EVANSVILLE, Indiana – The Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team captured the program’s second NCAA Division II national championship with a perfect season at 38-0 following its 64-58 triumph over Point Loma Nazarene University at the Ford Center.

Northwest becomes only the fifth program to record to complete a perfect season (38-0) and win the national title.

Joey Witthus led the Bearcats with 24 points. Atlantic’s Ryan Hawkins scored 9 points and had a game high 12 rebounds.

Northwest had a 4 point halftime lead and held close to a seven point lead the last few minutes of the game and got the defensive stops they needed to pull off the win.