NAIA Schedule, Links to Watch, Games of the Day and Five Players to Watch!

December 7th NAIA Games

Games of the Day:

Mount Mercy @ William Penn 6:00pm CT Live Video

Just 3 conference matchups today, so went with all three as the GOTD’s. William Penn and Mount Mercy will battle for the 1st of two games this week against each other as they will turn around and play each other again on Wednesday. William Penn is deep and balanced scoring the ball. They have looked every part of a Top 5 team in the country thus far. Mount Mercy though can be tough when they are hitting 3’s. Should be a fun game.

#14 Ottawa @ Kansas Wesleyan 7:00pm CT Live Video

Ottawa is in a bit of a rut since coming off of quarantine. They will be looking to get a much needed win tonight as they travel to play a Kansas Wesleyan team that hasn’t played since mid November. AJ Range has been a walking double-double for Kansas Wesleyan and Jaquan Daniels will be looking for a bounce back game after a rough shooting game against Bethel. The team that can control the tempo and play at the speed they want to should win this game!

Graceland @ Peru State 7:30pm CT Live Video

Another Heart of America game gets the nod as a Game of the Day. After an 0-3 start to the season, Graceland has now won back to back games and will be looking to carry that momentum into a tough road game with Peru State. Peru State has a lot of youngsters getting playing time, but are still led by All-American Henry Tanskley. It’s still early in the season, but both teams need this win!

Five Players To Watch

Kamari Newman 6’3 G William Penn – 14.8ppg/3.6rpg

The All-American was one of the top shooters in the country last year. He has started out a little slow shooting %wise this season, but looks to be scoring in more ways this season. He is coming off of two good games that saw him score 17 points against Peru State and 22 points this past Saturday at Clarke.

Nick Coleman 6’1 G Graceland – 15.4ppg

Coleman had a nice week last week with 18pts, 4reb, 7assts in a win against STL Pharmacy and then followed that up with a 16pt, 4reb, 4asst game in a conference win against Clarke. Tonight he will be looking to carry last weeks momentum into a tough road contest at Peru State.

AJ Range 6’6 F Kansas Wesleyan – 17.6ppg/11.14rpg

We haven’t seen the Coyotes in a couple of weeks, but through his first 7 games of the season AJ has 5 double-doubles. He is currently in the Top 20 in the NAIA in 3 different categories: offensive rebounds per game (4.4) – 13th in NAIA, Total Rebounds (79) -14th in NAIA, Total rebounds per game (11.14) – 19th in NAIA.

Wanya King 6’0 G Freed Hardeman – 16ppg/2.9apg

Wanya is 1/3 of a potent scoring punch that this Lion squad has had to start the season. The Arkansas-Monticello transfer has had a nice impact on this FHU team that is now 5-0!

Brandon Williams 6’1 G Blue Mountain 18.14ppg/5.0rpg/2.9apg

Blue Mountain hasn’t gotten off to a great start at just 3-5 overall, but in the seven games that Brandon Williams has played in he has scored in double figures in each of them. He is a shifty guard who can obviously fill it up!