Game Information:

Opponent: Dixie State (Saturday, Dec. 12/2:00 p.m.)

Location: Walkup Skydome - Flagstaff, Ariz.

GAME NOTES (PDF)

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The Northern Arizona women's basketball team plays their final non-conference home game on Saturday in the Walkup Skydome with Dixie State visiting Flagstaff. The Lumberjacks, 3-5 this season after a 90-66 loss to Colorado on Wednesday, will host the Red Storm at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Following Saturday's game, NAU will have just two remaining non-conference games before the holidays - and the Big Sky conference schedule - on the road at Nebraska and Iowa State.

Follow the Action:

• Saturday's game will be televised live on Fox Sports Arizona and Fox College Sports Pacific. Jordan Byrd will handle play-by-play duties and Taryn Beveridge will do the color commentary. It will also be shown live on local Flagstaff cable on NAU-TV Suddenlink channels 4 and 104 as well as online at www.nau-tv.com.
• A video stream will also be available at www.watchbigsky.com.
• For all live stat and video/audio links all season long, visit the NAU Women's basketball schedule page.

Previewing The 'Jacks: The Lumberjacks were led by freshman Alyssa Rader and redshirt junior Shay Young on Wednesday at Colorado with the pair each recording career-best scoring games. Rader paced the 'Jacks with 27 points - her second consecutive 20-point game - and Young put in 18 points off the bench. Rader leads the team in both scoring and rebounding at 14.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. Junior Rene Coggins and Brittani Lusain are each averaging at least 9.0 points per game for the season. Lusain leads the team with 28 assists.

Scouting Dixie State: The Red Storm brings a 1-6 mark into the Skydome and snapped their season-opening six-game losing streak last Saturday with a 79-69 win over Point Loma at home. Dixie State, a member of the Division II PacWest Conference, is led by Taylor Mann who ranks in the top four in her conference in both scoring and rebounding. The current PacWest Player of the Week averages team-highs of 17.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Leslie Tademy leads the team in both assists (33) and steals (16).

Series History: 

• NAU and Dixie State will be meeting for the first time in school history.

The Inbounds Pass: 

• The Lumberjacks were picked eighth in the Big Sky Preseason Coaches Poll and ninth in the Big Sky Preseason Media Poll.
• Alyssa Rader leads the Big Sky Conference, and ranks sixth in the nationally, with six double-doubles.
• Rader is second in the conference in rebounding and fifth in scoring.
• Shay Young leads the conference in free throw percentage at .952.
• NAU ranks second in the Big Sky with a +6.8 rebounding margin and 42.2 rebounds per game.
• Rene Coggins has made multiple three-pointers in six of the last seven games and is tied for 10th in the conference with 15 three-pointers made.

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