Northwest claims 4th straight MIAA Tournament title

The Northwest Missouri State men's basketball team topped Washburn, 82-53, to capture the MIAA Tournament championship.

Posted: Mar 10, 2019 4:09 PM

Updated: Mar 10, 2019 4:11 PM

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.)— The Northwest Missouri State men's basketball team topped Washburn, 82-53, to capture the MIAA Tournament championship.

With the win, the Bearcats become the first MIAA school to win four consecutive tournament championship titles.

The 29-point margin is the largest ever in an MIAA Tournament championship game.

Northwest (32-0) was led by redshirt freshman Trevor Hudgins. He scored a game-high 27 points and finished with eight assists.

The Bearcats have now won eight MIAA Tournament titles—the most in league history.

Joey Witthus was named the tournament MVP. Hudgins was named to the all-tournament team.

Related Content

Scroll for more content...

St. Joseph

Clear

95°

Hi: 96° Lo: 79°

Feels Like: 101°

More Weather

Maryville

Partly Cloudy

84°

Hi: 94° Lo: 73°

Feels Like: 92°

More Weather

Savannah

Clear

95°

Hi: 94° Lo: 77°

Feels Like: 101°

More Weather

Cameron

Partly Cloudy

95°

Hi: 95° Lo: 77°

Feels Like: 100°

More Weather

Atchison

Clear

95°

Hi: 93° Lo: 75°

Feels Like: 98°

More Weather

More hot and humid weather on the way for today with highs back in the upper 90s with some areas reaching triple digits. Use caution when spending time outside because heat index values will once again be in the triple digits for many. A cold front will start to approach our area tonight and stall to our north giving us a few chances for showers and thunderstorms overnight, however this activity will not be widespread. Temperatures will still be above average this weekend with highs in the 90s. A few lingering rain chances will continue this weekend, but much of the weekend will be dry. The cold front will move through the area early next week giving us some much cooler temperatures. High will be back down in the upper 70s and lower 80s to start off next week.