Campbellsville, Kentucky - The Campbellsville University Tiger Men's Basketball team will face 6th seeded Concordia (CA) University in the first round of the Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship in Kansas City, Missouri.   Campbellsville will play on Thursday, March 20th at 3:15 p.m Eastern Time.

 

Concordia ended the Tigers season last year in the Sweet 16 of the National Tournament with an 83-72 win.  The rematch will pit Campbellsville against the Eagles, who won the Golden State Athletic Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships and are 28-4 on the year.  Campbellsville enters the game 23-9 for the season.

Three players lead the Eagles in double figure scoring.  Ryan Read (6'2/SR/Vista, California) averages 16.7 points per game, Rafael Da Silva (6'4/SR/Sao Paulo, Brazil) scores 13.3 points per game and Terrence Worthy (5'8/SO/San Jose, California) adds 10.2 points per game for Concordia. 

 

In NAIA Division I, Concordia ranks third as a team in steals per game, fifth in three pointers made per game (9.5) and eighth in field goal percentage at 49.5%.

 

The winner of the game will play on Friday, March 21st at 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time against the winner between 11th seeded McKendree (IL) University (26-6) and Texas Wesleyan (19-10).