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NAU Men’s Basketball Announces Its 2019-2020 Schedule
The NAU men’s basketball team released its 2019-20 basketball schedule Wednesday. The Jacks will open up the season, on the road in Tucson against the Arizona Wildcats Wednesday, November 6th. The game marks the first game without former head coach Jack Murphy at the helm. He is now the assistant head coach at Arizona. TheFull Story
NAU Picked To Finish Sixth In The Big Sky In Both Coaches And Media Preseason Football Polls
The NAU Lumberjacks have been picked to finish in the middle of the Big Sky Conference this season, according to preseason coaches and media polls released Monday. The Jacks had 88 points in the coaches poll, and 302 points in the media poll to place sixth in both polls. Eastern Washington was picked as theFull Story
NAU Men And Women Upset Northern Colorado, Big Sky Tournament Is Next
The NAU basketball teams will head to Boise, Idaho for the Big Sky Conference Basketball Tournaments next week with a lot of momentum. The NAU women will head to Boise on a three-game winning streak after their 79-68 win over Northern Colorado in the Skydome Saturday afternoon. Kaleigh Paplow scored 27 points and grabbed 15Full Story
NAU Beats Montana In Women’s Basketball, The Men Fall To Montana On A Missed Three At The Buzzer
There were two wild basketball games between NAU and Montana Monday night. First, the NAU women got 31 points, including seven three-pointers, from Jacey Bailey to lead the Lumberjacks to a big 82-65 win over Montana in the Skydome. The victory was the first win against Montana in seven years. Kaleigh Paplow added 15 pointsFull Story
NAU Women Win, Men Lose Against Montana State Saturday
The NAU women’s basketball team got a big win over Montana State, while the men’s team fell to the Bobcats Saturday. Jacey Bailey scored 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as the Lumberjacks knocked off Montana State, 76-72 in the Skydome. Kaleigh Paplow added 15 and Regan Schenck chipped in with 14 in theFull Story
NAU Falls To Eastern Washington In The Home Finale
The NAU men’s basketball team will hit the road for the next three games after falling to Eastern Washington Saturday, 86-73, in the regular season home finale. Carlos Hines led the Lumberjacks with 32 points, 13 of which came from the free-throw line. Freshman Cam Shelton added 13 and Bernie Andre had a double-double withFull Story
NAU Men And Women Beat Sacramento State In Hoops Saturday
The NAU men’s and women’s basketball teams each beat Sacramento State Saturday. Kaleigh Paplow scored 21 points, including a short-jumper with seven-tenths of a second left to beat the Hornets 71-69 in the Skydome. Khiarica Rasheed added 15 in the win for the Jacks, who have won three of their last four games. In Sacramento,Full Story
NAU Rallies From 23 Down In The Second Half And Fall Short At Portland State Thursday
The NAU men’s basketball team rallied from 23 points down in the second half, but it wasn’t enough as the Jacks fell to Portland State 103-94 Thursday night in Portland. Bernie Andre had a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds and Luke Avdalovic had 20 points on six, three-pointers in the loss. Cam SheltonFull Story
NAU Men Falls To Weber State At Home, Women Win On The Road
NAU split games against Weber State Saturday. The men went without a field goal for more than four minutes of the first half, while Weber State went on a 14-1 run. The Jacks couldn’t recover as they lost, 86-71, to the Wildcats. Ted McCree led the Lumberjacks with 17 points and Bernie Andre added 13Full Story
NAU Drops A Heartbreaker to Idaho State In The Skydome Thursday
The NAU Lumberjacks trailed by 19 points in the second half, rallied to tie the game with under a minute to go, only to fall, 81-79, to Idaho State in the Skydome Thursday. The game was tied at 79 when Chier Maker put back a missed shot with nine-tenths of a second to play toFull Story