last night over Dakota Wesleyan, can catapult you up the standings when others lose!

25 Briar Cliff	12-3	16-7
rv Concordia	12-4	19-5
rv Jamestown	10-6	20-6
Dordt	9-6	17-7
rv Northwestern	9-6	17-8
Morningside	9-6	12-8
Doane	8-7	15-10
Dakota Wesleyan	7-9	10-13
Midland	5-11	14-12
Mount Marty	3-13	7-18
Hastings	1-14	6-19

• ICYMI
  • Yesterday we released our NAIA Hoops Bracketology Report.

Tons of story lines to watch over the final 3 weeks of the season. Seniors who don't want to play their last games, conf. titles up for grabs, bubble teams pushing to improve resumes and more!

📰NAIA Hoops Bracketology Report – 2nd Edition w/@RedBannerRB https://t.co/JXZvjmJ5qS

— NAIA Hoops Report (@NAIAHoopsReport) February 2, 2022

• While the POD placement in that one is based to try to keep teams more regionally located. Here is a look at how the bracket would look if we move it to be more linear with the seeding being snaked back and forth.

• Women’s Game of the Day Recap
  • Grand View picked up a big win over #10 Clarke to move into a tie for 1st place in the Heart of America. (Recap)

North

School	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Clarke	14	12-2	0.857	25	21-4	0.840
Grand View	14	12-2	0.857	25	20-5	0.800
Mount Mercy	14	8-6	0.571	25	11-14	0.440
Culver-Stockton	13	5-8	0.385	22	11-11	0.500
Peru State	13	4-9	0.308	22	9-13	0.409
William Penn	14	3-11	0.214	25	3-22	0.120
Graceland	13	2-11	0.154	22	5-17	0.227

South

School	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Central Methodist	13	9-4	0.692	23	19-4	0.826
Benedictine (KS)	13	9-4	0.692	23	17-6	0.739
MidAmerica Nazarene	13	9-4	0.692	21	12-9	0.571
Evangel	13	8-5	0.615	23	12-11	0.522
Missouri Valley	13	7-6	0.538	22	13-9	0.591
Baker	13	3-10	0.231	22	7-15	0.318
Park	13	2-11	0.154	19	8-11	0.421

• Other Games of Note
  • Dordt knocked off #8 Morningside. It is Dordts 12th straight win! (Recap)
    • Morningside is still in control of the GPAC, but things are starting to get interesting behind them!

8 Morningside	15-2	20-4
13 Northwestern	12-5	20-5
rv Dordt	12-5	19-6
Dakota Wesleyan	11-6	19-6
rv Briar Cliff	11-6	15-9
23 Concordia	10-7	13-10
Jamestown	9-8	16-9
Hastings	8-9	12-11
College of Saint Mary	5-12	11-12
Doane	4-13	10-15
Midland	4-13	8-16
Mount Marty	1-16	2-22

• Milestones/Records
  • Congrats to one of the best shooters in the NAIA, Karmari Newman, on becoming the All-Time career three pointers made leader at WPU.

We want to congratulate Karmari Newman on breaking the all-time career three point record set by Taylor Stoutner in 2013! This incredible edit made by Graduate Assistant, Wade Votroubek, shows every single 3 pointer made by Karmari in his 3 seasons at WPU. pic.twitter.com/cGpl3dBbK8

— William Penn Men’s Basketball (@WPUBasketball) February 3, 2022

• Pretty cool thing at Rochester as the father-son duo have now combined for 1,000 career wins!

The win against UNOH marks a special occasion as Garth and Klint Pleasant now have 1000 combined wins as head coaches. They continue the quest to beat Eddie and Scott Sutton's record 1,218 wins as father-son. pic.twitter.com/fnh6wYsMY1

— Rochester University Men’s Basketball (@RUWarriorsMBB) February 2, 2022

• A pair of St. Francis Cougars continue to climb the all-time points scored list at USF.

RECORD UPDATE | Last night vs. #14 Grace College @MullJalan scored 10 points in the USF win and moved past Ethan Hussey into #31 on USF’s All-Time Scoring List! Go Cougars!

🔵⚪️ https://t.co/bFVQvow5yF pic.twitter.com/MIx7arVFZo

— USF Men’s Basketball (@usf_mbkb) February 2, 2022

RECORD UPDATE | Last night vs. #14 Grace College @a_cush02 scored 31 points in the USF win and moved past Trey Eaton & Larry Land into #6 on USF’s All-Time Scoring List! Go Cougars!

🔵⚪️ https://t.co/bFVQvow5yF pic.twitter.com/dz6Cqdxucm

— USF Men’s Basketball (@usf_mbkb) February 2, 2022

• Cush also made it 48 straight games in double-figure scoring. Which is also a USF record!

RECORD UPDATE | @a_cush02 has now scored double-figures in 48 consecutive games. The previous USF record was 46 consecutive games held by USF All-American guard, Q Owens! Congratulations Cush & Go Cougars! pic.twitter.com/ucZa9Nv7UK

— USF Men’s Basketball (@usf_mbkb) February 2, 2022