FARMINGTON, Utah (January 28, 2020) – Redshirt junior
Jacey Bailey became the third Northern Arizona women's basketball player to be named the Big Sky Women's Basketball Ready Nutrition Player of the Week in an announcement by the conference office on Tuesday. Bailey earned the honor for the first time in her career.
NAU is the first team this season to produce three different Big Sky Player of the Week recipients (Bailey, junior
Khiarica Rasheed and redshirt sophomore
Nina Radford). It also marks the first time since the 2005-06 season that NAU had three different players receive the conference's weekly award.
Bailey averaged 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in a pair of double-double performances against Portland State and Sacramento State while shooting 46.2 percent from the floor. Bailey made five three-pointers and also notched three assists and three steals.
Bailey began NAU's recent road trip with 16 points and 12 rebounds this past Saturday versus Portland State in her first double-double of the season. The 12 boards equaled a career-high.
The Burnaby, BC, Canada native followed with a second consecutive double-double in the Lumberjacks' 85-65 victory against Sacramento State on Monday. She posted a season-high 25 points and a career-high 13 rebounds and was instrumental in NAU extending its halftime lead in the third quarter. She scored 15 of her 25 points in the third quarter when the 'Jacks stretched out their six-point halftime edge to as much as 19.
Bailey has scored in double-figures in each of her last six games, a span in which she is averaging 17.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. For the season, Bailey is eighth in the conference in scoring (13.7) and ninth in rebounding (6.6).
NAU travels to Idaho and Eastern Washington this upcoming Saturday and Monday.
