KANSAS CITY, Mo. – [Schedule | Bracket] The NAIA Round of 16 wrapped up on Friday evening, as four more teams moved onto the National Quarterfinals, as a one-seed, No. 1 Oklahoma Wesleyan, a pair of two seeds, No. 2 Thomas More (Ky.), No. 2 Talladega (Ala.) and the highest remaining seed, No. 5 Concordia (Neb.) all moved onto the National Quarterfinals on Saturday.

First Round Results – Day Two | March 18, 2022

No. 1 Oklahoma Wesleyan def. No. 5 LSU Shreveport (La.), 85-71 | Box Score

No. 2 Thomas More (Ky.) vs. No. 6 SAGU (Texas), 74-44 | Box Score

No. 2 Talladega (Ala.) vs. No. 6 Jamestown (N.D.), 67-56 | Box Score

No. 5 Concordia (Neb.) vs. No. 8 IU Kokomo (Ind.), 75-65 | Box Score

Quarterfinals Matchups | March 19, 2022

No. 1 Arizona Christian vs. No. 3 William Jessup (Calif.)

No. 1 Loyola (La.) vs. No. 3 College of Idaho

No. 1 Oklahoma Wesleyan vs. No. 2 Thomas More (Ky.)

No. 2 Talladega (Ala.) vs. No. 5 Concordia (Neb.)

News and Notes

Game 5 – Oklahoma Wesleyan vs. LSU Shreveport (La.)

Oklahoma Wesleyan – No. 1 (Liston)

- The Eagles improve to 34-2 overall on the season.

- Final 16-point margin matches the second biggest margin of victory in the round of 16. Arizona Christian beat Bethel (Kan.) 82-66.

- Second Quadrant No. 1 seed to advance to the Quarterfinals.

- OKWU Held a 44-30 advantage in rebounds over LSU-S. The Eagles came into play ranked third in the NAIA in rebound margin (10.7)

- Held LSU-S under their scoring average by nearly 13 points. Entered the Round of 16 ranked fourth in the NAIA in scoring defense (61.7).

- Extends their winning streak to 12.

- Fifth time this season they have reached 20 or more second-chance points. Finished the game with a 24-8 advantage - third most second-chance points this season.

- Jaden Lietzke led all players on the floor with 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor.

LSU Shreveport (La.) – No. 5 (Liston)

- The Pilots in their season at 27-7 overall.

- Ninth in the NAIA in points per game (83.7) entering the Round of 16. Held under that average for just ninth time in 34 games, all loses.

- Limited to 7-of-8 from the free throw line (matching their fewest free throws in a game this season). Entered the Round of 16 as the NAIA leader in free throws per game (17.6); 75-percent per game

- Leondre Washington entered the Round of 16 with a 16.6 ppg average. He finished the game with 20 points, marking his ninth game this season scoring 20 or more points.

- Round of 16 loss snaps a 10-game winning streak.

Game 2 – Thomas More (Ky.) vs. SAGU (Texas)

Thomas More (Ky.) – No. 2 (Liston)

- The Saints improve to 30-4 overall on the season and 6-3 all-time at the event.

- Fifth in the NAIA in field goal percentage (50.3); finished the game at 43.3 percent.

- Outscored SAGU 22-10 over final 10 minutes of first half to turn a 3-point lead into a 15-point lead, 44-29, at the half.

- Started the second half on an 11-0 run to pull away from SAGU.

- Luke Rudy set a new season high with 25 points. Hit 7, three-point field goals for the third time this season.

- Largest margin of victory so far in the Round of 16, passing the previous high of 18 – Loyola (La.) 85-76 over Falkner (Ala.).

- First No. 2 to advance to Quarterfinals out of three total in the Round of 16 (Talladega only remaining No. 2 yet to play).

SAGU (Texas) – No. 6 (Liston)

- The Lions end their season with a record of 24-9.

- Five-game winning streak snapped with loss.

- Falls to 10-9 all-time in the tournament in their 11th appearance.

- One of two No. 6 seeds to advance to the Round of 16 - one of seven No. 5 seeds or lower to advance.

- Held scoreless for first 3:35 of second half.

- Fewest points scored this season - 44.

- Nathan Bailey with 20 points, fourth time this season he has scored 20 or more points. Averaged 6.6 ppg this season. He hit four of the three, 3-pointers made by SAGU in the loss.

Game 3 – Talladega (Ala.) vs. Jamestown (N.D.)

Talladega (Ala.) – No. 2 (Duer)

     - The Tornadoes improve to 30-5 on the season.

    - Headed into the Round of 16, Talladega was ranked eighth in the NAIA in three-point       field goals made per game (10); ranked 10th in 3-point percentage (38.2). Finished the game with four, three-point field goals at 30.8 percent.

    - Leads the NAIA in scoring defense (58.1); third in field goal defense (38.2) and ninth in   3-point defense (28.9). Held Jamestown to 56, on 36.7 percent shooting overall and 19-percent from three-point range.

   - Held Jamestown to 25 points in the first half, marking the 14th time in 34 games they’ve held an opponent to 25 or fewer points at the half.

   - Second of three No. 2 seeds in the Round of 16 to advance to Quarterfinals.

   - Improves to 5-3 overall in NAIA National Tournament.

Jamestown (N.D.) – No. 6 (Duer)

- The Jimmies end their season at 26-10.

- Headed into the Round of 16, Jamestown ranked eighth in the NAIA in 3-point percentage (38.5); limited to 4-of-21 (19.0) – second lowest total this season behind a 3-for-12 in a loss to Concordia (Neb.) on Jan. 15.

- Ranked fourth in the NAIA in rebound margin (10.7); finished game with a 41-38 advantage on the boards.

- Fewest points at the half this season, passing the previous mark of 26 which came on Nov. 27 in a 66-59 win over Valley City State. 

- Finished the game setting a new season low for points at 56 passing their previous low of 59 in a 64-59 loss to Mount Marty on Jan. 26.

- Loss drops Jamestown below .500 all-in NAIA National Tournament games at 11-12.

Game 4 – Concordia (Neb.) vs. IU Kokomo (Ind.)

Concordia (Neb.) – No. 5 (Duer)

- The Bulldogs improve to 28-6 on the season.

- CUNE moves to 6-1 on a neutral floor this season with their eighth-straight win.

- The Bulldogs never trailed the entire game; and played to a 16-16 tie in the first half, but never trailed. 

- They were held under their season average of 8.6 three-point field goals made a game against the No. 2-ranked three-point defense – and finished with seven.

- Noah Schutte scored a game-high 24 points, leading three players in double figures. Fourth straight game with 20 or more points.

- Gage Smith hit 7-of-7 free throws as the Bulldogs finished the game at 84.6-percent (22-of 26).

- Concordia improves to 14-10 in NAIA Tournament play.

- The No. 5 seeded Bulldogs are the lowest seeded team remaining.

IU Kokomo (Ind.)

- The Cougars end their season with a record of 31-4.

- Tonight’s loss to Concordia (Neb.) snapped a 19-game winning streak.

- IU Kokomo entered the Round of 16 ranked No. 2 in the NAIA in 3-point defense (26.7). And held the Bulldogs below their season average of 3-pointers, allowing 31.8 percent. 

- Finished with three players in double figures, led by Tayson Parker with 16. Trequan Spivey scored 14, while Desean Hampton added 13. The trio went 15-of-30 from the floor, accounting for 62.5 percent of IU-Kokomo’s total field goals.

- The fall to 4-2 all-time in NAIA National Tournament.