Story By Eric Montgomery | NAIA Media Coordinator
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Box Score) No. 6-seeded Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) completed the opening round of play in the Cramer Bracket at the 81st Annual NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship with a 68-60 win over No. 3-seeded Hope International University, Thursday evening at Municipal Auditorium. The Saints will play No. 2-seeded Carroll College out of Helena, Mont., a 61-53 winner over Lindsey Wilson, on Friday, March 16 at 9:15 p.m.
Head Coach Michael Poindexter commented, "Hope International is a great team. They won 25 games this season, and when you get to this point of the year, every game is going to go down the wire because everyone is good. All week I preached about doing the little things, and we did that by out-rebounding them and making free throws. It was a great team effort and a great team win!"