Wisconsin Stevens-Point falls to MidAmerica Nazarene 77-64 in the semi-final of the Clarke Tournament.
It's not a bad loss. MidAmerica is a NAIA D-II power. Their starting backcourt includes the 2003 KC Metro Player of the Year and 2002 Mr Kansas Basketball. They have some amazing facilities, great tradition, and some of the best financial support in the NAIA..
They have four starters averaging double figures and their fifth starter is 6'8 Akuien Wour, a Sudanese immigrant from Des Moines. Wour was first team All-State Iowa and he has a 41 inch vertical jump.
He leads NAIA D-II in blocked shots. He averages 9 and 6 for MNU with about 3-5 blocks per game.
MidAmerica is far more athletic than your average WIAC team. However tomorrow they might get slaughtered by Robert Morris.
RMC offers 3.5 more scholarships than MNU; 11 to 7.5.
Both teams like to force the tempo. It will be interesting, but RMC is a great basketball team. They might be the NAIA's best team.
There is some legit talent at the NAIA D-I level. A lot of those schools are loaded with D-I transfers and flunkies.
NAIA D-II schools are a lot like D-III schools with scholies. The talent level is very similar, especially at the top.
It's not a bad loss. MidAmerica is a NAIA D-II power. Their starting backcourt includes the 2003 KC Metro Player of the Year and 2002 Mr Kansas Basketball. They have some amazing facilities, great tradition, and some of the best financial support in the NAIA..
They have four starters averaging double figures and their fifth starter is 6'8 Akuien Wour, a Sudanese immigrant from Des Moines. Wour was first team All-State Iowa and he has a 41 inch vertical jump.
He leads NAIA D-II in blocked shots. He averages 9 and 6 for MNU with about 3-5 blocks per game.
MidAmerica is far more athletic than your average WIAC team. However tomorrow they might get slaughtered by Robert Morris.
RMC offers 3.5 more scholarships than MNU; 11 to 7.5.
Both teams like to force the tempo. It will be interesting, but RMC is a great basketball team. They might be the NAIA's best team.
There is some legit talent at the NAIA D-I level. A lot of those schools are loaded with D-I transfers and flunkies.
NAIA D-II schools are a lot like D-III schools with scholies. The talent level is very similar, especially at the top.