Keiser men's basketball will kick off their NAIA National Championship run on Friday night in Orange City, Iowa, taking on the No. 17 Oregon Tech Owls. Tipoff from the Bultman Center is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EST.

If the Seahawks were to win, they would advance to play the winner of Northwestern and St. Mary of the Woods on Saturday, March 16 in Orange City, Iowa.
 

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Keiser Seahawks (13) (18-10) vs No. 17 Oregon Tech Owls (4) (26-5)
Friday, March 15 - 8:30 PM EST
Bultman Center, Orange City, Iowa 


WATCH: ($) HUDL
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM STATS
ADMISSION: $10. All Tickets are sold at the gate.
 

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Oregon Tech

• Keiser is 0-2 all-time against Oregon Tech.
• Both games took place at the NAIA National Tournament Final Site.
• The most recent meeting between the two teams was on March 13, 2012, when the Owls defeated Northwood 63-46 in the NAIA National Championship Quarterfinals.

Potential Opponents
Northwestern

• Keiser and Northwestern have only met once previously.
• On March 15, 2008, the Raiders defeated Northwood 96-70 in the NAIA National Championship Round of 32.

St. Mary of the Woods

• Keiser and St. Mary of the Woods have never played in men's basketball.

• Keiser heads to Orange City, Iowa, with an 18-10 overall record.
• The Seahawks are 3-0 against ranked opponents this season.
• Keiser holds a 1-1 record in neutral site games this year.
• KU is making its 13th NAIA National Tournament appearance.
• The Seahawks are 13-12 all-time in the NAIA postseason, 6-6 in the NAIA First Round, and 4-2 in the NAIA Second Round.
• The Sun Conference Freshman of the Year, Calvin Sirmans, leads the Seahawks in scoring going into the tournament, averaging 18.1 points per game.
• He is the NAIA's leader in assists per game with 7.0 per contest and sits tied for eighth in steals per game at 2.5 per contest.
• The Sun Conference Player of the Year, Vincent Miszkiewicz, sits just behind Sirmans in points per game at 16.9.
• Miszkiewicz leads the NAIA in rebounds per game, averaging 15.8 per contest.
• He also ranks 29th in the NAIA in blocks per game at 1.6 and 15th in minutes played per game with an average of 36.3 minutes per contest.
• Justin Nichelson ranks third on the team in points and rebounds with averages of 14.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.
• Nichelson received Sun Conference Second-Team honors for his performance this season.

 

Keiser	2023-24 Stats	Oregon Tech
81.7 ppg	Scoring	87.3 ppg
.432	FG%	.516
.346	3PT%	.391
.734	FT%	.722
41.5 rpg	Rebounding	37.8 rpg
15.2 apg	Assists	17.0 apg
7.3 spg	Steals	5.5 spg
3.7 bpg	Blocks	2.3 bpg
	Leaders
Calvin Sirmans (18.1 ppg)	Scoring	Kam Osborn (14.9 ppg)
Jonathan Paul (.603)	FG%	Blake Jensen (.624)
Tyler Poindexter (.410)	3PT%	Jay Elmore (.456)
Tylar Cerez (.844)	FT%	Jay Elmore (.889)
Vincent Miszkiewicz (15.8 rpg)	Rebounding	Keegan Shivers (7.8 rpg)
Calvin Sirmans (196)	Assists	Jamison Guerra (211)
Calvin Sirmans (70)	Steals	Jamison Guerra (41)
Vincent Miszkiewicz (44)	Blocks	Kody Bauman (19)

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