PORTLAND, Ore. – Northern Arizona women's basketball dropped its fifth straight game with a 74-56 loss to Portland State at the Peter W. Stott Center on Friday. Freshman guard Amy Patton recorded her second straight double-double in the loss.

NAU (5-20, 3-9 BSC) was unable to complete the sweep over Portland State (14-11, 8-4 BSC) falling to the Vikings for the first time this year. The Lumberjacks defeated 86-80 in Flagstaff on January 16.

Patton notched her 11th double-double of the year with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Both totals were game-highs. The Tempe, Ariz., product has more than twice as many double doubles as any other Big Sky player. Patton was the only Lumberjack in double figures.

The Lumberjacks shot just 38.3-percent for the game allowing Portland State to shoot 49.2-percent. The Vikings finished with three players in double figures led by Kelly Marchant's 14 points off the bench.

NAU made 7-of-12 three-point attempts continuing to improve from long range. The 58.3-percent three-point shooting was the best total of the season for the Lumberjacks.

NAU will play Eastern Washington in Cheney, Wash., on Saturday at 8:05 p.m. The Lumberjacks lost to the Eagles 66-52 in Flagstaff on January 14.

DID YOU KNOW ... Based on AHRRC information NAU athletics has an economic impact on the Flagstaff economy.  Lumberjack student-athletes add $8.7 million tro the Northern Arizona economy and visiting teams contributed $650,000 to hotel and restaurant economy of Flagstaff.