
WINONA LAKE – There were only two upsets in the first day of the NCCAA Men’s and Women’s National Championships. Otherwise, everything went according to the brackets at Grace College, the host of the 2017 tournaments.
MEN’S GAMES
No. 1 Colorado Christian 94 – high scorer Dimitri Saliba 20
No. 8 Hiwassee 68 – Jay Cade 20
No. 4 Central Baptist 80 – Teshawn Sims 16
No. 5 Grace College 86 – Erik Bowen 31
No. 2 Emmanuel 71 – Emmerson McClung 18
No. 7 Life Pacific 65 – Mark Eden 19
No. 3 Dallas Baptist 80 – JT Harris 19
No. 6 Ohio Christian 87 – Marquis Jackson 38
Thursday: Dallas Baptist v. Life Pacific 8:30 a.m.; Hiwassee v. Central Baptist 10:15 a.m.; Ohio Christian v. Emmanuel 3:30 p.m.; Colorado Christian v. Grace 5:15 p.m.
WOMEN’S GAMES
No. 1 Roberts Wesleyan 108 – Emily Miller 19
No. 8 Crowley’s Ridge 63 – Emily Eaker 17
No. 4 Greenville 78 – Laura Goodnight 23
No. 5 Southwestern Christian 28 – Eliora Johnson 28
No. 2 Mid-America Christian 69 – Mykayla Flores 16
No. 7 Bluefield 59 – Whitney Smith 14
No. 3 Emmanuel 73 – Mikayla Trombley 18
No. 6 Grace 53 – Vironnica Drake and Darian Patton 12
Thursday: Southwestern v. Crowley’s Ridge 12; Grace v. Bluefield 1:45 p.m.; Greenville v. Roberts Wesleyan 7 p.m.; Emmanuel v. Mid-American 8:45 p.m.
