Dordt Defenders win 2023 GPAC MBB Tournament

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The third seeded Dordt Defenders went on the road and defeated the top seeded Jamestown Jimmies, 86-81, in the championship game of GPAC Men's Basketball Tournament on Tuesday night.

The two teams played to a 42-42 tie after one half of play. In the second half Dordt opened up a 12-point lead with under nine minutes to play. The Jimmies then answered with a 10-0 run to pull within a bucket. It was a battle from the charity stripe in the last minute, with the Defenders emerging victorious.

Both squads in the GPAC Postseason Tournament Champion game garnered an automatic berth to the NAIA National Basketball Tournament. Dordt qualified with the tournament title while the Jimmies bid comes via the regular season title.

64 teams will make the NAIA Men's Basketball Postseason this year. Games will be played at First and Second Round Sites on March 7-8 (four team pods). The 16 opening round site winners will play in the NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship is set for March 13-18, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri, at Municipal Auditorium.

2023 Great Plains Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Post-Season Tournament

GPAC Men's Basketball Quarterfinals – Tuesday and Wednesday, February 21 and 22
#1 Jamestown 76, #8 Hastings 62
#5 Concordia 90, #4 Northwestern 77
#2 Morningside 101, #7 Briar Cliff 95
#3 Dordt 93, #6 Dakota Wesleyan 66

GPAC Men's Basketball Semifinals – Saturday, February 25
#1 Jamestown 95, #5 Concordia 77
#3 Dordt 83, #2 Morningside 82

GPAC Men's Basketball Championship Tuesday, February 28
#3 Dordt 86, #1 Jamestown 81