The Bearcats put up a season-high 94 points as they surpassed the 90-point mark for the third time this season. The No. 2-ranked Northwest Missouri State University men's basketball team had six players in double-figure scoring and rode 63.2% shooting from the floor in a comfortable 94-69 NCAA first-round tournament victory over the Southern Arkansas University Muleriders in Bearcat Arena.
Northwest will meet No. 15-ranked Southern Nazarene in Sunday's second Central Region semifinal set to tip at 7:30 p.m. in Bearcat Arena. No. 7 seeded Emporia State will take on No. 6 seeded Minnesota Duluth in Sunday's first semifinal at 5 p.m.