The NAU Women’s Basketball Team Beats Northern Colorado And Will Play For The Big Sky Conference Title Friday Afternoon

The NAU Lumberjacks women’s basketball team will play for the Big Sky Conference Tournament Championship Friday after beating the Northern Colorado Bears, 72-67, in the tournament semifinals in Boise, Idaho. Khiarica Rasheed led the Jacks with 16 points and Regan Schenck had a double double with 12 points and ten assists in the win. Scheck also set a new record for the most assists in a single-season in NAU history. Miki Maio chipped in with 12 as they Jacks will play in their first conference tournament title game since 2007. NAU shot 50-percent from the floor and 43-percent from three-point range. The Bears were held to 35-percent from the floor. The Jacks will play the second-seeded Montana State Bobcats for the championship and a trip to the NCAA Women’s College Basketball Tournament, Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. We’ll have the game and the pregame show at 12:30 p.m. on KAFF Country 93.5/AM 930 in Flagstaff and Fun Oldies 97.9 in Prescott.