KANSAS CITY, Mo. – [Schedule | Bracket] Three of the four higher seeded teams were victorious on Friday for day two of the 2024 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Championship in Kansas City, Mo. No. 3 Morningside (Iowa) was the lone upset on Friday.

Day One Results – Day One | March 21, 2024

No. 1 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) def. No. 5 The Master’s (Calif.) 69-68 | BOX SCORE

No. 14 Central Baptist (Ark.) def. No. 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan 84-79 | BOX SCORE

No. 1 Grace (Ind.) def. No. 5 Northwestern (Iowa) 82-66 | BOX SCORE

No. 15 Evangel (Mo.) def. No. 11 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 77-74 | BOX SCORE

Day Two Results | March 22, 2024

No. 1 Langston (Okla.) def.  No. 12 LSU-Shreveport, 78-61 | BOX SCORE

No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan def. No. 3 Arizona Christian, 84-73 | BOX SCORE

No. 1 College of Idaho def. No. 5 Madonna (Mich.), 87-65 | BOX SCORE

No. 3 Morningside (Iowa) def. No. 2 Cumberlands (Ky.), 80-74 | BOX SCORE

News and Notes

Game 5 – No. 1 Langston (Okla.) vs. No. 12 LSU-Shreveport

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

• First appearance for the Lions was in 2004
• Langston has made eight trips to the NAIA National Championship Tournament to date
• The Lions held a nine-point advantage heading into the halftime break, 38-29
• G’Quavious Lennox led Langston led the Lions in scoring through the first half with 12
• The Lions were led in scoring for the game by Anthony Roy, 17
• Langston ended the game on a 7-0 scoring run over the last 2:52 of the game, with all seven of those points coming via the free-throw line
• Five Lions recorded double figures in the win: Anthony Roy (17), D’Monte Brown (16), G’Quavious Lennox (14), Toru Dean (13), and Cortez Mosley (10)
• Langston shot 47% and 24-51 from the field, compared to LSU Shreveport’s 43% and 21-49.
• The Lions outrebounded LSU Shreveport 34 to 24
• Langston shot 37 percent from three compared to the Pilots’ 13 percent.
• With the win, the Lions improve their NAIA Tournament record to 10-8

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS 

• With the win, the Lions improve their NAIA Tournament record to 10-8
• LSU Shreveport ends its season with an overall record of 28-5
• This marked the 19^th all-time appearance in the NAIA National Championship Tournament
• The Pilots scored 32 points in the paint and surrendered 32 points to the Lions
• LSU-Shreveport was held to just 2-of-16 from three-point range
• Three Pilots scored in double-figures, as Calvin Carpenter led the way with 14 and Damon Davis and Josh LeBlanc each scored 12
• The Pilots had nine steals on the day with three coming from Tyler Washington

Game 6 – No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan vs. No. 3 Arizona Christian

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

• Indiana Wesleyan is in their 17^th overall trip to the NAIA National Tournament, and fourth since the field was expanded to 64 teams
• The Wildcats trailed by three at the halftime break
• First appearance in the event was in 2007.
• Nathan Childress led IWU in scoring in the first 30 minutes of play, shooting 5-8 from the field
• Griffin Kliewer exploded in the second half with 18 points to lead the Wildcats in scoring with 26
• Four Wildcats finished in double-figures: Griffin Kliewer (26), Javan Buchanan (24), Nathan Childress (13), and Caedmon Bontrager (11)
• The Wildcats shot 31-68, good for 45.6% from the field
• 24 of IWU’s points came off turnovers
• Indiana Wesleyan grabbed 10 steals, compared to Arizona Christian’s two
• The Wildcats improve to 38-12 in NAIA Tournament play with the victory

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

• ACU ends its season with an overall record of 25-8
• The Firestorm have qualified for the NAIA National Championship Tournament 10 times and are now 13-9 all-time at the event
• Arizona Christian ended its eight-game winning streak on Friday afternoon.
• ACU shot 29-of-63 from the floor, good for 46-percent.
• They also shot 80-percent from the free-throw line, going 8-for-10
• Trent Hudgens led the Firestorm with 22 points, while teammates Mikah Blackwell and Dennis Flowers III joined him in double-figures with 13 and 11 points respectively
• ACU Shot 51.9-percent from the floor in the second half, compared to 41.7-percent in the first
• The Firestorm outrebounded Indiana Wesleyan, 43-33, with nine coming from Flowers III

Game 3 – No. 1 College of Idaho vs. No. 5 Madonna (Mich.)

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

• This marks the 26^th appearance for College of Idaho in the NAIA National tournament.
• College of Idaho held a two-point lead going into the halftime break
• First appearance was in 1960 as Albertson College
• Tyler Robinett led the Yotes in scoring in the first half with 11 points
• College of Idaho is 27-2 when leading at the half
• Robinett had an effective field goal percentage of 138%, the highest of any player from either team
• Six players from College of Idaho recorded double-figures in the contest: Drew Wyman (17), Samaje Morgan (15), Tyler Robinett (14), Johnny Radford (13), Caden Handran (11), and Jake O’Neil
• The Yotes shot an impressive 55% from the field
• Their 87 points scored are the most by a team at the final site thus far
• College of Idaho improves to 37-22 in tournament play and continues their quest for their third NAIA National Championship, after earning their second a season ago

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

• Madonna made its fifth appearance in the NAIA National Championship Tournament in 2024
• The Crusaders end their season, 27-7
• Madonna trailed by just two points at halftime, 40-38, but were outscored in the second half, 47-27
• Madonna had three players score in double figures as Isaac Anderson led the way with 17, while Brendan Young and Matthew MacLellan each scored 13 points.
• The Crusaders had 13 steals in the contest, five coming from Anderson.
• Anderson also led the team in assists with four
• Madonna forced 15 turnovers and scored 19 points off of those turnovers

Game 4 – No. 2 Cumberlands (Ky.) vs. No. 3 Morningside (Iowa)

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

• First appearance came in 1937
• The Mustangs held the advantage at half, 37-28
• This year's Morningside team set the school record for points per game in a single season with 87.0
• Morningside has now made 20 appearances at the NAIA National Tournament
• Ely Doble and Joey Skoff led Morningside in scoring through the first 30 minutes with 11 points apiece
• Morningside outrebounded Cumberlands, 49-36
• The Mustangs shot 41-percent from three, while the Patriots were held to 16-percent from behind the arc
• Four Mustangs finished in double-figures, led by Ely Doble with 29, followed by Joey Skoff (18), Aidan Vanderloo (15), and Jack Dotzler (12)
• Joey Skoff is currently third in Morningside history in points in a single season while Ely Doble is fourth on that list
• Morningside improves to 21-18 in NAIA Tournament play

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

• Cumberlands ends their season with an overall record of 28-5
• This marked their 31^st appearance at the NAIA National Championship
• The Patriots are now 19-30 all-time at the event
• Cumberlands was outstanding in the paint, scoring 42 points
• The Patriots bench outscored the starting five with 42 points
• Anthony Johnson scored 22 points off of the bench, Harry Morrice also scored 18 points off the bench
• The Patriots outscored the Mustangs, 46-43
• Eight of the 10 players that played minutes for the Patriots scored a point