POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. – The Northwest Christian University men's basketball team returns to the NAIA Division II National Championship tournament for the second time in three years on Thursday, taking the floor against the Moundbuilders of Southwestern University of Kansas.
 
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The game is schedule to tip-off inside Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks at 10:15 am (8:15 am PST). Danny Havel and Corey Anderson will be on the call live on KUJZ, 95.3 The Score in the Eugene/Springfield area with the pre-game starting at 7:55 am.

NCU Athletics and Student Life will be hosting a watch party for the game in the Rug Room on campus. 
 
Southwestern is a No. 6 seed in this year's tournament and they are making their first appearance in ten years. The Moundbuilders enter the game having lost three of their last five games, including a pair of defeats at the hand of fellow tournament team Tabor College. NCU, meanwhile, rides a three-game winnings streak after claiming the CCC Tournament Championship last week. This will mark the first ever meeting between the schools.
 
SC is 26-7 on the season, just one game worse overall than the Beacons. They are averaging a scorching 86.5 points per game with over half of their scoring coming from just two sources. Senior Forward Cameron Clark averages 23.2 points per game. He is the Moundbuilders' all-time leading scorer with over 2400 career points. Senior Guard Chris Waller is the other troublemaker, averaging 20.3 points while shooting 53% from the field.
 
The winner of Thursday's opening-round game will advance to the round of 16 to face the winner of Thursday's 1:45 pm game between No. 2 seed Indiana Wesleyan and No. 7 seed Bellevue. Friday's game would tip-off at 4 p.m.