Following the national championship tournament of the Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA) four NIAC players were named All-American:
First Team
Guard Aaron Stemen, Jr. – Trinity Bible – LaMoure, ND
Second Team
Guard Friscoe Erdahl, Jr. – Trinity Bible – Ten Sleep, WY
Forward Travis Haugen, So. – AFLBS – Pelican Rapids, MN
Forward Chris Papillon, Soph. – AFLBS – Big Rock, IL
Watch the NIAC teams in action today from the ACCA National Tournament.
NIAC teams from AFLBS (men and women) and Trinity Bible College (men) are competing in the ACCA National Tournament this week. The tournament is being played in Joplin, Missouri.
Wednesday
5:00 PM: AFLBS women vs Arlington Baptist College
6:45 PM: Trinity Bible College vs Welch College
8:30 PM: AFLBS men vs Providence
Thursday
2:15 PM: Trinity Bible College vs Arlington Baptist College
5:45 PM: AFLBS women vs Ozark Christian College
7:00 PM: AFLBS men vs Hillsdale Baptist College
Friday
4:45 PM: Trinity Bible College vs Ozark Christian College
8:15 PM: AFLBS men vs Rhema Bible College
Saturday
10:30 AM: 7th Place Game- AFLBS men vs Trinity Bible College
noon: 5th Place Game- AFLBS women vs Welch College
Updated on 3/5/2016
Two NIAC men’s teams will compete in the upcoming Association of Christian College Athletics National Tournament March 2-5 in Joplin, Missouri. Arlington Baptist are the two-time defending national champions.
The ACCA has 16 member schools – 12 which will compete in the tournament.
Turtle Mountain Community College 80, Trinity Bible College 70
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.
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