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NAIA D-I men’s and women’s brackets. Five Missouri colleges set to play March 16-17 in Kansas City and Independence

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Photo/Central Methodist Sports Information

Photo/Central Methodist Sports Information

For the eighth straight season the William Woods University Women’s Basketball team has advanced to the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship, which begins next Wednesday, March 16th.  William Woods will play the overall top seeded Our Lady of the Lake on Wednesday, March 16th at 1:45 p.m.  in Independence, Missouri.

The Columbia College women’s basketball team, who is ranked No. 12 in the final 2015-16 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, received an at large bid and will face 22nd-ranked Baker University on Wednesday. The Cougars are making their 12th overall appearance to the national tournament.

Columbia defeated Baker earlier this season, 66-55, on Nov. 28 on the Wildcats’ home floor.

This season, Central Methodist has been ranked in the Top 25 for the majority of the season and are currently ranked 13th in the Nation. CMU sports a 26-4 record and finished 20-2 in conference play. The Lady Eagles clinched their first regular season conference title since 1997.  The 13th ranked Lady Eagles will face Great Falls, Montana on the 17th.

NAIA Women’s Bracket

Photo/ColumbiaCougars.com

Photo/ColumbiaCougars.com

The Park University men’s basketball team will be downtown next week, as one of 32 qualifiers for the 2016 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship at Municipal Auditorium.   At No. 20 in the NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the Pirates (20-9) received an at-large bid to the tournament, taking on No. 14 Mid-America Christian University (23-9) Wednesday at 3 p.m., which enters the tournament as an at-large from the Sooner Athletic Conference.

The winner of Wednesday’s game against MACU will meet the winner of top seed Biola University and eighth-seeded Faulkner University in Friday’s second round at 10:45 a.m.

The 7th-ranked Columbia men’s basketball team will face LSU Shreveport (RV) on Wednesday, March 16th at 8:45 p.m.  The Cougars are the No. 2 seed in the Naismith bracket while LSUS is the No. 7 seed.  The Cougars (28-5) will be making their sixth straight appearance to the national championship and 20th overall after winning the American Midwest Conference (AMC) tournament championship over William Woods University on Monday evening.

NAIA Men’s Bracket

William Woods women rally from 22 point deficit only to lose on last second three-pointer at NAIA championships

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photo courtesy NAIA.org

photo courtesy NAIA.org

A long three-pointer by Shamon Pearson with 2.9 seconds remaining helped No. 2 Bethel (Tenn.) sneak past No. 7 William Woods (Mo.), 62-61, after blowing a 22-point second half lead. Tayla Foster’s 18 first half points helped the Lady Wildcats to a 16-point halftime lead of 38-22.

The Lady Wildcats, particularly Foster, were unstoppable in the first 20 minutes. The senior forward led all scorers with 18 first-half points. Foster had seven rebounds and was 6-for-19 from the floor, including launching 13 three-pointers, making three.  At the end of the first half, William Woods had 22 points, outscoring Foster by only four.

The tide turned mid-way through the second half thanks to the Owls forcing turnovers and grabbing defensive rebounds as they managed to tie the game at 53-53 with just under four minutes to play.  In fact, the Owls went up by three with 2:24 to play, and led by two Kelsey Scherder drained a deep three-pointer to get her team back ahead, 61-59.  On the next possession by Bethel, an offensive rebound led to a shot from the corner for the win.

Williams Woods ends the season with a 23-9 record. Blake French led all Owls with 18 points on the night.

NAIA softball update. Central Methodist handles Columbia College. Williams Woods drops opener

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Central Methodist vs. Columbia (photo, Cougar athletics)

Central Methodist vs. Columbia (photo, Cougar athletics)

No. 2 -seed Central Methodist started the 2014 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round by routing No. 3-seed Columbia (Mo.) 12-2 in five innings, in Columbia, Mo. on Monday afternoon.

The Eagles advance to the semifinals of the Columbia Bracket to face No. 1-seed LSU Alexandria (La.), ranked second in the nation, on Tuesday at 11 a.m. CT at Black Field at Cosmopolitan Park’s Antimi Sports Complex.

The Eagles have won 10-straight games, their third win streak of double-digit contests this season, and 15-straight road games.

The Cougars will continue play on Tuesday with an elimination game at 1:30 p.m. against the No. 4 seed Morningside (Iowa) College. There will also be an elimination game at 4:00 p.m. between the loser of the 11:00 a.m. game and the winner of the 1:30 p.m. contest.

Elsewhere, working around over two and a half hours of rain delays, the No. 19 Owls of William Woods University (Mo.) and No. 22 Davenport Panthers (Mich.) met in the opening game in the Grand Rapids, MI bracket. The host Panthers (37-8) went on to win game 4-2. William Woods will face Huntington in a matchup Tuesday at 3 p.m. in an elimination game.