North Lake Hosts NJCAA South Central District Tournament Thursday-Saturday
IRVING, Texas – Dallas College North Lake will host the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III South Central District Tournament semifinals and championship games Thursday and Saturday.
Dallas College Eastfield will host the quarterfinals Tuesday before the tournament moves to the Blazer Dome.
North Lake won the Dallas Athletic Conference regular season title for a second straight year, going 10-0 in both of head coach Josh Mills' first two seasons. The No. 2 nationally-ranked Blazers and No. 7 Dallas College Richland will have first round byes.
This year's tournament seeding mirrors that of yesteryear as the teams all retained their seeds from last year's South Central District Tournament. The winner of Saturday's 2 p.m. championship game will advance to the NJCAA Division III National Tournament in Herkimer, New York March 13-16.
TICKETS to the district tournament can be purchased in single session or tournament flex pass packages.
NJCAA Division III South Central District Men's Basketball Tournament
Quarterfinals
Tuesday at Dallas College Eastfield
6 p.m. - #3 Dallas College Eastfield (17-13) vs. #6 Dallas College Cedar Valley (8-18)
8 p.m. - #4 Dallas College Brookhaven (14-14) vs. #5 Dallas College Mountain View (15-14)
Semifinals
Thursday at Dallas College North Lake
6 p.m. - #1 Dallas College North Lake (24-4) vs. Lowest seed
8 p.m. - #2 Dallas College Richland (15-8) vs. Highest seed
Championship
Saturday at Dallas College North Lake
2 p.m. - Semifinal winners - Live Stream
- Champion earns an automatic bid to the NJCAA DIII National Tournament March 13-16 in Herkimer, New York
Tournament Tidbits
- All six seeds in this year's NJCAA Division III South Central District Tournament mirror that of last year's tournament
- Dallas College North Lake went unbeaten in Dallas Athletic Conference play for the second straight year
- The No. 2 nationally-ranked Blazers have won 18 in a row entering the district tournament
- North Lake went 13-0 at home during the regular season, extending their winning streak to 29-0 in the Blazer Dome over the last two years
- North Lake's last loss at home was an 84-83 setback to Dallas College Eastfield in the 2022 South Central District Championship game Feb. 26, 2022
- North Lake Soph G/F Jakob Zenon was named the National Player of the Week twice this season. He collected four DAC Player of the Week honors
- Zenon scored a career-high 36 points, going a career-best 10 of 17 from the 3-point line in a win at Dallas College Mountain View (Feb. 17)
- Zenon enters the district tournament, having made 18 of his last 31 three-point field goals (58.1 percent) over the last three games
- Dallas College Richland has won four in a row entering the district tournament
- The Thunderducks were ranked No. 8 in the final NJCAA DIII poll
- Richland Soph G Taven Washington enters the tournament, having scored 20 or more points in his last four games
- Washington had a career-high 30 points in a win at Mountain View (Feb. 14)
- Washington has hit seven or more field goals in his last seven games. He had a career-best 13 field goals in a win over Dallas College Cedar Valley (Jan. 31)
- Eastfield hosts the quarterfinal round for the second straight year after finishing third in the league
- The Harvester Bees went 11-2 on its home court in the regular season
- Eastfield Soph G Joshua Williford was named DAC Player of the Week twice this year
- Williford scored over 30 points in three games this year
- Eastfield ranks fourth in the NJCAA Division III in scoring at 96.0 ppg
- Eastfield beat Cedar Valley in last year's district quarterfinals in the Hive, 85-76. The Harvester Bees fell to Richland, 96-92, in the district semifinals last year
- Dallas College Brookhaven is coming off a near win at North Lake in the final regular season game, falling 83-81
- Brookhaven lost to Mountain View in last year's district quarterfinals at Eastfield, 86-79
- The Bears' 14 wins this season are the most since they went 14-15 in 2018-19
- Brookhaven Soph G Curtis Trey Moffett has scored 20 or more points in 11 games this season, reaching 30 twice
- Moffett had a career-high 31 points in a win at Cedar Valley (Feb. 10)
- Mountain View enters the district tournament having won its past two league games, including an 85-71 victory over Brookhaven
- Mountain View ranks seventh in the NJCAA DIII in scoring (90.8)
- Lions Fr F Joshua Smith enters the tournament with 17 double-doubles this season
- Smith and Lions Fr G Doviyon Bradford both received one DAC Player of the Week honor this season
- Bradford scored 36 points at Richland (Feb. 14) and 37 points in a win over Southwestern Adventist University (Dec. 4)
- Lions Fr PG Louis Conner ranks second in the nation in assists per game (8.0)
- Cedar Valley will be playing Eastfield in the district quarterfinals in the Hive for the second straight year
- The Suns are seeking their first postseason victory since advancing to the 2021 Southwest District championship game at Richland
- Suns Soph G Antonio Sisk was named the National Player of the Week (Feb. 7). He was the DAC Player of the Week two days earlier
- Sisk scored a career-high 42 points in a win over Mountain View (Feb. 3). He had 35 points at Richland (Jan. 31)
- Sisk scored 30 or more points in three straight games (Jan. 27-Feb. 3). He had 30 points vs. Eastfield (Jan. 27)
- Suns Fr G Braylon Crosby scored in double figures in the final six games of the regular season
- Crosby scored a career-high 31 points at Brookhaven (Jan. 20)