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2023-24 Game Notes
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Game 8
2023 SCHEDULE 11/03 11/04 11/07 11/11 11/15 11/18 11/21 11/29 12/02 12/06 12/09 12/18 1/06 1/10 1/13 1/17 1/20 1/24 1/27 1/31 2/03 2/07 2/10 2/14 2/17 2/21 2/24
at Kansas Wesleyan W 75-74 vs Bethany (Salina, Kan.) W 71-48 at Grand View L 72-58 Benedictine W 73-58 at Concordia* L 86-62 Mount Marty* W 103-59 Dordt* L 90-52 Briar Cliff* 6 p.m. at College of Saint Mary* 2 p.m. at Jamestown* 5 p.m. Midland* 2 p.m. at Dakota State 6 p.m. at Hastings* 2 p.m. at Dakota Wesleyan* 6 p.m. Doane* 2 p.m. Northwestern* 6 p.m. at Midland* 2 p.m. Jamestown* 6 p.m. College of Saint Mary* 2 p.m. Concordia* 6 p.m. at Mount Marty* 2 p.m. at Dordt* 6 p.m. Hastings* 2 p.m. Dakota Wesleyan*! 6 p.m. at Doane* 2 p.m. at Northwestern* 6 p.m. at Briar Cliff* 2 p.m.
Morningside vs No. 12 Briar Cliff
Where: Allee Gym, Rosen Verdoon Sports Center, Sioux City, Iowa When: 6 p.m. Watch: msidemustangs.com/ gameday/allee-gym-video-stream
2023 Record: 7-0 (3-0) Series Notes Morningside is 42-6 against Head Coach: Brian Briar Cliff during Jamie Sale’s Ortmeier (University of Nebraska; VCU) time as head coach of the Mustangs. • Ortmeier is in his • Sale is in his 23rd season as the head coach The Mustangs have won seven second season as the head coach of the of the Mustangs. of the last 10 games in the Chargers. series. 2023 record: 4-2 (1-1) Head coach: Jamie Sale (University of Nebraska, 1995)
Mustangs 70.6 16.4 39.7 2.1 11.1 42% 71.2% 34%
Stat Breakdown Category
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Quick Facts
Morningside enter Wednesday’s contest off a 90-52 loss to No. 2 Dordt.
* Great Plains Athletic Conference Game ! Senior Day
AROUND THE GPAC Wednesday, Nov. 29 Northwestern at Dordt College of Saint Mary at Mount Marty Concordia at Midland Jamestown at Dakota Wesleyan Doane at Hastings Saturday, Dec. 2 Northwestern at Hastings Dordt at Doane Dakota Wesleyan at Midland Briar Cliff at Mount Marty Jamestown at Concordia
Nov. 29, 2023
6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m.
Briar Cliff is the third ranked opponent the Mustangs have faced in four GPAC games this season. Wednesday’s game is the third straight home game for Morningside, who will hit the road for five of their next six games. The Chargers won two of three from Morningside last season, including an 85-82 overtime win in the quarterfinals of the GPAC Tournament. Briar Cliff is averaging 95.4 points per game, but has reached that mark in just two of their seven games this season. Morningside hasn’t lost back-to-back games to Briar Cliff since a losing three in a row from 1997-2000.
Chargers 95.4 18.1 39.9 3.6 17 47.3% 77.3% 37.6%
NAIA Top-15 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Campbellsville (Ky.) Dordt (Iowa) Indiana Wesleyan Clarke (Iowa) Carroll (Mont.) Marian (Ind.) Rio Grande (Ohio) Central Methodist (Mo.) Vanguard (Calif.) Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Concordia (Neb.) Briar Cliff (Iowa) Cumberlands (Ky.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Loyola (La.)