KANSAS CITY – The Carroll College men's basketball team finished ninth in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Poll after earning a trip to the NAIA Championship Quarterfinals with wins over Peru State and LSU-Alexandria.
The Saints jumped 10 spots from No. 19 in the previous poll after a strong performance at the tournament.
Carroll opened the championship as a No. 5 seed and defeated Peru State 99-82 in the opening round to earn a matchup with the No. 2 overall seed Peru State in the round of 16.
Carroll led for nearly the entire second half en route to the 66-60 win over the Generals. LSUA finished No. 3 in the post season poll.
Carroll fell to Campbellsville (Ky.) in the quarterfinals 83-67.
The Saints finished ahead of Frontier Conference schools Lewis-Clark State (No. 12) and Montana Western (No. 25) in the postseason poll.
Three Carroll players earned All-American honors.
Zach Taylor was named to the second-team and
Ryan Imhoff and
Match Burnham received Honorable Mention nods.
Taylor was also named the winner of the Charles S. Stevenson Hustle Award at the tournament.
