We talked about it yesterday in our Schedule and Links article, but with Thomas More playing as good of ball as anyone in the country right now, it is fair to restate that the Mid-South has won the last two NAIA National Titles. It has played in four of the last five National Title Games. This is a power conference right now and Thomas More has complete control of it with a month to go! It’s a shame they are headed D2 soon, but that hasn’t stopped the Saints from trying to go out with a bang! Just some thoughts on a terrific team, from a great league, before we get going into last night
- Game of the Day Recaps
- rv IU Kokomo wins it’s 8th straight and stays in the thick of a River States Conference Title with a 61-47 win over rv WVU Tech. (Recap)
- As mentioned in the intro, #7 Thomas More is rolling. They won their 10th straight game last night and increase their lead in the Mid-South, to 2 games, with a big 90-65 road win against rv UT Southern. (Box Score)
- #23 Bethel (KS) welcomed themselves back to the Top 25 in style as they went on the road to #4 Oklahoma Wesleyan and handed the Eagles their 2nd home loss of the year. Bethel has now won 13 straight games! (Recap)
- Other Notable Games
- The two remaining NAIA undefeated teams went down last night.
- It was an upset Thursday
- Oklahoma City knocks off #9 SAGU89-83, to win their 4th straight game. (Recap)
- #16 Georgetown defeats Pikeville 86-67. Georgetown has never lost to UPike, at home, in the Chris Briggs era. (Recap)
- #11 LSU Alexandria defeated Southwest (NM) 88-81. It was the 200th program win. The 200th career win for Head Coach, Larry Cordaro, and just the 100th game played inside LSUA’s ‘The Fort’. Quite the eight-year run for the Generals! (Recap)
- MACU gets a big road win over rv Texas Wesleyan. Winning that one 78-75, making it their 7th win in the last 9 games. (Recap)
- Notable Performances
- Zach Wrightsil, #3 Loyola, 33pts, 10rebs, 11assts Triple-Double in win over MGA.
- Speaking of 1st Team All-Americans, Jaylon Scott had a very, Jaylon Scott type of night. 33pts, 10rebs, 7assts, 3stls, 2blks in Bethel (KS) win over #4 OKWU.
- Myles Burns, #3 Loyola, 22pts, 5rebs, 7assts, 7stls in win over MGA.
- Cashmine Williams, #6 William Jessup, 17pts, 7rebs, 6assts in win over Life Pacific.
- Ryan Birt, Oklahoma City, 25pts, 8rebs in win over #9 SAGU.
- Cameron Hines, #15 USAO, 26pts, 4rebs, 4assts in win over Southwestern Christian.
- Jace Wallace, Campbellsville, 33pts, 6rebs, 5assts, 3stls in win over Cumberlands.
- Donnie Miller, Midway. 33pts 7asssts in win over Carlow.
- Noah Young, Alice Lloyd, 18pts, 11assts in loss to Asbury.
- Ben Soumahoro, Alice Lloyd, 33pts, 11rebs, 5assts in loss to Asbury.
- Women’s Games of the Day Recap
- rv Lyon caps off big comeback as Katie Turner hits game winner to knock off rv Columbia (MO) 73-71, as both teams are now tied for 1st place in the AMC. (Recap)
- #18 Rocky Mountain stays in 1st place in the Frontier Conf with big 59-45 win over #7 Carroll. Recap below.
- Other Notable Games/Performances
- #12 Wayland Baptist got a 25pt, 13reb, 10asst Triple-Double from Kaitlyn Edgemon!
- Milestones/Records
- How about #2 Southeastern (FL) women, who won their 100th consecutive Sun Conf game last night!!
- Brynley Fitzgerald of Montana Western joined the 1k point club!
- As did USAO’s Milagros Carrera!
- A whole lot of FT’s were shot in this game AND #23 MACU set a new program record with 35 made FT’s!
- Connor Ouelette continues to have a stellar career as he joins the 1k points club last night!
- Loyola’s Terry Smith Jr. joins the 1,500 point club!
