FARMINGTON, Utah (Jan. 7, 2025) – For the sixth time in nine weeks, a Northern Arizona women's basketball player has been named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week. This week's honors were claimed by
Sophie Glancey who earns the third nod this season and the sixth of her career.
Glancey shares the award with former Lumberjack Fatoumata Jaiteh who now plays at Sacramento State. Along with Glancey, fellow Lumberjacks
Taylor Feldman (2) and
Nyah Moran have also been honored this year. It marks the most Player of the Week awards for NAU since 2005-06 when it also claimed six.
The junior helped NAU start Big Sky play 2-0 for the first time since 2020-21 with road wins at Idaho State and Weber State, beating the Wildcats for the 14
th-straight time.
At Idaho State, Glancey scored 18 points and added nine rebounds to go with a career-high four assists to lead the team, also adding two steals and a block while going 7-for-8 from the free throw line.
Against Weber State, she scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season – a mark that ranks sixth in the nation. Glancey shot 64.3 percent (9-14) from the field and was a perfect 3-for-3 at the charity stripe. She also added an assist, a block and two steals.
On the week, she averaged 19.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game, adding 2.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. Glancey shot 50 percent from the field (14-28) and 90.9 percent (10-11) from the free throw line and also made a three-pointer.
The Boise, Idaho, native has scored in double figures in 14 out of 15 games so far this season and has double-digit rebounds in nine games with nine in two others. She leads the league in points per game (17.6) and blocks (1.5) while ranking second in field goal percentage (50.8) and rebounds per game (9.3).
Just a junior, Glancey has already eclipsed the 1,000-career point mark and has 1,083 points through 84 career games. In NAU's career record book, she is already ninth in career scoring average (12.9 ppg), fourth in career field goal percentage (52.9%), and tied for ninth in blocks (75).
Glancey and the rest of the 'Jacks are preparing for two big conference matchups this Thursday and Saturday at Findlay Toyota Court, hosting Montana and Montana State.
