Men's Basketball Team Finishes Second at ACCA Championship

Women's Team Comes In Sixth

The CMU men's basketball team finished second at the March 5-8 Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA) championship in Bethany, Oklahoma.

The men lost the championship game 69-64 to Portland Bible College of Portland, Oregon. Leading scorers for the Blazers were Alex Leaver with 18 points, while Paul Muns added 16.

(Video of the men’s championship final can be found at http://www.accathletics.org/. Click on the bottom link on the right of the screen for the Division II game.)

The women's team finished sixth in the tournament, losing 68-58 to Rhema Bible College of Summerland, South Carolina in their final game. Leading scorers for the Blazers were Allison Nance with 16 points, while Jaime Semchuk added 14 and Rachel Parsons scored 10.

Posted March 10, 2008.

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