FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Northern Arizona women's basketball travels to Minnesota on Wednesday, Dec. 22 for a 6:00 p.m. tip.  NAU (4-7) played at Northwestern on Sunday falling to the Wildcats, 88-70.  The Lumberjacks' Amy Patton scored a game-high 26 points and collected seven rebounds in the loss.

The Lumberjacks play just one game during the holiday week, a matchup with another Big Ten Conference opponent in Minnesota.  The Golden Gophers enter Wednesday's contest 7-5 on the year holding a 6-2 record at Williams Arena in Minneapolis.

The Lumberjacks home record sits at 4-3 but the women are looking for their first win on the road this season.  NAU is 0-4 away from Flagstaff with losses at Arizona, Arizona State, San Diego, and Northwestern.

With her 26-point output against Northwestern, Patton will be counted on again to keep the Lumberjacks close on Wednesday.  The sophomore guard from Tempe, Ariz., raised her points per game average a full point and enters the game third in the Big Sky Conference in scoring with 15.9 points per game.

Minnesota last played a week ago at Alabama A&M falling 75-68.  The Golden Gophers' Kiara Bufford and Leah Cotton both are averaging over 16 points per game this season. 

DID YOU KNOW… The Lumberjacks had 11 of their 15 intercollegiate teams record a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher led by women's soccer at 3.42. Women's basketball was close behind at 3.38, followed by women's cross country (3.38), volleyball (3.33), women's golf (3.31), men's cross country (3.26) and swimming and diving (3.22).