Saturday, Dec. 8: Northern Arizona (2-7) at University of San Diego (6-2)

GAME 10	Northern Arizona at University of San Diego | Saturday, Dec. 9 | 8 p.m. MST
TV/RADIO	Fox Sports Arizona Plus |  Live Stats  | Listen | FoxSportsGo
LOCATION	Jenny Craig Pavilion | San Diego, Calif.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (Dec. 8, 2017) – Looking to extend its winning streak to three straight games, the Northern Arizona basketball hits the road for a non-conference matchup at the University of San Diego on Saturday night in an 8 p.m. MST tip.

Saturday's game will be televised live on Fox Sports Arizona Plus (Suddenlink: 39 in Flagstaff; DISH Network: 444 SD, 9514 HD; DISH Hopper: 412-31; DirecTV: 686-1 SD & HD). 

The game will also be available to stream via the FoxSportsGo app. 

FOX Sports Arizona will replay the game on Monday, December 11 at 1:30 pm. (Suddenlink: 38 in Flagstaff).

In addition, the game will be aired live on the Lumberjack Radio Network, beginning with the pregame show at 7:30 p.m. MST with the voice of the Lumberjacks Mitch Strohman on the call.

Northern Arizona is currently 2-7 overall on the season and has played the 19^th-most difficult schedule in the nation (out of 351 teams) entering Saturday's meeting with San Diego, according to the most recent Sagarin Ratings.

Sophomore Chris Bowling leads the 'Jacks with an average of 10.6 points per game, while fellow sophomore JoJo Anderson has notched a 10.3 ppg scoring clip over the first nine games.

San Diego enters Saturday's clash with a 6-2 overall record and has posted wins over San Jose State, Robert Morris, Norfolk State, Little Rock, Grand Canyon and New Mexico State. 

The Toreros opened the season 5-0 before dropping back-to-back games against San Diego State and UC Santa Barbara.

San Diego is led by a balanced offensive attack that boasts three players that average double-figure points.  Isaiah Pineiro leads the squad with a 15.6 ppg average, while Isaiah Wright and Olin Carter III chip in 13.6 ppg and 13.0 ppg respectively.

Northern Arizona trails the all-time series with San Diego 11-7 entering Saturday's meeting at the Jenny Craig Pavilion and has not defeated the Toreros in San Diego since 1966-67 (1-8).  NAU's last win in the series came on Dec. 20, 2003 - the 'Jacks have dropped seven of the last eight meetings between the programs.

Following Saturday's meeting with San Diego, NAU will return home for a game against South Dakota on Thursday, Dec. 14 before returning to the road for a pair of games at South Florida (Dec. 18) and at Jacksonville (Dec. 20) to close out the non-conference schedule.

In total, the 'Jacks will play 10 of their 13 non-conference games away from home.

NAU enters Saturday's meeting with San Diego looking to win three straight games for the first time since the 2014-15 season when they posted four consecutive victories against Grand Canyon, Sacramento State, Kent State and NJIT from March 18-March 31, 2015.
 
NAU QUICK LOOKS

• The Lumberjacks' 16-0 run in the second half of its Dec. 6 win over San Diego Christian marked their largest of the season to date.
• The 18-point lead in the second half against San Diego Christian also represents the largest lead that NAU has held through the first nine games of the season.
• The win over San Diego Christian on Dec. 6 allowed the 'Jacks to post back-to-back wins for the first time since it defeated Northern Colorado and North Dakota in consecutive contests on Jan. 26 and 28, 2017.
• Junior Isaiah Thomas tallied career-bests in points (17), rebounds (15) and minutes played (30) in the win over San Diego while shooting 7-of-9 from the field.
• Thomas' performance allowed him to become the first Lumberjack to post a double-double in consecutive games since Jordyn Martin accomplished the feat in the final two games of the 2016-17 campaign against Eastern Washington (3/4/17) and Portland State (3/7/17).
• Isaiah Thomas posted the first double-double by a Lumberjack this season with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the Dec. 2 win at CSU Bakersfield.
• Anderson enters Saturday's meeting with San Diego having posted double-figure points in five of the last seven games.
• Junior guard Torry Johnson has tallied 20 points or more in two of the last six games overall entering Wednesday's meeting with San Diego Christian, including a career-best 24 point scoring effort in the Nov. 23 meeting with Hampton.
• Northern Arizona finished the 2016-17 season with a 9-23 overall record and 6-12 mark in Big Sky play (10th place).
• The Lumberjacks have led at halftime twice this season - vs. Embry-Riddle (Nov. 13) and UC Irvine (Nov. 24).
• NAU is a new look squad this season, with nine returners and eight newcomers to the program, including a pair of NCAA Division I transfers in Gino Littles (UT San Antonio) and Malcolm Allen (Stanford).
   

LUMBERJACKS ARE ROAD WARRIORS

• Through eight road games this season (including Saturday's game at San Diego) (10 games total) NAU Basketball has amassed a total of:
• 7,946 total travel miles
• 1,947 bus miles
• 5,999 air miles

 
INJURY REPORT

• Senior Malcolm Allen suffered a broken foot in the Nov. 17 game against Arizona State and is out indefinitely.
• Junior Ruben Fuamba and sophomore Brooks DeBisschop are each listed as questionable after suffering foot injuries.