Lumberjack Basketball Returns Home on Wednesday to Battle San Diego Christian
Men's Basketball / December 05, 2017
| Wednesday, Dec. 6: Northern Arizona (1-7) vs. San Diego Christian (2-5) |
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (Dec. 5, 2017) – The Northern Arizona men's basketball squad will look to continue its recent winning ways as it returns home for the first time in 23 days to host San Diego Christian on Wednesday night at the Rolle Activity Center is a 6:30 p.m. MST tip.
Wednesday's game will be televised live on Fox Sports Plus (Suddenlink: 39 in Flagstaff; DISH Network: 450 SD, 9573 HD; DISH Hopper: 412-38; DirecTV 686-1) and Fox College Sports Pacific. The game will also be available to stream via the FoxSportsGo app.
In addition, the game will be aired live on the Lumberjack Radio Network, beginning with the pregame show at 6 p.m. MST.
Northern Arizona is currently 1-7 overall on the season and has played the 28
th-most difficult schedule in the nation (out of 351 teams) entering Wednesday's meeting with San Diego Christian according to the most recent Sagarin Ratings.
Sophomore
Chris Bowling leads the 'Jacks with an average of 11.6 points per game, while fellow sophomore
JoJo Anderson has notched a 10.6 ppg scoring clip over the first eight games.
San Diego Christian enters Wednesday's clash with a 2-5 overall record and has already faced Southern Utah from the Big Sky Conference on Dec. 2, when it suffered an 87-68 setback to the Thunderbirds.
The Hawks are led by junior Derek Novsek, who is averaging a team-high 18.4 points this season while shooting 55.1 (38-of-69) percent from the field.
The Lumberjacks have faced San Diego Christian in three of the past four seasons and own a 3-0 mark in those previous contests, winning those games by an average of 22.0 points.
Wednesday's game marks the first of a stretch that will see NAU play two if its next three games at home. Following a contest on Saturday, Dec. 9 at the University of San Diego, the 'Jacks will return to the Rolle Activity Center floor on Thursday, Dec. 14 to take on South Dakota.
The Lumberjacks have played each of their last six games on the road following their most recent home contest on Nov. 13. NAU used a stifling defensive effort, which led to a season-high 27 points off turnovers, to spark a 60-52 victory on the road at CSU Bakersfield in its most recent action on Dec. 2.
The win snapped a seven-game skid for the 'Jacks who now enter Wednesday's clash against San Diego Christian looking to post back-to-back victories for the first time since defeating Northern Colorado and North Dakota in consecutive games on Jan. 26 and 28, 2017.
