NAIA Schedule & Links, Games of the Day, Five Players to Watch: Feb. 4th

Games of the Day:

 RV Cumberlands @ 20 Thomas More 8pm ET Live Video

Thomas More has been rolling winning 10 of their last 11 games. Cumberlands on the other hand is trending downward losing 3 of its last 5 games, including coming into this game on a two game losing streak. Cumberlands did hand Thomas More 1 of it’s 4 losses on the season though and you expect this to be another great game between the two.  This is a MUST win for Cumberlands as a current team on the bubble, and having a bit of a tough stretch left, they need wins yet to get into the National Tournament. 

Missouri Baptist @ Columbia 7:30pm CT Live Video

Columbia remains 1 game back of Central Baptist in the AMC Standings and has been playing good basketball. They have a tough test tonight against a good MoBap team who sits just 1 game back of Columbia for 2nd place in the AMC. This should be a slower paced game, but should be a fun back and forth battle. The matchup to watch in this one is Tony Burks (Columbia), who leads the AMC in scoring, versus Brendon Harvey (MoBap)!

19 Tx A&M Texarkana @ 2 LSU – Shreveport  7:30pm CT Live Video

Neither team has had a great SoS to this point as LSUS has a SoS of 164 and Texarkana’s is 192 out of 195 teams. It has made it hard to really gauge how good both of these teams really are. However, both have mostly done what good teams are supposed to do against the competition they were playing. With the first real test of the year for both teams, it will be interesting game to watch. Shreveport continues to have one of the best back courts in the county, so if Texarkana can find ways to slow down this potent offense, they will give themselves a chance in this one.