2016 NIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship
Turtle Mountain Community College 80, Trinity Bible College 70
2016 NIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship
Trinity Bible College 65, Turtle Mountain Community College 57
The 2013-14 regular season in the NIAC has been played with each school playing a 10-game conference schedule. Now all six men’s basketball teams will meet in Bemidji this week for the first NIAC post-season conference tournament. Oak Hills Christian College is the host institution.
Leech Lake Tribal College (8-2) were crowned regular season champs after a tight season-long chase. The Lakers receive a bye into the tournament semifinals. AFLBS and Trinity Bible College tied for second place, each finishing at 7-3 in conference play. AFLBS are the second-seed in the tournament and also receives a first round bye.
Trinity Bible College will play the six-seeded Red Lake Nation College in a quarterfinal on Thursday. Host school Oak Hills Christian College, the fifth-seed, will play fourth-seeded Turtle Mountain Community College in the final Thursday game. All games will be played at the OHCC gymnasium.
Tournament bracket can be found here.
Thursday
4 PM: Trinity Bible vs Red Lake Nation
8 PM: Turtle Mountain vs Oak Hills Christian
Friday
noon: 5th Place game
4:00 PM: AFLBS vs Trinity Bible/Red Lake Nation winner
8:00 PM: Leech Lake Tribal vs Turtle Mountain/Oak Hills Christian winner
Saturday
noon: 3rd Place game
4:00 PM: Championship game
All games will stream live here.
There were a pair of NIAC matchups on Tuesday, January 22:
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
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