NAU Women’s Hoops To Open WNIT At New Mexico Thursday Night

The NAU women’s basketball team may not have made it into the NCAA Tournament, but their post season will continue. The Lumberjack won the Big Sky Conference regular season, which gave them an automatic berth into the Women’s NIT. The bracket was released Monday and NAU will start the tournament in Albuquerque against the New Mexico Lobos, in The Pit. New Mexico finished 20-and-12 overall and 12-and-6 in the Mountain West Conference. They fell in the first round of their conference tournament. NAU finished 21-and-13 and 13-and-5 in the Big Sky, losing to Sacramento State in the conference tournament title game. The game is Thursday night, with the tip time at 6 p.m. You can listen to the game on The Legend 93.5/AM 930 as NAU makes its way through the Women’s NIT.