Northwest Men Elite For A Third Straight NCAA Division II Men’s Tournament
The Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team is heading back to Evansville for a third straight Elite 8. Northwest won the Central Regional Men’s Basketball Tournament Tuesday night at the Pentagon 70-56 over Augustana at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls. Northwest trailed by as many as 7 in the first half, but led at halftime 31-25. Augustana made it a one point game 6 and a half minutes in the 2nd half, but Northwest responded with an 8-0 run and always stayed separated the rest of the way. Northwest Head Coach Ben McCollum.
Trevor Hugkins led Northwest with 27 points to pace the Bearcats. Wes Dreamer scored 13. Diego Bernard scored 10.
All-Tournament Team
Tyler Riemersma, Augustana
Isaac Fink, Augustana
Diego Bernard, Northwest Missouri State
Wes Dreamer, Northwest Missouri State
MVP – Trevor Hudgins, Northwest Missouri State
Other NCAA Division II Men’s Regional Final Scores
No. 3 Hillsdale 73, No. 5 Missouri-St. Louis 63
No. 3 Chico State 70, Alaska Fairbanks 52
No. 1 Indiana (PA) 68, No. 3 Cal U (PA) 59
No. 1 Nova Southeastern 71, No. 3 Embry-Riddle 68
No. 1 Augusta 77, No. 2 Queens (NC) 76
No. 1 Bentley 82, No. 7 St. Thomas Aquinas 75
No. 3 Black Hills State 72, No. 4 Colorado Mesa 62
