Charlie Shorter, senior guard from Mid-America Christian University, scored a career-high 42 points in a narrow defeat 89-80 defeat to No. 3-ranked John Brown University and scored 22 in an 81-70 victory at St. Gregory's University. He also had seven rebounds and three assists against JBU and six more boards in the victory at SGU. For the week, Shorter averaged 32.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 2.0 apg.