NAIA MBB Week 16 Recap by Categories

Best Win of the Week

#9 Keiser (FL) beats #4 Ave Maria (FL), 91-84

Keiser went on the road an took down Ave Maria! The win moves them into a tie for 1st place in the Sun Conference. Matthew Shey had 21pts, 6rebs off the bench for Keiser. James Cameron with 17pts, 7rebs in the win!

Upset of the Week

MVNU takes down #11 Bethel (IN),

That’s Back-to-Back weekends in Ariel Arena that the Cougars have pulled off a Top 15 upset! This weekend was a win over #11 Bethel. The Cougs got a Triple Double from Peyton Heiss who finished with 14pts, 11rebs, 10 assist in the win! Trent Koning led the way with 21pts!

Best Game of the Week

#2 Grace defeats #3 Indiana Wesleyan, 83-78!

Not all games live up to the hype, but this one was a FANTASTIC game! Indiana Wesleyan was able to take a late lead, but Grace battled back and ultimately won. The win also locked up at least a share of the CL Title, which is the 4th straight for Grace. Gage Sefton was great in this one! More from him below!

Offense of the Week

Indiana Tech got back to rolling these past few games and picked up two must win games this week. They knocked off Lourdes, 89-71. In the win, The Warriors shot 58% from the field, 37% from 3 with 42pts in the paint! In their 102-93 win over Madonna, Tech shot 54% from the field and 31% from 3. They had 16 assists in 36 made field goals. They had 3 guys score 22pts or more. Led by Blake Davidson with 24!

MVP of the Week

Micah Clark, Nelson (TX)

Micah is one of the best players in the NAIA and this week he finished his 4th straight game with 30+ points. On the week he had 63pts, 14rebs, 6assts and 7stls! He will look to have another big week as the SAC Regular Season Title is on the line!

Defensive MVP of the Week

Tanner Vogel, Faulkner (AL)

The Sophomore was a big reason for Faulkner’s big 2-0 week. Against William Carey, Tanner had 21pts, 18rebs (14 defensive) he also had a block and altered plenty of other shots. In the win vs Loyola, he finished with 17pts, 10rebs (10 defensive) to go with 3 blocks and a steal!

Coach of the Week

Scott Sanderson, Faulkner (AL)

Coach Sanderson is no stranger to big games or winning for that matter as he has over 500 wins in his career. This past week his Eagles picked up two big wins against #14 William Carey and RV Loyola (LA) to take over 1st place in the SSAC!

Defense of the Week

Bethel (KS) Threshers

The Threshers set a new program record as they forced Ottawa (KS) into 34 turnovers! On the week they only gave up 62.0ppg, and forced a total of 52 turnovers!

Pippen of the Week

Gage Sefton, Grace (IN)

Gage averaged 21ppg, 8rpg and had a huge outing for the Lancers vs #3 Indiana Wesleyan finishing with 29pts and 13 as the fans chanted M-V-P in the final minute of the game as he clinched the game at the FT line.

Onions of the Week

Blake Stewart (Cornerstone)

Blake Stewart led Cornerstone to a big road win over UNOH! Here is his game winner!

Sniper of the Week

Kaedon Bonner, Saint Mary (KS)

Kaedon hit 5-7 from 3 on his way to a 40pt outburst in USM’s win over Tabor! Kaedon had been struggling from deep here over his past 10 games, but the sharp shooter finally found his shot again! Would be huge for USM if he can carry that forward!

Stock Riser of the Week

Grand View Vikings

Grand View moved their win streak to 7 games as they knocked off Park (MO) and Central Methodist (MO) this week. It’s a good time for a win streak as the Vikings are on the bubble and making a strong push for a tourney bid! They have a huge game vs Graceland this week . A win would give them the 2-seed in the Heart Tourney! Lukas Helms and Davison Gaston continue to lead the charge for the Vikings!

Rodman of the Week

Varun Danak, Dalton State

Not Varin’s first time here! Varun helped keep the Road Runners afloat with a big win over Life (GA). In the win, he had an 18pt, 19reb game. 9 of the rebounds were offensive! Big time outing for the Senior Forward!