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NAU Names Shane Burcar The New Head Coach For Lumberjacks Men’s Basketball
NAU Athletics has taken the interim tag off of Shane Burcar and has named him head coach of the Lumberjacks men’s basketball program. The decision was announced on Wednesday. Burcar led the team to 16 wins, which is the most in program in the last five seasons. NAU athletic director Mike Marlow says the schoolFull Story
NAU Women Fall To Top-Seeded Montana State To End Their Big Sky Tournament Run
The NAU women’s basketball team battled, but couldn’t pull off the upset as they fell to top-seeded Montana State, 76-71 in the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference Tournament in Boise, Idaho. Nina Radford led the Jacks with 21 points and Lauren Ordoff added 13 points in the loss. NAU’s two leading scorers during theFull Story
NAU Men’s Basketball Upset By Idaho State In The First Round Of The Big Sky Tournament
NAU guard Cameron Shelton missed a layup with six-seconds left as the NAU men’s basketball team was upset by 11th-seeded Idaho State, 64-62 in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament in Boise, Idaho Wednesday. Brooks Debisschop led the Jacks, in what may have been his last game as a Lumberjack, scoring 17 pointsFull Story
NAU Women Beat Montana, Advances To The Big Sky Semifinals
The NAU women’s basketball team is on to the Big Sky semifinals after a 68-65 win over the Montana Grizzlies in the Big Sky Conference Tournament in Boise, Idaho. Lauren Orndoff led the Jacks with 17 points and Khiarica Rasheed had a double-double with 14 points and ten rebounds in the win. The last timeFull Story
NAU Falls To Portland State In The Regular Season Finale
The NAU men’s basketball team will play in the first round of next week’s Big Sky Conference Tournament after falling to Portland State, 80-66, in their regular season finale Thursday in Portland. Cam Shelton had 27 points, six rebounds and eight assists to lead the Jacks. Bernie Andre added 17 points for NAU in theFull Story
NAU Falls To Portland State But Clinches A Bye In The First Round Of The Big Sky Tournament
The NAU women’s basketball team couldn’t find a rhythm and fell to the Portland State Vikings in their regular season finale in the Skydome, 68-63, Wednesday night. The loss is the Lumberjacks tenth-straight against Portland State. Khiarica Rasheed led the Jacks with 16 points and eight rebounds and Jacey Bailey added 14 points and eightFull Story
NAU Basketball Falls To Montana State Saturday
The NAU men’s and women’s basketball teams fell to Montana State Saturday. On the men’s side, the Jacks shot cold for most of the game and it cost them as the Bobcats beat NAU, 63-57, in the Skydome. The Jacks shot under 30-percent in the first half, and 32-percent for the game, missing open shotsFull Story
NAU Beats Montana In A Nail Biter In The Skydome Thursday Night
Sophomore Cam Shelton hit two free-throws with over two-seconds to go as NAU upset first-place Montana 57-56 in the Skydome Thursday night. The game went back and forth until NAU went on an 8-0 run to close out the game. Bernie Andre led the Jacks with 20 points and Shelton had 15 points and nineFull Story
Flagstaff Advances To The 4A Semifinals With A Win Over Rio Rico Saturday Night
The Flagstaff Eagles are making another trip to the 4A girls state semifinals after their 51-39 win over the Rio Rico Hawks Saturday night. It was a defensive battle early between the two teams, but the fifth-seeded Eagles went on a run in the second quarter and held the lead through the rest of theFull Story
NAU Women Beats Eastern Washington At Home, Men Lose In Cheney Saturday
The NAU basketball teams split against Eastern Washington Saturday. The women’s team outscored the Eagles 43-21 in the second and third quarters but had to hang on to beat Eastern Washington, 63-58 in the Skydome. Khiarica Rasheed led the Jacks with 26 points and 12 rebounds and Jacey Bailey added 16 points in the win.Full Story