FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (March 2, 2025) – With the postseason less than a week away, the Northern Arizona women's basketball team has one more piece of business to take care of during the regular season when it hosts Idaho State on Monday night at Findlay Toyota Court in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Tipoff for Senior Night is set for 6 p.m. Mountain Standard time. Prior to the contest, the Lumberjacks will honor three seniors in
Nyah Moran,
Leia Beattie, and
Olivia Moran – a trio that has combined for 101 wins and 376 games played.
The Lumberjacks have locked in a No. 2 seed for next week's Big Sky Conference Championships in Boise, Idaho, but have plenty to play for on Monday night. If Northern Arizona beats Idaho State and Montana State loses to Idaho, the Lumberjacks can clinch a share of the regular season title with the Bobcats - marking its second regular season championship in the past three seasons. If MSU beats the Vandals regardless of NAU's results, Montana State will clinch the title outright. Montana State and Idaho tip at 7 p.m. MST in Moscow, Idaho.
A victory will also give Northern Arizona its best conference record in program history at 16-2 and will tie the single season wins record with 25. Sitting at 24-6 and 15-2 currently, the Lumberjacks have already accumulated the most regular season wins in NAU history and tied the single-season conference wins record.
Northern Arizona is coming off an 80-70 win at Northern Colorado on Saturday night. After leading 48-27 at the half after making 10 three-pointers in the first 20 minutes, NAU was outscored 43-32 in the second half and held to just two triples. Still, the Lumberjacks were able to hang on for the double-digit victory and their ninth-straight over the Bears. Four players scored in double figures, led by
Taylor Feldman with 21 points on 5-of-10 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range, and 7-of-8 from free throw range.
Leia Beattie scored 16 points on 6-of-12 from the field and 4-of-8 from three-point range, grabbing six rebounds, dishing a team-high four assists and added a block.
Beattie will be one of three seniors honored on Monday night. Although she was just a Lumberjack for two seasons, Beattie made an impact, playing in 65 games with 64 starts. A prolific three-point shooter, she ranks seventh all-time at Northern Arizona with 146 three-pointers made in just two seasons. She has a career three-point percentage of 40.4 percent which is second all-time. In 2024-25, she's drained 67 which ranks eighth all-time in single-season history. She has made at least three three-pointers in a game 23 times including nine this season.
The Moran twins will also break NAU's all-time games played record on Monday, with Olivia playing in her 157
th game to break the all-time record and Nyah playing in her 156
th. Both are five-year members of the program and eclipsed the 1,000-career point mark this season.
Nyah Moran currently ranks ninth all-time on the career scoring list with 1,208 points – needing eight more to tie for eighth.
Nyah Moran has played in and started all 30 games and averaged a career-high 11.5 points per game this season. Saving her best season for last, she's scored in double figures 21 times including 59 in her career and has two 20-plus point performances. After scoring 23 points in a win at Pacific earlier this season, she was honored with her first Big Sky Player of the Week award.
Olivia Moran has scored 1,152 career points, just shy of the all-time scoring list. This season, she is averaging a career-high 9.0 points per game and leads the team in steals with 35. Her senior season has also seen her grab a career-high 145 rebounds, totaling over 100 boards in the past three seasons. In her career, she also has 202 assists, 121 steals and 491 career rebounds. Olivia has scored in double figures 58 times during her career and has four double doubles including three this season.
Sophie Glancey won her seventh Big Sky Player of the Week award this season on Tuesday and her fourth in the last five weeks, giving NAU a conference record 11 this season. Glancey ranks ninth in the nation with 16 double-doubles in 30 games played this season.
She has scored at least 20 points in 13 games this season, scoring in double figures 27 times. She leads the Big Sky in scoring (17.9 ppg), field goal percentage (50.2%) and blocks per game (1.8 bpg) while ranking fourth in rebounding (9.3 rpg). On a national level, she also ranks 21st in field goals (210), 31st in points (536), 56th in points per game and 29th in rebounds (278).
As a team, Northern Arizona ranks 14
th nationally in scoring offense (80.2), ninth in rebounds per game (42.97), seventh in defensive rebounds per game (30.0), 16
th in three-pointers made per game (9.0), 10
th in three-point attempts per game (27.5), 21
st in free throws made per game (15.10), 34th in assists per game (16.6) and 24th in assist/turnover ratio (1.22).
Taylor Feldman ranks second in the Big Sky in scoring behind Glancey with 16.4 points per game. She is also fifth in the league with 52 three-pointers made, third in free throw percentage (85.5%), third in assists per game (3.7) and second in assist/turnover ratio (1.7).
Beattie leads the league in assist/turnover ratio and is second in both three-point percentage (39.2%) and three-point field goals made (68).
Northern Arizona beat Idaho State on the road 79-71 to start Big Sky Conference play behind 18 points from both Glancey and Feldman. Eight different players also combined for 11 three-pointers. Idaho State is 13-15 overall and 8-9 in Big Sky play. The Bengals will be riding a four-game win streak into the final game of the year while NAU has won six-straight. On the road, ISU is 4-9 this season while the Lumberjacks are 11-1 at home.
Idaho State averages 62.3 points per game on the season, but are averaging 72.3 during its current win streak. Jordan Tasia is the team's leading scorer with 10.9 points per game. Piper Carlson averages 7.3 rebounds per game while Kacey Spink adds 7.7 rebounds plus 2.5 steals per game.
NAU has won four-straight games over the Bengals and own a 20-19 record in Flagstaff over ISU, winning one-straight. The last time Idaho State made the trip to Findlay Toyota Court, the Lumberjacks made a then-program record 17 three-pointers.
Northern Arizona has secured a first-round bye the No. 2 seed for next week's Big Sky Conference Championships in Boise, Idaho. The Lumberjacks will play at 2:30 p.m. Mountain Standard time on Sunday, March 9 against the winner of game two between the No. 7 and the No. 9 seed.
