Jace Kornstad, 1st Team All-Southcentral Conference Basketball in 2019 from Nikiski High School, is now a member of the NCCAA DI National Champion University of Northwestern basketball team.
UNW, playing in the National Christian College Athletic Association, won the NCCAA basketball championship game on Saturday with a 82-75 victory over the Ottawa University Arizona Spirit.
From the UNW sports information department…
Winona Lakes, Indiana –– The University of Northwestern Eagles men’s basketball team captured its second NCCAA national championship on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles defeated the Ottawa University Arizona Spirit 82-75 to claim the title.
The men came into the title game riding an eight-game winning streak. They had relied on late-game magic in the previous three tournament games, and they hoped to make it a little easier on themselves in the title game. The Eagles came into the game riding high off of the previous three games’ results, and they knew that they needed to play even better to knock off Ottawa University Arizona. In only the Spirit’s fourth season as an NAIA basketball team, they had managed to reach the championship game after a couple of convincing wins over Southwestern Christian and Alice Lloyd.
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