Northwestern and Concordia took the titles Tuesday in the championship games of the Great Plains Athletic Conference men’s and women’s basketball tourneys.

Northwestern erased an early 17 point deficit and came back on the road to defeat Briar Cliff 95-89 in Sioux City.

Nathan Wedel led the Red Raiders with 23 points and was one of five Northwestern players in double figures. The Raiders connected on 11-20 three point fields goals and 14-15 free throws in the contest.  Bryan Forbes totaled 22 for the Chargers.

Both teams are guaranteed an automatic berth to the NAIA Men’s Division II National Tournament in Point Lookout, Missouri, which runs March 8-14 at Keeter Gymnasium/College of the Ozarks, as Briar Cliff garnered the regular season top seed and automatic berth.

The second-ranked team in NAIA Division II made it a sweep of the regular season and post season GPAC women’s tourney, defeating ninth-ranked Dakota Wesleyan, 78-77 in overtime.

Philomena Lammers led the Bulldogs with 19 points and was one of three Concordia players in double figures. Dakota Wesleyan was paced by Rylie Osthus with 21.

Both teams are guaranteed an automatic berth to the NAIA National Basketball Tournament held March 8-14 at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.