KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Trae Bergh of Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) was the winner of the 3rd annual NABC-NAIA Men's Basketball 3-Point Contest, presented by US Bank on Saturday afternoon in Municipal Auditorium. The event was staged in conjunction with the 2016 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship.

The contest went to three rounds with a second round tie breaker between Bergh and Robert Waters who both scored 19 in the first round. Bergh went on to participate in the final round going against Clayton Harreld who scored a first round high of 20 points.

Bergh and Harreld advanced to the championship round after defeating Corday Sims (17 points) of Peru State (Neb.) and Waters (19 points first round, 16 tie breaker) of Wayland Baptist (Texas) in the first round.

All four players were nominated by NAIA Division I and Division II institutions and were required to be of senior eligibility status.

All four players were given 60 seconds with the goal of attempting as many three-point shots using five balls from five racks. The two players with the highest score were advanced to the final round.

In the 2nd annual event last year, Marcus Hurn of Great Falls (Mont.) recorded 21 points in the championship round to take the title.

FIRST ROUND
20 points – Clayton Harreld – Briar Cliff (Iowa)
19 points – Trae Bergh – Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
19 points – Robert Waters – Wayland Baptist (Texas)
17 points – Corday Sims – Peru State (Neb.)

TIEBREAKER ROUND
17 points – Trae Bergh – Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
16 points - Robert Waters – Wayland Baptist (Texas)

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
21 points – Trae Bergh – Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
13 points – Clayton Harreld – Briar Cliff (Iowa)