Trinity Bible College win an OT thriller over Turtle Mountain Community College
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Trinity Bible College crowned champions
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Top two seeds to meet in NIAC finals
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Lady Mustangs, Mighty Mikinocks capture titles
NIAC Women’s Basketball Championship game
Sisseton Wahpeton College 73, Trinity Bible College 61
NIAC Men’s Basketball Championship game
Turtle Mountain Community College 95, Trinity Bible College 80
NIAC Quarterfinals recap
Top seeds were victorious in three of the five games played on Day 1 of the NIAC Tournament. Both five-seeds pulled out minor upsets to advance to the semifinals.
Free Lutheran Bible women put together one of their best performances of the season knocking off fourth-seeded Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish who had defeated the Lady Conquerors twice during the regular season.
In the men’s bracket Leech Lake Tribal College and host Free Lutheran Bible College closed out the day with an overtime thriller.
NIAC Men results
Oak Hills Christian 90, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish 69
Turtle Mountain CC 89, Sisseton Wahpeton 66
Leech Lake Tribal 66, Free Lutheran Bible 65 (OT)
NIAC Women results
Turtle Mountain 91, Leech Lake Tribal 31
Free Lutheran Bible 73, 7) Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish 58
FLBC to host NIAC Tournament this weekend
NIAC teams place at ACCA Tournament
Three member teams traveled to Joplin this week for the Association of Christian College Athletics Basketball Tournament. Both men and women squads from Free Lutheran Bible, Oak Hills Christian and Trinity Bible competed against other top teams of the ACCA.
FLBC men
L, 102-84 vs Trinity Bible
L, vs Carolina Christian
7th PLACE: L, vs Spurgeon
FLBC women
L, 57-44 vs Trinity Bible
9th PLACE: W, 45-41 vs Oak Hills Christian
Oak Hills men
L, 109-73 vs Dallas Christian
W, 84-61 vs Spurgeon
9th PLACE: L, 69-60 vs Carolina Christian
Oak Hills women
L, vs Carolina Christian
L, 45-41 vs Free Lutheran Bible
Trinity Bible men
W, 102-84 vs Free Lutheran Bible
W, 88-79 vs Kansas Christian
L, 86-65 vs University of LA College of Divinity
3rd PLACE: L, 88-85 vs Arlington Baptist
Trinity Bible women
W, 57-44 vs Free Lutheran Bible
L, 94-54 vs Champion Christian
L, 69-63 vs Kansas Chrstian
7th PLACE: L, 87-75 vs Ozark Christian
NIAC season delayed until January
Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has made the decision to delay our upcoming basketball season due to COVID-19. Regular season games will now begin January 8, 2021.
Dates for the 2021 NIAC men’s and women’s conference tournament will be March 19-21. Tournament host will be announced in the coming weeks.
NIAC member school Red River College previously announced their intention to suspend all varsity athletics – including men’s and women’s basketball – for the entire 2020-21 academic year.
Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 