‘Cats make history with third consecutive NCAA National Championship

The Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team made NCAA Division II history by becoming the first program to produce three consecutive national championships with a 67-58 victory over the Augusta University Jaguars at the Ford Center in Evansville, IN. The Bearcats, 34-5 overall, captured their fourth championship in five years, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022 with the 2020 postseason canceled due to COVID. Northwest junior point guard Trevor Hudgins became the MIAA’s all-time leading scorer with 2,829 points as he surpassed the mark of 2,819 from 1977-81 and he also set the NCAA Division II single-season three-point record with 168. Northwest has won a Division II record 17 straight NCAA tournament games.