I don’t know about anyone else, but yesterday’s release of the ARC, RPI and SOS ratings got me all sorts of jacked up for the tournament to be here! I know, I know, some of you are telling me to slow my role! I won’t say that there is still a lot of season left, but we still have some time for those teams who are needing a late season run, to still make that run. Who may be those teams you may ask? Well I am sure glad you asked!! Be on the lookout for our 1st Bracketology Report that will be released later this morning, as we once again partnered with Red Banner Roundball to bring you the absolute BEST tournament analysis around! As we always say, we aren’t perfect, BUT Red Banner did go 48 of 48 on teams making the field in the final Bracketology Report last season! This years tournament goes to a 64 team field so we are happy to bring back one of the most popular segments we do each season! But for now, for this article, we will keep the focus on the recap on the games, news and notes from around the NAIA yesterday.

• Game of the Day Recaps
  • #16 Marian gets BIG night from Christian Stewart to hold off MVNU, 82-76. (RECAP)
  • Union vs Reinhardt was a late postponement.
• Other Games of Note
  • Florida College beats Voorhees 79-71, to move to 18-2 on the season. (STATS)
  • Greg Johnson gets the bucket with 7secs left to help Goshen upset Huntington 63-62. (STATS)
• Top Performers
  • Parrish Hewitt, Wayland Baptist, 20pt/10reb/11asst triple-double in win over OPSU.
  • Antwaan Cushingberry, St Francis (IN), 36pts, 6rebs, 5assts, 4stls in win over Bethel (IN).
  • Christian Stewart, Marian, 31pts, 4rebs in win over MVNU.
  • Jalen Thomas, Oklahoma Panhandle St, 31pts, 7rebs, 4stls in loss to Wayland Baptist.
  • Chinedo Okonkwo, Florida College, 20pt/20reb double-double in win over Voorhees.
  • Jonathan Webb, Tennessee Wesleyan, 27pts in win over Kentucky Chrisitan.
  • Darrian Oats, Columbia International, 25pts, 7rebs, 4rebs in win over Point.
• Milestones
  • Antwaan Cushingberry moves to 7th on the all-time scoring list at St. Francis (IN)!

🔵⚪️@a_cush02 scored 36 points tonight and moves past USF great, Kegan Comer into #7 on the USF All-Time Scoring List! Go Cougars! pic.twitter.com/Up0ji2CBwd

— USF Men’s Basketball (@usf_mbkb) January 19, 2022

• ARC/RPI/SOS Ratings
  • As mentioned above, we will have more on this later today, but here are the actual ratings:
    • ARC Ratings

1st round of ARC Ratings!

We will have more on this soon! https://t.co/Qj94180Maf pic.twitter.com/Z3sxag6yDr

— NAIA Hoops Report (@NAIAHoopsReport) January 18, 2022

• RPI/SOS Ratings

RPI and SOS Top 50 https://t.co/cRjoyfyGpa pic.twitter.com/sc6u29Op2M

— NAIA Hoops Report (@NAIAHoopsReport) January 18, 2022

• NAIA Women’s Game of the Day Recap

#TWUWBB made it five wins in a row and a successful homestand with an 8⃣2⃣-7⃣3⃣ victory against @AACsports opponent Kentucky Christian University this evening. Jacelyn Stone paced four double-digit scorers with 21 points. Jordan Wright added 19 points. @DPASports pic.twitter.com/xIoCmuShVm

— TWU Bulldogs (@twbulldogs) January 19, 2022

FINAL

The Fire move to 19-1 on the season and remain undefeated in conference play with the victory over Florida Memorial!

🏀Points: Perry, Vigil (15)
🏀Rebounds: Perry, Vigil (6)
🏀Assists: Bennell (9)#FuelTheFire🔥 pic.twitter.com/isk5ow90i9

— SEU Women's B-Ball (@SEUFireWBB) January 19, 2022

• Milestones/Records
  • Congrats to Sheyvonne Owens of Point on breaking the school record for most rebounds in a game with 22!!

🚨 RECORD ALERT 🚨

Sheyvonne Owens broke the school record tonight in single game rebounds with 22! 🏀💥

Congratulations, Sheyvonne! #TogetherWeFly pic.twitter.com/v08JHtj8bu

— Point Skyhawks (@PointSkyhawks) January 19, 2022

• NAIA Women’s ARC/RPI/SOS Ratings

The 1st round of NAIA ARC/RPI/SOS ratings are posted.

RPI/SOS – https://t.co/8SZVzTq8WK

ARC – https://t.co/RXf2RmGv1x

— NAIA Women’s Hoops Report (@NAIAWomensHoops) January 19, 2022

• NAIA National Player of the Week
  • Congrats to both, Kylie Wroblewski of St Ambrose and Solomon Clayton of Bethany for being named NAIA National Players of the Week!

W🏀

Kylie Wroblewski of @SAUBEES is this week's #NAIAWVBB player of the week

For more–> https://t.co/JDBccr1Bck#PlayNAIA #collegebasketball #NAIAPOTW pic.twitter.com/sq5hu4mip4

— NAIA (@NAIA) January 18, 2022

M🏀 | After two, 30+ point performances last week, Solomon Clayton of @BethanySwedes is this week's #NAIAMBB Player of the Week!

Read more–> https://t.co/wMdEgMdu5N#NAIAPOTW #CollegeBasketball pic.twitter.com/2PRtuj6x6z

— NAIA (@NAIA) January 18, 2022