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NAU Probable Starters
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No. Player Pos. Elg. Hgt. Hometown PPG RPG FG% FT% Min.
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10 Bernie Andre F Jr. 6-6 N. Miami Beach, Fla. 9.8 7.3 .371 .571 25.5 |
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* - reigning Big Sky Newcomer of the Year, averaged 14.0 pts and 9.0 rebs over last 2 games
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* - only NAU player to post double-digit points in all four games, 16 career games with double-figure pts
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* - shooting 53.3% from 3-point range, double-figure points in last 3 games, leads team w/16 treys
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* - tabbed 13 points and 8 rebounds in each of last 2 games, seven points shy of 500 for career
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34 Ted McCree G Sr. 6-5 Detroit, Mich. 6.0 1.3 .333 --- 20.0 |
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* - started 17 games, 15 double-figure scoring efforts, made 51 treys in 2018-19
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LUMBERJACKS SEEK FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN AT ROLLE ON WEDNESDAY
NAU will look to win its fourth consecutive home game, as well as overall, when it plays host to UC Davis on Wednesday, Dec. 4 in a 6 p.m. MST tip at the Rolle Activity Center.
Wednesday's meeting with the Aggies will be aired live on Pluto TV (channel 539) and the Lumberjack Radio Network with the voice of the Lumberjacks
Mitch Strohman and Kade Gilliss on the call.
The 'Jacks will play the final "home" game of five straight when it faces Omaha on Sunday, Dec. 8 in a 3 p.m. MST tip that will be played at the Toyota Findlay Center in Prescott Valley, Ariz.
Following Sunday's matchup with the Mavericks, the 'Jacks will become road warriors, playing five straight games away from home - and eight of the next 10 overall - including five of their first seven Big Sky Conference games.
NAU is 6-3 over the last three-plus seasons in games played at the Rolle Activity Center - including a perfect 3-0 mark in 2019-20.
NAU VS. UC DAVIS ALL-TIME
The Lumberjacks will be facing UC Davis for the second-straight season and for the third time in the last five years when they square off on Wednesday at the Rolle.
The all-time series is deadlocked at 3-3 with the Aggies posting a 73-57 victory over NAU in the most recent action.
The Lumberjacks have dropped each of the last two meetings with their most recent win coming on Nov. 18, 2012 by an 85-82 margin.
Wednesday's game will mark UC Davis' first trip to Flagstaff since Feb. 18, 2012 - with each of the last three games in the series being played in Davis, Calif.
The Lumberjacks are 1-1 all-time in Flagstaff vs. the Aggies entering Wednesday's clash.
3-1 START TO SEASON BEST SINCE 2007-08
The Lumberjacks' 3-1 start to the 2019-20 campaign is their best start through the first four games of the season since 2007-08.
NAU posted wins vs. Adams State, Missouri-Kansas City and Mississippi Valley State and lost to Arizona to open 2007-08.
The last time the 'Jacks opened a season at 4-1 was 2001-02, when it went 5-1 to open the year.
THREE STRAIGHT HOME WINS
The Lumberjacks are riding a three-game winning streak - with each win coming at home - entering Wednesday's game vs. UC Davis.
NAU had not posted three straight home wins since it won eight straight during the 2014-15 campaign.
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE WIN STREAK
The last time NAU posted four consecutive wins came in March of 2015 during its run to the CIT championship game.
The 'Jacks last won five games in a row with seven-straight wins in 2010.
LAST TIME OUT
The 'Jacks disposed of South Dakota 76-72 in their most recent action last Saturday behind 17-point efforts from both
Bernie Andre and
Luke Avdalovic.
NAU also was frugal with the ball in the win as it committed just six turnovers - the 'Jacks closed out the game with a 7-0 run over the final 74 seconds of regulation to seal the win over the Coyotes.
JUST SIX TURNOVERS KEYS WIN OVER SOUTH DAKOTA
The 'Jacks committed only six turnovers in their 76-72 victory over South Dakota on Nov. 30.
Only one of those turnovers came in the second half of the win, which saw the 'Jacks out-score South Dakota 43-40 and rally from an eight-point deficit.
The six miscues marked the fewest for NAU since committing only five vs. Sacramento State on Jan. 17, 2019.
BURCAR POSTS FIRST NCAA D-1 WIN
NAU's 76-72 victory over South Dakota on Nov. 30 marked the first NCAA Division I victory for head coach
Shane Burcar.
DEBISSCHOP HITS 500 BOARDS, EYEING CAREER LIST
NAU senior
Brooks DeBisschop pulled down the 500th rebounds of his career in the Lumberjacks' 76-72 victory over South Dakota on Nov. 30.
DeBissshop now boasts 504 career rebounds and needs 94 to match Casey Frank for 10th-most all-time.
NAU Career Rebounding Leaders
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Don Buttrum (59-63) |
1,044 |
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Ryan McDade (99-03) |
842 |
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Bill Aaron (56-60) |
812 |
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Ruben Boykin, Jr. (04-07) |
800 |
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Jordyn Martin (12-17) |
796 |
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Gaellan Bewernick (11-15) |
704 |
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Kyle Landry (05-08) |
683 |
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David Duane (83-87) |
625 |
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James Plump (66-69) |
606 |
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Casey Frank (95-99) |
598 |
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Brooks DeBisschop (17-20) |
504 |
DEBISSCHOP EYEING 500 IN POINTS
NAU senior
Brooks DeBisschop enters Wednesday's game vs. UC Davis just seven points shy of 500 for his career with his current total of 493.
