LUMBERJACKS BASKETBALL 2017-18 GAME NOTES

2017-18 SCHEDULE NORTHERN ARIZONA LUMBERJACKS (3-17, 0-7 BIG SKY) November 10 at #3/5 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) L, 67-101 GAME #21 13 Embry-Riddle (FS-AZ) L, 70-82 17 at Arizona State (Pac-12 Networks) L, 62-97 at Montana State (11-9, 4-3 Big Sky) 20 at Kansas State L, 58-80 DATE: Thursday, January 25, 2018 23 vs. Hampton! L, 71-77 TIPOFF: 7 p.m. (MST) 24 vs. UC Irvine! L, 66-76 SITE: Bozeman, Mont. (Brick Breeden Fieldhouse - 8,455) 30 at Santa Clara L, 57-89 SERIES: NAU leads 51-47 December TV: None 2 at Bakersfi eld (ESPN3) W, 60-52 RADIO: Lumberjack Radio Network (Mitch Strohman on the call) 6 San Diego Chris an (FS-AZ Plus) W, 79-70 WEB AUDIO: NAUathle cs.com/listen 9 at San Diego (FS-AZ Plus) L, 51-79 WEB STREAM: PlutoTV (Channel 238) 14 South Dakota (NAU-TV) L, 77-90 LIVE STATS: NAUAthle cs.com 18 at South Florida L, 56-70 20 at Jacksonville (ESPN3) W, 83-72 2017-18 LUMBERJACK RADIO NETWORK 28 Montana* (NAU-TV) L, 69-87 Flagstaff : 93.5 FM & AM 930 KAFF Country Legends 30 Montana State* (CW6) L, 73-76 (OT) Presco : 97.9 FM The Eagle Phoenix: Money Radio 1510 AM & 105.3 FM January Window Rock: KHAC 880 AM 4 at Weber State* L, 55-95 6 at Idaho State* L, 60-64 13 at Southern Utah* (Eleven Sports) L, 75-81 GAME #22 18 Eastern Washington* (NAU-TV) L, 76-81 at Montana (14-5, 7-0 Big Sky)* 20 Idaho* (CW6) L, 80-84 DATE: Saturday, January 27, 2018 25 at Montana State* 7 p.m. 27 at Montana* 7 p.m. TIPOFF: 7 p.m. (MST) SITE: Missoula, Mont. (Dahlberg Arena - 7,500) February SERIES: NAU trails 67-33 1 Idaho State* (NAU-TV) 6:30 p.m. TV: None 3 Weber State* (CW6) 7 p.m. RADIO: Lumberjack Radio Network (Mitch Strohman on the call) 10 Southern Utah* (CW6) 2 p.m. WEB AUDIO: NAUathle cs.com/listen 15 at Northern Colorado* 7 p.m. WEB STREAM: PlutoTV (Channel 237) 17 at North Dakota* 3 p.m. LIVE STATS: NAUAthle cs.com 22 Sacramento State* (NAU-TV) 6:30 p.m. 24 Portland State* (CW6) 6 p.m. * - Montana plays Southern Utah 1/25 March 1 at Idaho* 7 p.m. NAU PROBABLE STARTERS 3 at Eastern Washington* 3 p.m. No. Player Pos. Elg. Hgt. Hometown PPG RPG FG% FT% Min. 6 BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIPS# TBD 0 Torry Johnson G Jr. 6-3 Chicago, Ill. 9.6 1.9 .345 .739 23.5 * - has started each of the last three games, led team in scoring in 8 games this season, scored 25 vs. Idaho (career-best) ! Con nental Tire Las Vegas Invita onal (Las Vegas, Nev.) 2 Corey Brown F Jr. 6-8 Hollywood, Fla. 4.8 2.8 .596 .622 14.1 * Big Sky Conference Game * - has started six games this season, recorded double-fi gures in points twice # Big Sky Championship (Reno, Nev.) 3 Gino Li les G Sr. 6-1 Phoenix, Ariz. 7.7 3.1 .352 .652 31.5 All mes local to Flagstaff on MST * - transfer from UT-San Antonio, has started all 20 games at point guard, scored season-best 22 at Idaho State 25 Brooks DeBisschop F So. 6-9 West Linn, Ore. 5.1 7.0 .388 .444 28.0 /LUMBERJACKCOUNTRY * - started 17 games, ed for team-lead with two double-doubles, has pulled down team-high 119 boards /NAUBASKETBALL 32 Chris Bowling G/F So. 6-7 Gilbert, Ariz. 9.7 2.9 .397 .750 23.6 * - has started 18 games, recorded double-fi gure points in 10 games, leads squad with 34 three-pointers NAUATHLETICS NAUBASKETBALL NAU RESERVES No. Player Pos. Elg. Hgt. Hometown PPG RPG FG% FT% Min. NAU_ATHLETICS 1 Carlos Hines G Fr. 6-4 Chicago, Ill. 3.9 1.2 .300 .786 10.2

NAUSTRONG NAUBASKETBALL 4 JoJo Anderson G So. 6-3 Houston, Texas 12.4 2.1 .352 .792 28.2 # 5 Omar Ndiaye G Jr. 6-1 Sante Fe, N.M. 0.0 0.0 .000 -- 1.0 10 Malcolm Butler G Sr. 6-3 Las Vegas, Nev. 3.3 0.0 .556 .000 10.3 NAU RECORD BREAKDOWN 12 Kye De Laveaga G Sr. 6-1 Sco sdale, Ariz. 0.9 0.3 .125 1.000 4.9 14 Karl Harris G Jr. 6-5 Chicago, Ill. 6.2 1.9 .339 .833 14.2 HOME:...... 1-6 15 Nik Mains F Fr. 6-8 Phoenix, Ariz. ------ROAD: ...... 2-9 21 Luke Avdalovic G Fr. 6-4 Folsom, Calif. ------NEUTRAL: ...... 0-2 23 Lenell Henry F Fr. 6-8 Chicago, Ill. 3.6 2.9 .540 .500 11.8 33 Isaiah Thomas F Jr. 6-9 Oakland, Calif. 6.2 5.3 .552 .630 19.5 NON-CONFERENCE ...... 3-10 35 Aziz Seck G/F So. 6-7 Dakar, Senegal ------BIG SKY: ...... 0-7 55 Ruben Fuamba F Sr. 6-9 The Congo 2.1 3.1 .588 .500 10.6 BIG SKY HOME: ...... 0-4 BIG SKY ROAD: ...... 0-3 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS MEDIA ROSTER

TORRY JOHNSON CARLOS HINES COREY BROWN GINO LITTLES JOJO ANDERSON OMAR NDIAYE 0 Jr. • 6-3 • 165 • G 1 Fr. • 6-4 • 171 • G 2 Jr. • 6-8 • 225 • F 3 Sr. • 6-1 • 165 • G 4 So. • 6-3 • 170 • G 5 Jr. • 6-1 • 165 • G Chicago, Ill. Chicago, Ill. Hollywood, Fla. Phoenix, Ariz. Houston, Texas Sante Fe, N.M.

MALCOLM ALLEN KYE DE LAVEAGA KARL HARRIS NIK MAINS LUKE AVDALOVIC LENELL HENRY 10 Sr. • 6-3 • 185 • G 12 Sr. • 6-1 • 190 • G 14 Jr. • 6-5 • 185 • G 15 Fr. • 6-8 • 195 • F 21 Fr. • 6-4 • 185 • G 23 Fr. • 6-8 • 205 • F Las Vegas, Nev. Sco sdale, Ariz. Chicago, Ill. Phoenix, Ariz. Folsom, Calif. Oakland, Calif.

BROOKS DEBISSCHOP CHRIS BOWLING ISAIAH THOMAS AZIZ SECK RUBEN FUAMBA 25 So. • 6-9 • 230 • F 32 So. • 6-7 • 175 • G/F 33 Jr. • 6-9 • 220 • F 35 So. • 6-7 • 185 • G/F 55Sr. • 6-9 • 230 • F West Linn, Ore. Gilbert, Ariz. Oakland, Calif. Dakar, Senegal The Congo

JACK MURPHY MATT DUNN WES PIFER JASON SANCHEZ BRYANBRYAN FISFISHERHER DARIUS CARTER Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Opera ons Graduate Assistant Sixth Season Sixth Season Fi h Season First Season First Season Second Season ROSTER BREAKDOWN

ROSTER BREAKDOWN ALPHABETICAL ROSTER BY STATE/COUNTRY No. Name Pos. Cl.-Exp. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 10 Malcolm Allen G Sr. 6-3 185 Las Vegas, Nev. / Centennial / Stanford ARIZONA 4 JoJo Anderson G So. 6-3 170 Houston, Texas / 22FT Academy Chris Bowling 21 Luke Avdalovic G Fr. 6-4 185 Folsom, Calif. / Vista Del Lago Kye de Laveaga 32 Chris Bowling G/F So. 6-6 180 Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert HS Gino Li les 2 Corey Brown F Jr. 6-8 225 Hollywood, Fla. / McArthur HS Nik Mains 25 Brooks DeBisschop F So. 6-9 230 West Linn, Ore. / West Linn HS 55 Ruben Fuamba F Sr. 6-9 230 The Congo / Central CC / Nebraska CALIFORNIA 14 Karl Harris G Jr. 6-5 185 Chicago, Ill. / De La Salle / Indian Hills CC - Iowa Luke Avdalovic 23 Lenell Henry F Fr. 6-8 205 Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park Isaiah Thomas 1 Carlos Hines G Fr. 6-4 171 Chicago, Ill. / North Lawndale CONGO 0 Torry Johnson G Jr. 6-3 165 Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park Ruben Fuamba 12 Kye de Laveaga G Sr. 6-1 190 Sco sdale, Ariz. / Westwind Prep Academy 3 Gino Li les G Sr. 6-1 165 Phoenix, Ariz. / Desert Mountain/ UTSA FLORIDA 15 Nik Mains F Fr. 6-8 195 Phoenix, Ariz. / Pinnacle Corey Brown 5 Omar Ndiaye G Jr. 6-1 165 Santa Fe, N.M. / Monte Del Sol ILLINOIS 35 Aziz Seck G/F So. 6-7 190 Dakar, Senegal / Army & Navy Academy Karl Harris 33 Isaiah Thomas F Jr. 6-9 230 Oakland, Calif. / Bishop O’Dowd HS Lenell Henry Carlos Hines Torry Johnson NUMERICAL ROSTER NEVADA No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School Malcolm Allen 0 Torry Johnson G Jr. 6-3 165 Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park NEW MEXICO 1 Carlos Hines G Fr. 6-4 171 Chicago, Ill. / North Lawndale Omar Ndiaye 2 Corey Brown F Jr. 6-8 225 Hollywood, Fla. / McArthur HS 3 Gino Li les G Sr. 6-1 165 Phoenix, Ariz. / Desert Mountain/ UTSA OREGON 4 JoJo Anderson G So. 6-3 170 Houston, Texas / 22FT Academy Brooks DeBisschop 5 Omar Ndiaye G Jr. 6-1 165 Santa Fe, N.M. / Monte Del Sol SENEGAL 10 Malcolm Allen G Sr. 6-3 185 Las Vegas, Nev. / Centennial / Stanford Aziz Seck 12 Kye de Laveaga G Sr. 6-1 190 Sco sdale, Ariz. / Westwind Prep Academy 14 Karl Harris G Jr. 6-5 185 Chicago, Ill. / De La Salle / Indian Hills CC - Iowa TEXAS 15 Nik Mains F Fr. 6-8 195 Phoenix, Ariz. / Pinnacle JoJo Anderson 21 Luke Avdalovic G Fr. 6-4 185 Folsom, Calif. / Vista Del Lago 23 Lenell Henry F Fr. 6-8 205 Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park BY CLASS 25 Brooks DeBisschop F So. 6-9 230 West Linn, Ore. / West Linn HS Freshmen 32 Chris Bowling G/F So. 6-6 180 Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert HS Luke Avdalovic 33 Isaiah Thomas F So. 6-9 230 Oakland, Calif. / Bishop O’Dowd HS Lenell Henry 35 Aziz Seck G/F So. 6-7 190 Dakar, Senegal / Army & Navy Academy Carlos Hines 55 Ruben Fuamba F Sr. 6-9 230 The Congo / Central CC / Nebraska Nik Mains Sophomores JoJo Anderson Chris Bowling COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF Brooks DeBisschop Head Coach: Jack Murphy Aziz Seck Assistants: Wes Pifer, Jason Sanchez Juniors Graduate Assistant: Darius Carter Corey Brown Athle c Trainer: Josh Johnson Karl Harris Torry Johnson Omar Ndiaye PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Isaiah Thomas JoJo Anderson Joe-Joe Omar Ndiaye in-JIE (like eye) Seniors Kye de Laveaga KIE (rhymes with e) dee-LAH-Vee-A-Guh Malcolm Allen Aziz Seck A-zezz SECK Kye de Laveaga Nik Mains Nick Mains (like a lion’s mane) Gino Li les Luke Avdalovic Av-Doll-O-vich Ruben Fuamba Brooks DeBisschop De-Bishop Ruben Fuamba Fume-BA 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS LAST TWO MEETINGS VS. MONTANA STATE oo o Montana State vs Northern Arizona Montana State vs Northern Arizona 12/30/17 5:00 P.M. at Flagstaff, Ariz. (Walkup Skydome) 02/09/17 6:30pm at Flagstaff, Ariz. (Walkup Skydome)

Montana State 76 • 9-6 (2-0) Montana State 63 • 11-14, 6-6 BSC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 BLEVINS, Keljin f 8-12 1-2 9-9 1 5 6 2 26 0 1 1 1 32 00 GREEN, Zach f 3-70-20-30223 6040124 04 NEUMANN, Sam f 2-5 0-2 5-8 4 6 10 4 9 0 0 0 1 30 04 NEUMANN, Sam f 5-7 2-4 2-4 2 7 9 4 14 2 2 0 2 26 03 HALL, Tyler g 4-18 1-12 7-8 2 3 5 2 16 3 1 1 2 40- 03 HALL, Tyler g 4-162-83-4011313210136 05 FREY, Harald g 1-13 1-6 4-4 0 1 1 0 7 5 1 0 3 44 05 FREY, Harald g 2-8 1-5 4-4 0 2 2 4 9 2 1 0 0 36 10 KLINES, Devonte g 4-13 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 3 9 1 2 1 1 35 10 KLINES, Devonte g 3-91-41-30441 8441326 00 GREEN, Zach 2-7 0-1 0-1 2 6 8 1 4 0 1 1 0 15 15 WORTHY, Mandrell 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 01 MVUEZOLO JR., Joe 0-30-10-02131 0001112 21 OSAYANDE, Benson 1-10-00-00005 21000 8 21 OSAYANDE, Benson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 EVERETT, Quinton 5-11 1-3 0-1 2 3 5 1 11 1 1 0 3 22 22 FREY, Konner 2-31-10-02135 5000013 31 KIRBY, Devin 0-10-00-01342 0001012 33 NIKKARINEN, Lassi 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 5 0 5 Team 235 Totals 23-63 7-27 10-19 12 22 34 24 63 12 13 2 10 200 Totals 23-75 5-29 25-30 16 27 43 21 76 9 6 5 9 225 FG % 1st Half: 9-30 30.0% 2nd half: 14-33 42.4% Game: 23-63 36.5% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 11-36 30.6% 2nd half: 9-32 28.1% OT: 3-7 42.9% Game: 23-75 30.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd half: 4-14 28.6% Game: 7-27 25.9% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 1-11 9.1% 2nd half: 2-13 15.4% OT: 2-5 40.0% Game: 5-29 17.2% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd half: 9-17 52.9% Game: 10-19 52.6% 2,1 FT % 1st Half: 11-14 78.6% 2nd half: 10-12 83.3% OT: 4-4 100.0 Game: 25-30 83.3% 0 Northern Arizona 69 • 7-18, 4-8 BSC Northern Arizona 73 • 3-12 (0-2) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 11 KALUNA, Ako f 3-70-23-51563 9040026 25 Brooks Debisschop f 2-7 0-1 0-0 1 11 12 4 4 1 3 1 2 37 34 MARTIN, Jordyn f 8-9 1-1 6-7 4 10 14 3 23 4 3 0 1 38 32 Chris Bowling f 6-14 4-7 0-0 0 4 4 5 16 3 4 1 0 29 12 DE LAVEAGA, Kye g 0-30-20-00001 0000010 33 Isaiah Thomas c 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 4 6 0 2 2 0 13 32 BOWLING, Chris g 4-10 1-2 3-3 4 4 8 5 12 5 2 2 2 30 03 Gino Littles g 4-9 2-3 0-1 0 4 4 3 10 2 3 0 0 36 41 DEBERRY, Marcus g 4-163-113-4145214540035 04 JoJo Anderson g 0-3 0-1 4-6 1 2 3 1 4 5 3 0 0 35 04 ANDERSON, JoJo 1-4 1-3 6-10 0 6 6 0 9 0 1 0 2 31 00 Torry Johnson 3-5 1-3 6-11 0 1 1 1 13 2 2 0 1 22 05 GREEN, Mike 0-2 0-1 0-0 0221 0140014 01 Carlos Hines 0-30-20-00000 00100 5 22 DEBISSCHOP, Brooks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 02 Corey Brown 3-4 0-0 5-7 1 8 9 4 11 0 0 0 0 25 33 THOMAS, Isaiah 1-10-00-01121 20000 8 14 Karl Harris 2-6 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 11 Team 0 2 2 23 Lenell Henry 1-2 0-0 3-4 3 5 8 4 5 0 0 0 0 12 Totals 21-52 6-22 21-29 11 35 46 18 69 15 18 2 5 200 Team 549 FG % 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd half: 10-20 50.0% Game: 21-52 40.4% Deadball Totals 24-56 7-18 18-29 12 40 52 28 73 13 18 5 4 225 3FG % 1st Half: 2-13 15.4% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 6-22 27.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3% 2nd half: 11-17 64.7% Game: 21-29 72.4% 5 FG % 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd half: 9-20 45.0% OT: 2-6 33.3% Game: 24-56 42.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% OT: 1-2 50.0% Game: 7-18 38.9% Rebounds Officials: Rick Randall, Brent Meaux, Ryan McDaniel FT % 1st Half: 9-14 64.3% 2nd half: 5-9 55.6% OT: 4-6 66.7% Game: 18-29 62.1% 4 Technical fouls: Montana State-None. Northern Arizona-None. Officials: Ronnie Hernandez, Doug Sturdivan, Juan Corral Attendance: 1432 Technical fouls: Montana State-None. Northern Arizona-None. Attendance: 681 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Montana State 22 41 63 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench MSU2616104 13 Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total In Off 2nd Fast Northern Arizona 34 35 69 NAU2815200 11 Montana State 34 30 12 76 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench MSU3217156 9 Northern Arizona 38 26 9 73 Last FG - MSU 2nd-00:09, NAU 2nd-04:14. Score tied - 1 time. NAU 28 5 15 6 33 Largest lead - MSU by 4 1st-18:56, NAU by 14 2nd-14:33. Lead changed - 1 time. MSU led for 01:52. NAU led for 37:32. Game was tied for 00:36. Last FG - MSU OT-00:43, NAU OT-00:02. Score tied - 10 times. Largest lead - MSU by 6 2nd-13:54, NAU by 15 1st-05:36. Lead changed - 10 times. MSU led for 13:15. NAU led for 25:13. Game was tied for 06:32.

MONTANA STATE Home L 81-76 Home L 73-64 Home W 84-61 NAU Overall: 51-47 1981-82 Home W 49-47 1993-94 Home L 92-75 2005-06 Home W 78-72 Bozeman: 13-32; Flagstaff 33-15; Neutral: 2-1 Away L 70-63 Away W 86-72 Away L 82-73 1982-83 Away L 75-59 1994-95 Home W OT 84-77 2006-07 Home W 86-76 1970-71 Home L 95-86 Home W 76-57 Away L 84-59 Away WOT 92-84 Away W 86-85 1983-84 Home W 59-57 1995-96 Away L 87-58 2007-08 Home W 78-58 1971-72 Away L 104-98 Away W 70-47 Home L 76-61 Away L 70-67 Home W 86-69 1984-85 Away W 62-58 1996-97 Away W 79-74 2008-09 Away L 74-68 1972-73 Home L 83-79 Home W 69-66 Home W 85-61 Home W 83-64 Away L 78-60 Neutral W 69-62 1997-98 Home W 76-72 2009-10 Away L 62-50 1973-74 Away L 60-52 1985-86 Home W 82-77 Away W OT 102-96 Home W 71-58 Home W 78-61 Away L 82-64 Neutral W 77-50 2010-11 Away L 86-78 1974-75 Away L 74-70 Neutral L 80-74 1998-99 Away W 74-73 Home W 61-41 Home L OT 111-109 1986-87 Away L 81-62 Home W 82-67 Home W 65-62 1975-76 Away L 90-75 Home W 90-82 1999-00 Home W 89-80 2011-12 Home L 74-72 Home W 85-81 1987-88 Home L 56-58 Away W 74-76 Away L 79-60 1976-77 Home W 96-58 Away L 83-72 2000-01 Away L 84-79 2012-13 Home W 87-80 Away W 75-69 1988-89 Home L 80-67 Home W 87-74 Away LOT 83-79 1977-78 Away W 73-67 Away L 67-42 Nuetral W 65-62 2013-14 Away L 68-66 Home L 83-84 1989-90 Home W 76-73 2001-02 Home L 59-48 Home W 61-48 1978-79 Home W 82-68 Away L OT 90-88 Away L 62-59 2014-15 Away W 71-64 Away L 58-56 1990-91 Home L 74-81 2002-03 Away L 80-66 2015-16 Home Lot 72-74 1979-80 Home W 80-78 Away L 83-76 Home W 81-66 Away L 101-58 Away L 90-92 1991-92 Home W OT 81-78 2003-04 Home W 63-57 2016-17 Home W 69-63 1980-81 Away L 84-72 Away L 107-63 Away L 67-62 2017-18 Home L OT 73-76 1992-93 Away L 66-60 2004-05 Away L 88-68

STAT COMPARISON (2017-18 SEASON STATS)

NAU Montana State POINTS PER GAME 67.2 76.0 OPP. POINTS PER GAME 80.2 76.5 FIELD GOAL % .400 .428 OPPONENTS FG % .472 .471 REBOUNDS PER GAME 33.9 36.7 3-POINT FG % .321 .353 OPP. 3-POINT PERCENTAGE .377 .342 FREE THROW % .703 .725 ASSISTS PER GAME 10.7 12.2 STEALS PER GAME 5.9 5.8 BLOCKS PER GAME 3.3 2.4 TURNOVERS PER GAME 16.4 13.5 MEDIA INFORMATION TONIGHT’S GAME • Northern Arizona hits the road this week for a pair of games beginning Creden als for NAU home basketball games are is- with Montana State on Thursday, Jan. 25 in a 7 p.m. poff that will be sued to the working media only and should be re- streamed live on PlutoTV (channel 238) and aired live on the Lumber- quested at least two days in advance of the game. jack Radio Network beginning with the pregame show at 6:30 p.m. • The ‘Jacks are 2-9 in road games this season and 0-3 in Big Sky road All creden al requests can be made by emailing contests. [email protected]. • NAU dropped a 76-73 over me decision to the Bobcats in the previ- Media creden als are issued on a priority basis with ous mee ng between the programs this season on Dec. 30 in Flagstaff . daily newspapers, origina ng radio sta ons and tele- Sophomore Chris Bowling led a quartet of ‘Jacks that fi nished the game vision crews receiving fi rst priority. in double-fi gure points with 16.

If me constraints do not allow for creden als to be ALL-TIMES SERIES VS. MONTANA STATE mailed, they will be available on game day at Will Call, • The Lumberjacks lead the all- me series with the Bobcats 51-47 enter- located at the front entrance of the Walkup Skydome. ing Thursday’s ac on. During the week, all player interviews must be coor- • The ‘Jacks own a 13-32 mark against Montana State in games played in dinated through the athle cs communica ons offi ce Bozeman but have split the last two road games overall with the victory (928)-523-6792. coming by a 71-64 margin on Jan. 24, 2015. • This will mark the ‘Jacks fi rst trip to Bozeman since Feb. 11, 2016 - a Players will not be available for interviews on game 101-58 setback for NAU. days prior to p-off . • NAU is 4-5 all- me vs. the Bobcats in the Jack Murphy era. The Northern Arizona postgame locker room is closed to the media. Requested players will be brought to SLOW START IN BIG SKY ACTION the designated media interview room a er a cool • The Lumberjacks dropped their fi rst seven games of the Big Sky Confer- down period. Head Coach Jack Murphy will conduct ence slate entering Thursday’s game at Montana State. postgame media interviews a er he completes his ra- • The seven losses to open conference play marks the fi rst me since dio responsibili es. the 1990-91 season, when NAU also opened league play 0-7, that the NAU basketball prac ces are generally open to the Lumberjacks have dropped their fi rst seven Big Sky contests. general public. Media wishing to a end should con- • NAU has been outscored 81.1 to 69.7 over its fi rst six conference games tact the athle cs communica ons offi ce in advance and has lost by double-fi gures in three of the ini al six games in the to confi rm. Prac ces on the road are generally closed. conference loop. However, interviews may be conducted by scheduling them ahead of me by contac ng Assistant Athlet- CLOSE CALLS ics Director for Communica ons Randy Press at the email and photo numbers listed above. • In each of the Lumberjacks last four losses the margin of defeat has been by six points or less. Only accredited photographers on assignment will be • NAU dropped four-point decision at Idaho State on Jan. 6, followed issued creden als. Only coaches, players and staff are with a six-point defeat at Southern Utah on Jan. 13 and lost by fi ve at allowed on the sidelines, in front of the team benches home to Eastern Washington (Jan. 18) and by four to Idaho (Jan. 20) and the scorer’s table. Space for photographers is lim- during the hard-luck stretch. ited and will be granted on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. POSTING DOUBLE-FIGURES Media covering NAU basketball are seated courtside • NAU has had four players register double-fi gure points in four of the in the Walkup Skydome or the Rolle Ac vity Center last seven games overall a er not having a single contest over the fi rst if football games are s ll being played in the dome. 12 games this season that saw it total four players with double-fi gure Admission to the game and to the courtside seats is scoring eff orts. allowed only to those with working creden als. • Sophomore JoJo Anderson has notched a team-best 12 double-digit Primary sea ng for media is on the west side of the scoring eff orts this season, including 12 of the last 18 games overall. fl oor, facing the team benches. Courtside sea ng is • NAU had four players notch double-fi gure points in its most recent ac- for working media only. on vs. Idaho on Jan. 20.

HITTING FROM BEYOND THE ARC VS. IDAHO • In the Jan. 20 loss to Idaho, NAU fi nished 14-of-31 from beyond the arc. The 14 makes and 31 a empts marked its highest total in any game this season. 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS

• In addi on, Torry Johnson connected 5-of-9 a empts QUICK FACTS from the three-point line. The fi ve makes marked a ca- UNIVERSITY INFORMATION reer-best eff ort. Loca on ...... Flagstaff , Ariz. Enrollment ...... 30,383 DEBISSCHOP NETS SECOND DOUBLE-DOUBLE VS, IDAHO Founded ...... 1899 Nickname ...... Lumberjacks • Sophomores Brooks DeBisschop posted his second dou- Affi lia on ...... NCAA Div. I ble-double of the season with a 10-point and 13-rebound Conference ...... Big Sky eff ort in the Jan. 20 game vs. Idaho. Colors ...... Blue and Gold • It marked the fi h double-double by a Lumberjack this President...... Dr. Rita Cheng season. VP for Inter. Athle cs...... Mike Marlow Senior Assoc. AD/SWA ...... Robyn Sharp

20/20 VS. EASTERN WASHINGTON TEAM INFORMATION • Sophomores Chris Bowling and JoJo Anderson each re- Arena ...... Walkup Skydome (7,300) corded 22 points in the loss to Eastern Washington on Head Coach...... Jack Murphy Jan. 18. Alma Mater, Year...... Arizona, 2002 E-mail...... [email protected] • It marked the fi rst me NAU had two players tally 20 Offi ce Phone ...... 928-523-3440 points or more in the same game since March 4, 2017 vs. NAU Record (Years) ...... 66-118 (6) Eastern Washington - a span of 20 games. Career Record (Years)...... 66-118 (6) Assistant Coach ...... Ma Dunn GETTING TO THE FREE THROW LINE Alma Mater, Year...... Fort Hays State, 2007 Assistant Coach ...... Wes Pifer • NAU leads the Big Sky Conference in free throws made Alma Mater, Year...... Penn State-Altoona, 2007 (344) and a empts (489) through the fi rst 20 games of Assistant Coach ...... Jason Sanchez the 2017-18 season. Alma Mater, Year...... Florida Interna onal, 2013 • The ‘Jacks also rank 11th na onally in free throw at- tempts and 28th in made shots from the charity stripe Starters Returning/Lost ...... 1/4 Le ermen Returning/Lost ...... 7/8 entering Thursday’s mee ng with Montana State. Newcomers...... 8 • 25.5 percent of NAU’s points this season have come from 2016-17 Season Record ...... 9-23 the charity stripe. Conference Record/Finish...... 6-12/10th • Sophomore JoJo Anderson leads the Big Sky and ranks Postseason Tournament ...... N/A 39th na onally with 130 free throw a empts. MEDIA INFORMATION • Anderson also ranks second in the Big Sky in free throws Assistant AD, Communica ons/Men’s Basketball Contact made with 103 connec ons from the charity stripe. That ...... Randy Press number ranks 36th na onally. Offi ce Phone ...... 928-523-6792 Press Box Phone ...... 928-523-9221 AMONG BIG SKY LEADERS Fax ...... 928-523-6793 E-Mail ...... [email protected] • NAU has forced its opponents into an average of 13.6 Mailing Address ...... P.O. Box 15400 turnovers per game this season, which ranks fi h-best in ...... Flagstaff , AZ 86001 the Big Sky Conference...... (Overnight: 1 Skydome Dr.) • The Lumberjacks have pulled down an average of 10.2 Website ...... www.nauathle cs.com off ensive rebounds per game, which sits fourth-best THE LAST TIME... NAU won a non-conference road game: ...... Dec. 20, 2017 • 83-72 at Jacksonville NAU lost a non-conference road game: ...... Dec. 18, 2017 • 70-56 • at USF NAU won a non-conference neutral site game: ...... Nov. 22, 2016 • 71-57 vs. Alabama State NAU lost a non-conference neutral site game: ...... Nov. 24, 2017 • 77-71 vs. UC Irvine NAU won a non-conference home game: ...... Dec. 6, 2017 • 79-70 vs. San Diego Chris an NAU lost a non-conference home game: ...... Dec. 14, 2017 • 90-77 vs. South Dakota NAU won a conference road game: ...... Feb. 23, 2017 • 73-69 @ Sacramento State NAU lost a conference road game: ...... Jan. 13, 2018 • 81-75 @Southern Utah NAU won a conference home game: ...... Mar. 4, 2017 • 76-61 vs. Eastern Washington NAU lost a conference home game: ...... Jan. 20, 2018 • 84-80 vs. Idaho among Big Sky leaders. RECORD WHEN NAU... • NAU ranks sixth among Big Sky leaders with 65 blocks. One-point games ...... 0-0 Two-point games ...... 0-0 LET’S HIT 45 PERCENT Three-point games ...... 0-1 • NAU is 3-1 when it shoots 45 percent or be er from the fi eld Four-point games ...... 0-2 Five- to nine-point games ...... 2-4 and 0-15 when it shoots less than that number. 10- to 14-point games ...... 1-4 • The ‘Jacks only loss when it shoots over 45 percent from the 15- to 19-point games ...... 0-1 fi eld was the 81-76 setback vs. Eastern Washington on Jan. 18. 20-points or more...... 0-5 Leads at Half ...... 2-4 Tied at Half ...... 0-0 TOUGH NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Trails at Half ...... 1-13 • Northern Arizona 78th-most diffi cult non-conference schedule Over me ...... 0-1 in the na on (out of 351 teams) according to the Sagarin Rat- Double Over me ...... 0-0 ings. Shoo ng at least 50% ...... 2-1 • The Lumberjacks played one team currently ranked among the Shoo ng between 40-50% ...... 1-2 top 25 in the Sagarin ra ngs and three teams that sit among the Shoo ng under 40% ...... 0-14 top 50 overall. Opponent shoots at least 50% ...... 0-9 Opponent shoots between 40-50% ...... 1-7 Opponent shoots under 40% ...... 2-1 INJURIES TAKE A TOLL Scoring 0-49 points ...... 0-0 • The Lumberjacks have missed a total of 38 games due to player Scoring 50-59 points ...... 0-5 injuries this season. Scoring 60-69 points ...... 1-5 Scoring 70-79 points ...... 1-6 Carlos Hines (9 games) Scoring 80-89 points ...... 1-1 Corey Brown (1 game) Scoring 90-99 points ...... 0-0 Malcolm Allen (16 games) Scoring 100 points or more ...... 0-0 Torry Johnson (1 game) Allowing 50-59 points ...... 1-0 Brooks DeBisschop (3 games) Allowing 60-69 points ...... 0-1 Allowing 70-79 points ...... 2-5 Ruben Fuamba (8 games) Allowing 80-89 points ...... 0-7 Allowing 90-99 points ...... 0-3 THOMAS BLOCK PARTY Allowing 100 points or more ...... 0-1 • Junior Isaiah Thomas has blocked a total of 18 shots over the More Rebounds ...... 2-7 Same Rebounds ...... 1-0 last eight games a er totaling four blocks in the ini al 12 games Less Rebounds ...... 0-10 this season. More Turnovers ...... 1-8 Same Turnovers ...... 1-2 ANDERSON GOES FOR 30 TWICE Less Turnovers ...... 1-7 • Sophomore JoJo Anderson has eclipsed his career-best scoring Making more FTs ...... 2-6 mark twice this season with 31 vs. Montana on Dec. 28 and 30 Same number of FTs ...... 1-1 Making fewer FTs ...... 0-9 vs. South Dakota on Dec. 14. Making more 3Ps ...... 0-5 Same number of 3Ps ...... 0-1 ‘JACKS GOING TO OVERTIME Making fewer 3Ps ...... 3-11 • The over me loss to Montana State on Dec. 30 marked the fi rst More Assists ...... 2-5 over me contest this season for the Lumberjacks and their most Same Assists ...... 0-1 recent since Feb. 2, 2017 when they lost by a 91-90 margin at Less Assists ...... 1-11 Idaho State. More Steals ...... 1-4 Same Steals ...... 0-2 Less Steals ...... 2-11 BIGGEST LEAD IN JACKSONVILLE November ...... 0-7 • NAU’s 23-point lead at Jacksonville on Dec. 20 is its largest in any December ...... 3-5 game this season. January ...... 0-5 February ...... 0-0 March ...... 0-0 BIG RUN VS. SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN • The Lumberjacks’ 16-0 run in the second half of its Dec. 6 win over San Diego Chris an marked their largest of the season to date. • The win over San Diego Chris an on Dec. 6 allowed the ‘Jacks to post back-to-back wins for the fi rst me since it defeated 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS

Northern Colorado and North Dakota in THE LAST TIME NAU... consecu ve contests on Jan. 26 and 28, 2017. Scored 100 Points: ...... 103 vs. Arizona Chris an (11-18-11) Scored 90 Points: ...... 90 at Idaho State (2-2-17) LUMBERJACKS ARE ROAD WARRIORS Scored 80 Points: ...... 80 vs. Idaho (1-20-18) Scored Less Than 50 Points: ...... 47 vs. CSU Bakersfi eld (12-5-16) • Through 14 games away from home this Scored Less Than 40 Points: ...... 51 at San Diego (12-9-17) season (including Thursday’s game in Won By 60 pr more Points: ...... W, 103-42 vs. Arizona Chris an (11-18-11) Bozeman) NAU Basketball has amassed a Won By 50-59 Points: ...... W, 97-47 vs. Southwestern College (11-19-10) total of: Won By 40-49 Points: ...... W, 91-50 vs. Bethany (12-4-10) • 20,045 total travel miles Won By 30-39 Points: ...... W, 90-57 at Embry-Riddle (11-20-15) • 2,945 bus miles Won By 20-29 Points: ...... W, 92-63 vs. Benedic ne Mesa (11-17-16) • 17,100 air miles Lost By 20-29 Points: ...... L, 58-80 at Kansas State (11-20-17) Lost By 30-39 Points: ...... L, 51-79 at San Diego (12-9-17) INJURY REPORT Lost By 40-49 Points: ...... L, 101-58 at Montana State (2-11-16) • Senior Malcolm Allen suff ered a broken Lost By 50-59 Points: ...... L, 95-55 at Weber State (1-4-18) Shot 55% Or Be er: ...... 60.8% (31-51) at Jacksonville (12-20-17) foot in the Nov. 17 game against Arizona Shot 50%-54.9%: ...... 50.9% (27-53) Eastern Washington (1-18-18) State and is out indefi nitely. Shot Less Than 35%: ...... 31.6% (18-57) at Weber State (1-4-18) Shot Less Than 30%: ...... 26.7% (12-45) at San Diego (12-9-17) THE DOME IS OUR HOME Shot 60% 3FG Or Be er: ...... 66.7% (10-15) at Portland State (2-25-17) • NAU plays its games in the Walkup Sky- Shot Less Than 20% 3FG: ...... 17.4% (4-23) at USF (12-18-17) dome and owns a combined mark of 41- Made 10 Three-Pointers: ...... 14 (14-31) vs. Idaho (1-20-18) 31 over the last six-plus seasons. Shot 85% On Free Throws: ...... 85.7% (30-35) vs. Montana (12-28-17) Shot Less Than 50% On FTs: ...... 31.3% (5-16) vs. Montana (2-11-17) Skydome Over the Last Six-Plus Seasons: Had 50 Rebounds: ...... 52 vs. Montana State (12-30-17) 2017-18: ...... 0-4 Had 20 Off ensive Rebounds: ...... 23 vs. NJIT (3-31-15) 2016-17: ...... 5-7 Had 20 Assists: ...... 21 at UTEP (12-17-16) 2015-16: ...... 3-9 Had 20 Turnovers: ...... 23 at CSU Bakersfi eld (12-2-17) 2014-15: ...... 14-2 Had Less Than 10 Turnovers: ...... 7 at Southern Utah (1-13-18) Had 10 Steals: ...... 10 at CSU Bakersfi eld (12-2-17) 2013-14: ...... 9-4 Had 10 Blocks: ...... 10 vs. Portland State (3-5-15) 2012-13: ...... 6-6 Scored 50 or more Points In 1st Half: ...... 53 vs. North Dakota (2-7-15) 2011-12: ...... 4-9 Scored 50 or more Points In 2nd Half: ...... 54 vs. South Dakota (12-14-17) Scored 20 Or Fewer In 1st Half: ...... 18 at San Diego (12-9-17) THREEPOINT STREAK Scored 20 Or Fewer In 2nd Half: ...... 13 at Arizona (12-16-15) • NAU has connected on at least one Failed To Make a 3FG: ...... (0-11) at CSU Bakersfi eld (11-29-13) 3-pointer in 149 consecu ve games. Overcame 10+ point defi cit: ...... 12 points at UTEP (12-17-16) • The last me NAU did not make a Won an OT Game: ...... W, 74-73 vs. Kent State (3-27-15) 3-pointer was on Nov. 29, 2013, versus Lost an OT Game: ...... L, 76-73 vs. Montana State (12-30-17) CSU Bakersfi eld. Won a 2OT Game: ...... W, 86-85 vs. Portland State (2-18-10) Lost a 2OT Game: ...... L, 84-90 vs. Montana (12-31-15) • The Lumberjacks fi nished that game Won a 3OT Game: ...... W, 107-104 at Santa Fe (1-5-62) 0-for-11 from beyond the arc. Lost a 3OT Game: ...... Never Won a 4OT Game: ...... Never FIRST TIME FEWER THAN 10 TURNOVERS Lost a 4OT Game: ...... L, 92-91 vs. Portland State (1-4-09) • NAU commi ed only seven turnovers in its 81-75 loss at Southern Utah on Jan. 13. It marked the fi rst me since Feb. 4, 2017 tory to lead the Northern Arizona University men’s basketball team at Weber State that the ‘Jacks have com- in an 87-69 loss to Montana on Thursday night in the Big Sky Con- mi ed 10 turnovers or less in a contest. ference opener for both teams at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff . ANDERSON MAKES FREE THROW HISTORY VS. • Anderson made 17-of-19 a empts from the free throw line in the MONTANA (12/28/17) Dec. 28 loss to Montana. The 17 connec ons ed for the sec- • Sophomore JoJo Anderson scored a ca- ond-most in program history, matching Mark Champagne (1970-71 reer-high 31 points and connected on the vs. Southern Colorado) and Wayne See (1948-49 vs. Arizona State), second-most free throws in program his- who also accomplished the feat. • The 19 a empts vs. Montana also earned Anderson a spot in the ‘Jacks single-game annals, as they represented the NAU DOUBLE-DIGIT GAMES third-most in NAU history, tying Bill Lewis, who also Player Pts Reb Ast Dbl-Dbls had 19 shots from the charity stripe in 1952-53 vs. Ar- Torry Johnson 8 izona. Chris Bowling 10 1 1 • Junior Isaiah Thomas paced the ‘Jacks defensively vs. JoJo Anderson 12 Karl Harris 4 Montana on Dec. 28 as he swa ed away a career-high Brooks Debisschop 3 3 2 fi ve shots. Corey Brown 2 Isaiah Thomas 4 2 2 NAU POSTS ROAD WIN AT JACKSONVILLE (12/20/17) Gino Li les 6 • Sophomore JoJo Anderson rung up 26 points as the Carlos Hines 1 Lenell Henry 2 Northern Arizona snapped a three-game skid with an 83-72 road win at Jacksonville on Dec. 20. • The Lumberjacks led by as many as 23 points (their 2017-18 GAME LEADERS largest lead in any game this season) in the Dec. 20 win Led NAU in... Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk at Jacksonville and shot a season-best 60.8 clip from Torry Johnson 4 0 5 5 0 the fi eld as a season-high four players fi nished with Chris Bowling 7 1 1 1 4 double-fi gure points. Isaiah Thomas 1 8 0 0 8 Gino Li les 2 1 9 7 1 • The 60.8 fi eld goal percentage marked the highest by Brooks Debisschop 1 8 2 7 4 the ‘ Jacks since notching a 56.6% (30-53) clip at South- JoJo Anderson 5 0 10 3 2 ern Utah (1-31-15). Ruben Fuamba 0 1 0 0 2 • The last me NAU had four or more players reach dou- Karl Harris 3 0 0 2 3 Lenell Henry 0 2 0 2 4 ble-fi gures in the same game was on March 2, 2017 vs. Malcolm Allen 0 0 1 0 0 Idaho when fi ve players accomplished the feat. Corey Brown 1 1 0 0 1 Carlos Hines 0 0 0 0 2 NAU OPENS FINAL NON-CONFERENCE ROAD TRIP WITH LOSS AT SOUTH FLORIDA (12/18/17) • Sophomore Brooks DeBisschop returned to the start- MISCELLANEOUS POINTS BY GAME ing lineup vs. USF a er missing the previous three Pts in Paint 2nd Chance Fast Break Pts of TOs Bench Pts games with a foot injury and posted his fi rst career NAU OPP NAU OPP NAU OPP NAU OPP NAU OPP at AZ 30 44 15 14 5 16 13 22 30 18 double-double with career highs in both points (13) ERA 30 18 10 6 8 2 15 14 35 35 and rebounds (13) in the Dec. 18 loss to the Bulls. The at ASU 24 42 7 16 6 15 10 24 30 21 Bulls’ off ense was keyed by 10 connec ons from be- at KSU 20 40 10 14 6 20 15 38 23 10 vs. HAM 22 42 12 8 4 12 16 17 26 27 yond the three-point arc, which bailed them out on vs. UCI 18 34 17 8 0 12 15 18 26 41 several possessions late in the shot clock despite ght at SCU 24 24 6 5 0 6 9 31 34 30 a defensive eff ort by the Lumberjacks that forced USF at CSB 30 24 4 9 2 0 27 18 27 23 SDCU 44 36 8 4 2 8 14 15 36 21 into 18 turnovers that NAU turned into 25 points. at USD 12 24 1 8 2 10 19 20 21 29 • Northern Arizona made just 4-of-23 shots from three- S.DAK 18 50 9 19 2 2 22 16 16 24 point range, which led to a number of transi on op- at USF 34 22 11 6 8 7 25 14 16 22 portuni es and open shots for the Bulls at the oppo- at JAX 36 34 13 19 4 11 10 17 32 27 MONT 12 38 5 13 3 21 14 27 26 20 site end of the fl oor as USF fi nished the game with a MSU 28 32 15 15 6 6 5 17 33 9 50 percent clip from the fi eld by making 26-of-52 at- at WSU 18 38 9 8 0 8 3 30 23 37 tempts. The ‘Jacks tallied a 34.9 percent total from the at ISU 24 28 14 9 4 9 12 6 12 15 at SUU 26 36 9 2 2 6 15 8 28 17 fi eld for the contest (22-of-63). EWU 24 8 4 5 4 3 10 17 35 18 • Former Indiana and Marque e head coach Tom Crean IDAHO 24 18 8 9 4 7 16 11 15 7 visited the NAU locker room following the game to deliver some posi ve words of encouragement to the ‘Jacks a er the loss.

‘JACKS RALLY COMES UP SHORT VS. SOUTH DAKOTA (12/14/17) • Sophomore JoJo Anderson erupted for a career-high 30 points, including a 5-of-10 clip from beyond the arc and 11-of-13 from the free throw line in the Dec. 14 loss to South Dakota. 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS

• The 30-point performance by Anderson marked the the Dec. 2 win at CSU Bakersfi eld. fi rst 30-plus scoring eff ort by a Lumberjack since Mike Green notched 31 against Northern Colorado on Jan. LATE RUN AND DEFENSE LEADS NAU TO WIN AT BAKERS- 7, 2017. FIELD (12/2/17) • The 54 points by NAU in the second half vs. South Da- • NAU closed out the game with a 16-4 run and held CSU kota on Dec. 14 was most in a half since it totaled 53 Bakersfi eld without a fi eld goal for an 8:24 stretch late vs. North Dakota on Feb. 7, 2015 - a span of 89 games. in the second half to post its fi rst victory of the season • Freshman Carlos Hines notched 10 points vs. South by a 60-52 margin on the road. Dakota in just his second game ac on of the season • The Lumberjack defense set the tone for the win as it following a preseason injury. NAU rallied to trim a forced the Roadrunners into a total of 25 turnovers, in- 19-point defi cit to just fi ve with 3:06 le in regula on cluding 10 steals. NAU converted those miscues into before eventually coming up on the short end of a 90- 27 points and won the ba le in the paint 30-24. 77 margin against South Dakota on Dec. 14 at the Rolle • The defeat was a rare home setback to a non-confer- Ac vity Center. ence opponent for the Roadrunners, who now own a • The ‘Jacks put together an 11-5 run over a three-min- 26-5 record at home vs. non-league foes since 2015. ute stretch late in the second half to get to within 78- • Following a 28-24 defi cit at hal ime, the Lumberjacks 73 before the Coyotes scored 12 of the fi nal 16 points outscored the Roadrunners 36-24 over the fi nal 20 to seal the victory. minutes and limited CSU Bakersfi eld to just a 34.8 fi eld • The game was decided by the Coyotes dominance on goal percentage (8-of-23) in the second half while forc- the boards as South Dakota out-rebounded Northern ing 14 turnovers. Arizona 50-29 for the contest and pulled down 20 • Junior forward Isaiah Thomas led the ‘Jacks in the on the off ensive end which it parlayed into 19 sec- opening 20 minutes as he posted all 12 of his points in ond-chance points. the fi rst half. Thomas also added 10 rebounds for the • Northern Arizona ba led back as it outscored USD 54- contest in tallying the fi rst double-double performance 52 in the second half by connec ng on seven shots for NAU this season. from beyond the arc and tallying a 46.7 (14-of-30) fi eld • The Dec. 2 win at CSU Bakersfi eld marked the fi rst me goal percentage during the fi nal half of ac on. this season that NAU has posted a fi eld goal percent- age over 40 percent as it shot a 52.2 clip against the OFFENSE STRUGGLES IN LOSS AT SAN DIEGO (12/9/17) Roadrunners. • NAU was held without a point for the opening 8:28 of • NAU forced a total of 25 turnovers against CSU Bakers- its loss at San Diego and fell behind 15-0 fi eld on Dec. 2 turned that into 27 points while limi ng • NAU commi ed nine turnovers in the fi rst seven min- the Roadrunners to just 18 points off 23 miscues by the utes of the loss to help San Diego open the early advan- ‘Jacks. tage. For the game, the Toreros scored 20 points off 19 • The Lumberjacks reserves have posted 23 points or Lumberjack turnovers. more in each of the team’s eight games this season and • The 51-point output by Northern Arizona marked its have outscored or matched their opponents reserves lowest point total since registering 49 at Idaho on Jan. in six of eight of those contests. 21, 2017 and its 26.7 percentage (12-of-45) from the • The ‘Jacks opened its most recent game, a 60-52 vic- fi eld was its lowest since a 23.7 percent clip against tory at CSU Bakersfi eld with a new star ng lineup for CSU Bakersfi eld on Dec. 5, 2016. the fi rst me over the ini al eight games this season as • The Lumberjacks scored 24 of their 51 points from the JoJo Anderson and Reuben Fuamba entered the start- foul line in the loss at San Diego. ing fi ve in place of Tory Johnson and Isaiah Thomas.

ISAIAH THOMAS SHINES IN WIN OVER SD CHRISTIAN COREY BROWN LEADS ‘JACKS IN LOSS AT SANTA CLARA • Junior Isaiah Thomas tallied career-bests in points (17), (11/30/17) rebounds (15) and minutes played (30) in the win over • Junior forward Corey Brown was a bright spot in the San Diego while shoo ng 7-of-9 from the fi eld. loss at Santa Clara as he registered a career-high 14 • Thomas’ performance allowed him to become the fi rst points, while shoo ng 7-of-10 from the fi eld. Brown Lumberjack to post a double-double in consecu ve tallied 10 of 12 points for the ‘Jacks over a 5:26 stretch games since Jordyn Mar n accomplished the feat in the late in the fi rst half as he hit on 5-of-6 a empts during fi nal two games of the 2016-17 campaign against East- that span and added three rebounds. ern Washington (3/4/17) and Portland State (3/7/17). • Sophomore guard JoJo Anderson totaled 13 points and • Isaiah Thomas posted the fi rst double-double by a Lum- shot 8-of-10 from the free throw line in recording his berjack this season with 12 points and 10 rebounds in fi h straight game with double-fi gure points. Brown and Anderson’s performances were a key in the NAU LUMBERJACKS IN SEASON OPENERS bench outscoring the Broncos’ reserves 34-30. • The Lumberjacks own an all- me record of 56-49 in • The defeat dropped the Lumberjacks to 0-7 overall, season openers following their 101-67 loss on Nov. 10 which is ed for the most losses to start a season in at No. 3/5 Arizona. program history, da ng back to the 1951-52 season. • NAU has dropped each of its last four opening games • NAU commi ed 13 turnovers in the fi rst half which of the season with its last win in the fi rst game of the translated to 25 points for Santa Clara. The ‘Jacks fi n- season coming during the 2013-14 campaign when it ished the game with 20 miscues and lost the points off defeated Texas San Antonio 74-63 on the road. turnovers ba le 31-9. NEW FACES ‘JACKS FALL TO KANSAS STATE (11/20/17) • The Lumberjacks will feature a fresh roster in 2017-18 • Junior Torry Johnson scored 20 points to lead the as they welcome a total of eight newcomers to the fold Northern Arizona men’s basketball team in an 80-58 in Flagstaff . loss at Big XII member Kansas State at the Bramlage • Included in the total are a pair of NCAA Division I trans- Coliseum in Manha an, Kansas. fers in guards Gino Li les (UT San Antonio) and Mal- • Turnovers were an issue for the Lumberjacks through- colm Allen (Stanford). out the contest as they commi ed 31 overall, just • In addi on, NAU added some size in the paint with the three shy of the program’s single-game record of 34 set addi on of Ruben Fuamba, a 6-9, 230 pound forward in 1990-91 vs. Georgia State. who came via Central Community College in Nebraska. • NAU ba led back in the second half as it was only out- • Also back a er missing all of last season due to injury scored 37-31 over the fi nal 20 minutes and got to with- is junior guard Torry Johnson, who averaged 9.3 points in 17 points of the Wildcats with 9:25 le in regula on, during his sophomore season in 2015-16. but Kansas State scored 16 of the game’s fi nal 29 points to seal the 22-point victory. LUMBERJACKS INK A PAIR OF SIGNEES IN 2017 CLASS • The Northern Arizona University men’s basketball pro- ‘JACKS FALL TO EMBRY-RIDDLE (11/13/17) gram has announced the signing of Keith Haymon and • Sophomore Chris Bowling scored 11 of his 16 points Cameron Shelton to Na onal Le ers of Intent for the in the fi rst half and shot 5-of-8 (3-of-5 three-pointers). 2018-19 season, NAU head coach Jack Murphy an- • Embry-Riddle out-rebounded NAU 22-18 in the open- nounced on Wednesday. ing 20 minutes, including seven off ensive rebounds. • “We went into the fall with two scholarships and really • NAU forced Embry-Riddle into 10 turnovers in the fi rst wanted to get a ball-handling guard and a scorer on the half. wing and I feel we accomplished that,” Murphy said. • The Lumberjacks largest lead of the game was 25-9 • Haymon, a 6-6 forward out of Cypress Ranch High with 8:34 remaining in the fi rst half. School in the Houston metro area (Cypress, Texas), • The loss marked the fi rst loss for NAU to an non Di- averaged 8.3 points and 4.6 rebounds over 29 games vision I program since a 73-67 setback vs. Concordia during his junior season for the Mustangs. He missed (Calif.) on Dec. 8, 1994. a por on of his junior year due to injury but s ll man- aged to post double-fi gure points in 13 games, includ- ARIZONA POSTGAME NOTES (11/10/17) ing each of the last seven overall. • NAU scored more points against Arizona than in any of • “Going into Texas and ge ng Keith Haymon was a big the other three mee ngs under head coach Jack Mur- coup for us,” Murphy said. “He is a young man that phy, Northern Arizona’s 36 fi rst-half points nearly sur- academically could have gone anywhere in the country passed 2015’s game total of 37. and athle cally he had a lot of op on all over the coun- • The season opener at Arizona marked NAU’s fi rst game try as well. To pull him out of Houston was fantas c. against a ranked opponent since the it faced No. 13/12 I have to give my assistant Ma Dunn a lot of credit Arizona on Dec. 16, 2015 – which was also the Lum- for discovering him and staying on him. He is an elite berjacks last mee ng with the Wildcats – Arizona pre- shooter from the perimeter with developing ball skills vailed 92-37 in Tucson. and at 6-6 he is going to be a match up problem in the • The Nov. 10 match up marked the 125th all- me meet- Big Sky Conference.” ing between Northern Arizona University and the Uni- • “He missed a good chunk of his junior year due to in- versity of Arizona in the sport of men’s basketball. jury and we stayed on him, stayed consistent,” Murphy said. “I think in the end that was a big reason why we were able to sign him.” 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS

• Shelton, a 6-2, le -handed guard out of Damien High School in La Verne, Calif., posted 22 points, fi ve assists, seven rebounds and three steals per game for the Spar- tans during his junior campaign en route to being hon- ored with the Most Outstanding Player Award for the San Gabriel Valley Area. • He also set the Damien High single season scoring (782 points) and steal (105) records. Prior to transferring to Damien H.S., Shelton spent his fi rst two seasons at Chi- no Hills High School (Calif.), where he was a member of an undefeated (35-0) state championship team in 2015-16 and a teammate of current Los Angeles Laker, Lonzo Ball. • “Cameron Shelton has played at the highest level of AAU and high school basketball,” Murphy said. “Since his junior year he has led Damien High School to some of its best seasons. He is a winner all the way around. A true lead guard and one of the best on-ball defenders I saw all summer.” • “We are very excited to add both Cameron and Keith,” Murphy said. “They both have amazing parents. Those four are the reason why those two young men are where they are today. They are both high-level ac- ademic students in addi on to being tremendous ath- letes.”

NO OFFICIAL WARMUP HERE • For the second consecu ve season, the Lumberjacks did not play an offi cial exhibi on game. • NAU did play a couple of closed door scrimmages during the preseason against New Mexico and UC Da- vis. 2017-18 NAU BASKETBALL RESULTS (3-17, 0-7 BIG SKY)

DATE OPPONENT W L SCORE HALF SCORE SITE ATT. RECORD NAU HIGH SCORER 11/10 at 3/5 Arizona L 67-101 36-49 Tucson, Ariz. 14,644 0-1 Bowling/Thomas (11) 11/13 Embry-Riddle L 70-82 36-40 Rolle Ac vity Center 713 0-2 Bowling (16) 11/17 at Arizona State L 62-97 27-54 Tempe, Ariz. 6,189 0-3 Harris (15) 11/20 at Kansas State L 58-80 27-43 Manha an, Kan. 6,112 0-4 Johnson (20) 11/23 vs. Hampton L 66-76 25-37 Las Vegas, Nev. 3,245 0-5 Johnson (24) 11/24 vs. UC Irvine L 71-77 31-37 Las Vegas, Nev. 3,325 0-6 Bowling (26) 11/30 at Santa Clara L 57-89 22-46 Santa Clara, Calif. 1,263 0-7 Brown (14) 12/2 at CSU Bakersfi eld W 60-52 24-28 Bakersfi eld, Calif. 2,509 1-7 Bowling (17) 12/6 San Diego Chris an W 79-70 32-28 Rolle Ac vity Center 474 2-7 Harris (19) 12/9 at San Diego L 51-79 18-38 San Diego, Calif. 1,420 2-8 Anderson/Li les/Johnson (11) 12/14 South Dakota L 77-90 23-38 Rolle Ac vity Center 256 2-9 Anderson (30) 12/18 at USF L 56-70 23-33 Tampa, Fla. 2,016 2-10 DeBisschop (13) 12/20 at Jacksonville W 83-72 35-23 Jacksonville, Fla. 603 3-10 Anderson (26) 12/28 Montana* L 69-87 30-42 Flagstaff , Ariz. 604 3-11, 0-1 Anderson (31) 12/30 Montana State* L 73-76 (OT) 38-34 Flagstaff , Ariz. 681 3-12, 0-2 Bowling (16) 1/4 at Weber State* L 55-95 27-39 Ogden, Utah 6,272 3-13, 0-3 Bowling (18) 1/6 at Idaho State* L 60-64 20-26 Pocatello, Idaho 1,625 3-14, 0-4 Li les (22) 1/13 at Southern Utah* L 75-81 36-38 Cedar City, Utah 2,784 3-15, 0-5 Harris (19) 1/18 Eastern Washington L 76-81 27-48 Flagstaff , Ariz. 1,017 3-16, 0-6 Anderson/Bowling (22) 1/20 Idaho* L 80-84 32-36 Flagstaff , Ariz. 832 3-17, 0-7 Johnson (25) 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS GAME 1 - NOV. 10, 2017 - TUCSON, ARIZ. GAME 2 - NOV. 13, 2017 - FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. #3/5 ARIZONA 101, NAU 67 EMBRY-RIDDLE 82, NAU 71

Tucson, Ariz. (November 10, 2017) – Facing a season-opening game as tough as anyone Flagstaff , Ariz. – The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team fell in its home opener by in the na on, the Northern Arizona University men’s basketball team hung ght with No. an 82-70 margin against Embry-Riddle on Monday night at the Rolle Ac vity Center in 3/5 Arizona for nearly 30 minutes before falling by a 101-67 margin at the McKale Center Flagstaff . in Tucson on Friday night. The Eagles outscored the Lumberjacks 29-17 over the fi nal 11:22 seconds to seal the “I thought our guys came out and competed and played really hard and were aggres- victory and improve to 4-1 overall. NAU slips to 0-2 with the loss. sive,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy said. “Arizona threw the fi rst punch, but we fought “I give all the credit to Embry-Riddle, they played a terrifi c game tonight,” NAU head right back and I am so proud of the group that ended the fi rst half and all our guys, but coach Jack Murphy said. “This will be a learning and growing experience moving forward that group that ended the fi rst half played with such passion and energy. We won the and we need to learn from it as we have a lot of games to play le on the schedule.” last three minutes 7-0 and it gave us a lot of momentum and confi dence.” NAU opened up an early 25-9 lead with 8:34 le in the fi rst half on the strength of an The Lumberjacks shot a solid 15-of-31 (.484) from the fi eld in the opening 20 minutes 8-0 spurt and then a 9-0 run, both of which were sparked by ac ve play by the ‘Jacks on and trailed the talented Wildcats by just 13 points at intermission despite missing a total the off ensive boards as they pulled down four off ensive rebounds and connected on four of six free throws and allowing the Wildcats to capitalize on seven NAU turnovers with 22 shots from three-point range. points. Embry-Riddle crept back in with three shots from beyond the arc and by going a Sophomore Chris Bowling and junior Isaiah Thomas paced the ‘Jacks in the loss with perfect 6-for 6 from the free throw line over the next seven minutes to trim the NAU lead a team-best 11 points each. Arizona was led by Allonzo Trier who fi nished with a ca- to 35-34 with 1:07 before intermission. reer-best 32 points, while shoo ng 10-of-13 overall from the fi eld and 10-of-11 from the Junior Torry Johnson answered for the Lumberjacks with a 3-pointer and a pair of free free throw line in the victory. throws by sophomore Brooks Debisschop increased the NAU advantage back to 40-34 Despite their obvious disadvantage in size, the Lumberjacks nearly matched the Wild- before Kaden Herbert hit a fade-away jumper as the half expired to send the teams into cats in points in the paint in the fi rst half 24-22 and trailed just 44-30 for the contest. the locker rooms with the ‘Jacks holding a 40-36 advantage. Northern Arizona biggest struggles came from the free throw line as it fi nished 17-of- The Eagles took their fi rst lead of the game 1:13 into the second half at 41-40 on a 30 from the charity stripe (4-of-10 in the fi rst half). three-pointer by Ryan Skurdal as it opened the fi nal 20 minutes with a 7-0 run and out- The Lumberjacks also showed a lot of promise in the post as Thomas and Ruben scored the ‘Jacks 12-5 over the fi rst 5:21 of the second half to lead by a 48-45 margin. Fuaamba as both were forced to guard 7-1 Wildcat Deandre Ayton, who is considered NAU ba led back to e the game at 53-53 with 11:22 le in regula on but would one of the top NBA prospects in college basketball and fi nished with 20 points, 10 re- never reclaim the lead as the Eagles shot a .577 clip over the fi nal 20 minutes to put the bounds and a pair of blocks. The tandem was a major reason that NAU was able to have game out of reach. The ‘Jacks failed to connect on a fi eld goal over the 3:12. a presence in the lane throughout the contest. Northern Arizona lost the rebounding ba le 41-36 and failed to connect on 11 at- Senior guard Gino Li les played a team-high 27 minutes and rou nely penetrated the tempts from the free throw line as it fi nished 23-of-34 from the charity stripe. The Eagles paint en route to fi nishing with nine points and three assists. In addi on, he earned a connected on 19-of-20 of its free a empts to help push it to the win. team-high eight trips to the charity stripe and connected on six of those a empts. Sophomore Chris Bowling paced the Lumberjacks in the loss with a team-high 16 points and added fi ve rebounds. Gilbert Ibarra led a total of four Eagles that tallied dou- ble-fi gure points with 20. Emory-Riddle’s Nick Johnson led all players with 14 rebounds.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Northern Arizona vs Arizona Embry-Riddle vs Northern Arizona 11/10/17 6:00 p.m. at Olson Court, McKale Center 11/13/17 6:30 p.m. at Flagstaff, Ariz. (Rolle Activity Center)

Northern Arizona 67 • 0-1 Embry-Riddle 82 • 4-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 25 Brooks Debisschop f 0-30-1 2-6 1122 201 0020 35 Calvin CARMICHAEL f 2-50-00-0 0225 4120119 32 Chris Bowling f 4-82-41-3000311021121 03 Ryan SKURDAL g 2-62-5 4-4 0 442 10 1 20230 33 Isaiah Thomas f 4-60-03-3213511100018 04 Logan SKURDAL g 3-7 2-5 4-4 0 444122001 27 00 Torry Johnson g 2-60-00-01122 4330018 11 Jaran HOOVER g 3-6 2-5 4-4 0 5 5 2 12200027 03 Gino Littles g 1-51-26-80222 9310027 12 Nick JOHNSON g 4-90-21-24101459143128 04 JoJo Anderson 1-7 1-3 5-7 1 0 1 2 8 0 1 0 1 25 14 Kaden HERBERT 1-2 0-0 4-4 0 1106120012 10 Malcolm Allen 1-50-00-0 0000 2 3 1 0017 20 Trace EDMIER 3-50-00-021 3 4 6220023 12 Kyle de Laveaga 0-10-10-00000 00000 2 24 Gilbert IBARRA 8-17 2-6 2-2 0 3 3 0 20 1 4 0 0 22 14 Karl Harris 4-80-20-01122 8010018 34 Marshall THOMPSON1-11-10-00224 3 2 0 1 0 12 23 Lenell Henry 4-70-00-33141 8100116 Team 2 1 3 55 Ruben Fuamba 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 5 4 0 1 0 0 18 Totals 27-58 9-24 19-20 8 33 41 26 82 13 16 4 5 200 Team 3 14 2 FG % 1st Half: 12-32 37.5% 2nd half: 15-26 57.7% Game: 27-58 46.6% Deadball Totals 23-58 4-13 17-30 12 11 23 24 67 11 13 1 3 200 3FG % 1st Half: 4-14 28.6% 2nd half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 9-24 37.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-8 100.0 2nd half: 11-12 91.7% Game: 19-20 95.0% 0 FG % 1st Half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd half: 8-27 29.6% Game: 23-58 39.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 4-13 30.8% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 13-20 65.0% Game: 17-30 56.7% 5,1 Northern Arizona 70 • 0-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Arizona 101 • 1-0 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 25 Brooks Debisschop f 2-100-03-55494 7401128 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 33 Isaiah Thomas f 0-20-00-0 0223 00200 6 13 Ayton, Deandre f 6-11 0-2 7-8 2 10 12 2 19 1 2 3 0 30 00 Torry Johnson g 1-111-47-8123210220027 14 Ristic, Dusan c 8-13 0-2 4-4 3 7 10 3 20 1 1 2 2 25 03 Gino Littles g 0-4 0-32-2 1451 2 1 2 0027 00 Jackson-Cartwright g 1-51-12-20113 5800126 32 Chris Bowling g 6-15 4-11 0-1 1 4 5 116 1 00229 24 Akot, Emmanuel g 3-7 1-50-1 3252 7 201127 02 Corey Brown 3-4 0-0 2-3 1 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 12 35 Trier, Allonzo g 10-132-2 10-11 1 4 5332440 1 32 04 JoJo Anderson 0-1 0-1 4-8 0 1 1 3 4 2 3 0 1 20 11 Lee, Ira 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 5 4 1 2 0 1 18 10 Malcolm Allen 4-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 8 2 1 0 1 13 20 Denny, Talbott 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0100 4 14 Karl Harris 1-4 0-2 3-4 0335 52 00112 23 Barcello, Alex 2-2 0-0 5-6 0 2 2 2 9 3 0 0 0 28 23 Lenell Henry 2-20-01-21121 5021311 50 Trillo, Tyler 1-11-10-00001 30100 5 55 Ruben Fuamba 2-2 0-0 1-1 0 222 501 0015 55 DesJardins, Jake 1-1 0-0 0-0 0331 21000 5 Team 202 2 Team 2 1 3 Totals 21-59 5-21 23-34122436 22 70 14 15 29200 Totals 34-57 5-13 28-32 12 31 43 23 101 21 11 6 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 14-32 43.8% 2nd half: 7-27 25.9% Game: 21-59 35.6% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 16-28 57.1% 2nd half: 18-29 62.1% Game: 34-57 59.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 1-11 9.1% Game: 5-21 23.8% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 5-13 38.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd half: 15-22 68.2% Game: 23-34 67.6% 4 FT % 1st Half: 15-16 93.8% 2nd half: 13-16 81.3% Game: 28-32 87.5% 3 Officials: Randy McCall, Eric Curry, Glen Mayberry Officials: Kevin Brill, Marc A. Beasley, Coban Lopez Technical fouls: Embry-Riddle-None. Northern Arizona-None. Technical fouls: Northern Arizona-None. Arizona-None. Attendance: 713 Attendance: 14644 Fouled Out: NAU Fuaamba @ 4:17 2H, 33 Thomas @ 4:40 2H; ARIZ 11 Lee @ 4:18 2H Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast TV: Pac-12 Networks Embry-Riddle 36 46 82 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench ERAU 18 14 6 2 35 Northern Arizona 40 30 70 NAU3015108 35 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Northern Arizona 36 31 67 Last FG - ERAU 2nd-01:35, NAU 2nd-03:12. Score tied - 5 times. NAU3013155 30 Largest lead - ERAU by 12 2nd-00:06, NAU by 16 1st-08:34. Lead changed - 3 times. Arizona 49 52 101 ARIZ 44 22 14 16 18 ERAU led for 14:43. NAU led for 21:54. Game was tied for 03:23. Last FG - NAU 2nd-04:00, ARIZ 2nd-01:48. Score tied - 2 times. Largest lead - NAU None, ARIZ by 36 2nd-04:17. Lead changed - 0 times. GAME 3- NOV. 17, 2017 - TEMPE, ARIZ. GAME 4 - NOV. 20, 2017 - MANHATTAN, KANSAS ARIZONA STATE 97, NAU 62 KANSAS STATE 80, NAU 58

Tempe, Ariz. – The Northern Arizona men’s basketball commi ed 24 turnovers, including MANHATTAN, Kansas. – Junior Torry Johnson scored 20 points to lead the Northern Ari- 13 in the opening half, as it dropped a 97-62 decision at Arizona State on Friday night at zona men’s basketball team in an 80-58 loss at Big XII-member Kansas State on Monday Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe. night at the Bramlage Coliseum in Manha an, Kansas. The Sun Devils capitalized on the 24 miscues by the Lumberjacks for a total of 24 The loss drops the ‘Jacks to 0-4 in their tough opening season non-conference sched- points while also winning the ba le of the paint 42-24 to send NAU to its third consecu- ule that previously included games at Arizona and Arizona State. Kansas State improves ve loss to start the season. Arizona State moved to a perfect 3-0 with the victory. to 4-0 with the victory. “I was proud of how the guys responded a er Monday’s loss, which was the toughest Johnson connected on 10-of-13 free throw a empts and made 5-of-7 shots from the loss of my career and I am sure was one of the toughest losses any of the players have fi eld in becoming the fi rst Lumberjack this season to put 20 points on the scoreboard. experienced also,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy said. “I have to give Arizona State a ton Sophomore JoJo Anderson added 12 to round out NAU’s double-fi gure scorers. of credit, they are a tremendous team. They came in and jumped on us right away. We Kansas State was paced by Barry Brown who led a quartet of Wildcats who tallied had a lot of turnovers, especially early and I thought once we se led down and into the double-digit points with 20 while shoo ng 9-of-13 from the fi eld. Kamau Stokes recorded game we were able to some things to get be er as a team. I saw some signs that will 16 points while Deam Wade added 15 and Xavier Sneed totaled 12 in the scoring column help us movinf forward that will be big advantages once we get into Big Sky play.” for Kansas State. Junior Karl Harris posted a team-high 15 points off the bench to lead the ‘Jacks in the Turnovers were an issue for the Lumberjacks throughout the contest as they commit- loss, while sophomore JoJo Anderson added 11 points and fi nished a perfect 8-of-8 from ted 31 overall, just three shy of the program’s single-game record of 34 set in 1990-91 vs. the charity stripe. NAU’s bench outscored the Sun Devils reserves 30-21 in defeat. Georgia State. NAU tallied 19 in the fi rst half alone and overall the Wildcats scored 38 Romello White led a total of fi ve Sun Devils who tallied double-fi gure points with 25 points off those miscues for the game. and hit on 10-of-12 fi eld goal a empts. Shannon Evans II registered 20 and De’Quon Lake The Wildcats also won the ba le of the paint by a 40-20 margin as they shot a 50 notched a double-double with 17 points and a game-high 12 rebounds in the win. percent clip (31-of-62) over 40 minutes while limi ng the Lumberjacks to a 39 percent Kodi Jus ce connected on four shots from beyond the arc to fi nish with 14 points and fi eld goal percentage (16-of-41). Tra Holder added 12 to round out Arizona State’s double-fi gure scorers. Kansas State also was a tough stop for the ‘Jacks in transi on as they outscored NAU NAU opened the game with fi ve turnovers in the fi rst 4:31 of game ac on to aid the 20-6 in fast break points, many of those opportuni es sparked by Lumberjacks’ turnovers. Sun Devils, who opened an early 15-3 lead to take control. Jus ce dropped back-to-back The Wildcats never trailed in the contest and led by as many as 27 points as they three pointers in a span of 43 seconds midway through the opening half as Arizona State opened an early 23-9 edge over the fi rst 9:54 of ac on and held NAU without a point for upped its advantage to 25-8 with 10:37 remaining before intermission. a span of nearly six minutes during that stretch. The Lumberjacks trailed by as many as 27 in the opening half, which also marked ASU’s NAU ba led back in the second half as it was only outscored 37-31 over the fi nal largest lead of the game, before heading into intermission trailing by a 54-27 score. 20 minutes and got to within 17 points of the Wildcats with 9:25 le in regula on, but Cold shoo ng hampered the NAU off ense throughout as they hit on just two of their Kansas State scored 16 of the game’s fi nal 29 points to seal the 22-point victory. fi rst 17 fi eld goals a empts and fi nished the game 19-of-60 (.317) overall from the fi eld. NAU opened the second half with fi ve straight points with a three-pointer by Chris Bowling and a dunk by Isaiah Thomas to cut the margin to 22 at 54-32, but would get no closer as the Sun Devils outscored the ‘Jacks 43-28 the rest of the way to seal the victory.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Northern Arizona vs Arizona State Northern Arizona vs Kansas State 11-17-17 6 p.m. MT at Ned Wulk Court/Wells Fargo Arena-Tempe 11/20/17 7:10 p.m. CT at Manhattan, Kan. - Bramlage Coliseum

Northern Arizona 62 • 0-3 Northern Arizona 58 • 0-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 25 Brooks Debisschop f 0-40-22-61453 2211128 25 Brooks Debisschop f 2-41-20-14372 5050228 33 Isaiah Thomas f 4-60-0 1-2 4 5 94 9022020 32 Chris Bowling f 2-6 1-4 0-0 0000 5140024 00 Torry Johnson g 2-12 0-7 4-4 2 2 4 2 8 1 3 0 0 32 33 Isaiah Thomas f 1-1 0-00-0 0002 201 0011 03 Gino Littles g 3-6 1-30-00441 7230025 00 Torry Johnson g 5-7 0-2 10-130221 20 2 9 0229 03 Gino Littles g 1-6 1-30-0 1453 32301 30 32 Chris Bowling g 2-11 2-7 0-0 1 232 61 20024 02 Corey Brown 0-1 0-0 2-2 011320100 7 02 Corey Brown 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 332 2111112 04 JoJo Anderson 3-7 2-5 4-6 0 1 1 2 12 1 3 0 0 28 04 JoJo Anderson 1-6 1-5 8-8 0 1 1 2 11 3 5 0 0 20 12 Kyle de Laveaga 0-10-13-30000 30000 4 10 Malcolm Allen 0-00-00-00001 001 00 1 14 Karl Harris 1-4 0-1 2-2 0 114 4121114 14 Karl Harris 5-12 3-5 2-2 0 113 15 2 30119 23 Lenell Henry 0-10-10-00661 00010 8 23 Lenell Henry 0-00-00-00112 00200 8 55 Ruben Fuamba 1-30-00-05491 2120017 55 Ruben Fuamba 1-1 0-00-0 2 35420 11111 Team 1 3 4 1 Team 5 1 6 Totals 16-41 5-19 21-27 11 25 36 19 58 8 31 2 6 200 Totals 19-60 7-29 17-22 15 27 42 26621224 5 4200 FG % 1st Half: 8-17 47.1% 2nd half: 8-24 33.3% Game: 16-41 39.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 2-11 18.2% Game: 5-19 26.3% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 8-32 25.0% 2nd half: 11-28 39.3% Game: 19-60 31.7% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 8-9 88.9% 2nd half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 21-27 77.8% 1,1 3FG % 1st Half: 4-16 25.0% 2nd half: 3-13 23.1% Game: 7-29 24.1% Rebounds 4 FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd half: 10-14 71.4% Game: 17-22 77.3% Kansas State 80 • 4-0 Arizona State 97 • 3-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 14 MAWIEN, Makol f 2-30-1 3-4 2 1 3 470 11116 20 SNEED, Xavier f 3-9 1-55-7 3 142 12 7 20223 10 Shibel, Vitaliy f 2-81-60-00114 5221020 32 WADE, Dean f 6-10 1-22-5 145015 410526 23 White, Romello f 10-120-05-7 2 4 6 4 250021 30 03 STOKES, Kamau g 7-13 2-60-0 1 0 1 0 16 2 00329 00 Holder, Tra g 3-132-54-6189012600236 05 BROWN, Barry g 9-13 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 1 20 4 2 0 6 28 11 Evans II, Shannon g 5-10 4-7 6-6 0 0 0 1 20 8 1 1 2 33 01 SALLAH, Mawdo 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 5 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 15 44 Justice, Kodi g 4-84-82-4033314220224 02 DIARRA, Cartier 0-3 0-2 0-01015 0220 2 16 01 Martin, Remy2-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 44 4550426 11 PATRICK, Brian 2-6 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 3 503 0016 22 Witherill, Austin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 SCHOEN, Mason 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 35 Lake, De'Quon 7-8 0-0 3-5 4 8 12 3 17 1 1 1 1 28 23 WAINRIGHT, Amaad 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 Team 0001 24 McATEE, Pierson 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0000 2 Totals 33-63 11-26 20-28 8 27 35 20 97 24 11 5 12 200 34 STOCKARD III, Levi 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 40 KINNAMON, Kade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 FG % 1st Half: 20-34 58.8% 2nd half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 33-63 52.4% Deadball 45 SHADD, Nigel 0-00-00-00330 00000 5 3FG % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 5-15 33.3% Game: 11-26 42.3% Rebounds Team1121 FT % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 20-28 71.4% 3 Totals 31-62 6-24 12-19 9 19 28 22 80 22 12 1 19 200

Officials: Chris Rastatter, Daryl Gelina, Rick Batsell FG % 1st Half: 16-30 53.3% 2nd half: 15-32 46.9% Game: 31-62 50.0% Deadball Technical fouls: Northern Arizona-None. Arizona State-TEAM. 3FG % 1st Half: 5-15 33.3% 2nd half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 6-24 25.0% Rebounds Attendance: 6189 FT % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 12-19 63.2% 3 ASU's next game is Sunday, Nov. 19, at noon vs. UC Irvine on Pac-12 Network. NAU and UC Irvine games part of the Continental Tire Invitational. Officials: Doug Sirmons, Michael Stephens, Byron Jarrett Technical fouls: Northern Arizona-None. Kansas State-None. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Attendance: 6112 Northern Arizona 27 35 62 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Campus game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. NAU 24 10 7 6 30 Arizona State 54 43 97 ASU 42 24 16 15 21 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Northern Arizona 27 31 58 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Last FG - NAU 2nd-00:23, ASU 2nd-00:35. Score tied - 0 times. NAU 20 15 10 6 23 Largest lead - NAU None, ASU by 37 2nd-09:12. Lead changed - 0 times. Kansas State 43 37 80 KS 40 38 14 20 10 NAU led for 00:00. ASU led for 39:31. Game was tied for 00:29. Last FG - NAU 2nd-01:54, KS 2nd-00:19. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead NAU None KS by 27 2nd 04:06 Lead changed 0 times 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS

GAME 5- NOV. 23, 2017 - LAS VEGAS, NEV. GAME 6 - NOV. 24, 2017 - LAS VEGAS, NEV. HAMPTON 76, NAU 66 UC IRVINE 77, NAU 71

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team cut a 19-point defi cit to fi ve LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team suff ered a 77-71 loss to UC with 4:52 remaining in regula on, but came up on the short end of a 76-66 result vs. Hampton Irvine in its fi nal game at the Con nental Tire Las Vegas Invita onal on Friday a ernoon at the in its opening game at the Con nental Tire Las Vegas Invita onal on Thursday a ernoon at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The Lumberjacks were defeated despite leading by as many as 13 points as the Anteaters The Lumberjacks outscored the Pirates 13-3 over a 4:32 stretch late in the second half to outscored NAU 46-34 over the fi nal 20 minutes of regula on and held the ‘Jacks without a pull within fi ve at 62-57 before coming away with the loss a er Hampton scored 14 of the fi eld goal for an 11:26 stretch in the second half. The loss marks the Lumberjacks sixth straight fi nal 23 points to secure the victory. The setback drops the ‘Jacks to 0-5 on the season, while to start the season as they fall to 0-6 overall. UC Irvine moves to 3-4 following the victory. Hampton improves to 2-4 following the win. Sophomore Chris Bowling led the a ack for the Lumberjacks with a career-high 26 points, “I thought that we came out tenta ve, but once that melted away, specifi cally in the sec- while shoo ng a solid 10-of-15 overall, including a 4-of-8 clip from three-point range. Fellow ond half, you saw us a ack the paint, you saw us get open looks from the perimeter, you saw sophomore JoJo Anderson ne ed 19 points in the win, his fourth consecu ve game in double us win the second-chance point ba le and cut down on the points from turnovers,” NAU head digits and shot 5-of-10 overall, 7-of-8 from the free throw line and 2-of-4 from beyond the arc. coach Jack Murphy said. The Lumberjacks also enjoyed their best performance from the charity stripe to date this “There were defi nitely some posi ves,” Murphy added. “We had seven steals and six season as they connected on 19-of-23 a empts. NAU pulled down 13 off ensive rebounds and blocks. I think a lot of that comes from energy and playing loose and free. I felt like we were converted them into 17 second-chance points. Isaiah Thomas led the ‘Jacks on the boards a li le ght in prac ce yesterday. We have to look at pressing the whole game because we with a game-high nine rebounds. seem to play so much be er when we do that.” “It was a quick turnaround, we didn’t have a lot of me to prepare for them and they didn’t Junior guard Torry Johnson led the Lumberjacks with a career-best 24 points, his second have a lot of me to prepare for us,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy said. “That is a really good consecu ve game with at least 20 in the scoring column. Sophomore JoJo Anderson added 15, program we played today. I thought we really took the fi ght to them in the fi rst half, which is including three shots from beyond the arc, while Brooks Debisschop paced NAU on the boards what we wanted to do.” with a team-best nine rebounds. “Good programs tend to fi ght back and have a heart of a champion,” Murphy added. “They Charles Fisher-Wilson posted a double-double for the Pirates with 13 points and 13 have won the Big West three of the last fi ve years and there is reason for that, but our guys rebounds, while shoo ng 5-of-7 from the fi eld. Jermaine Marrow notched a team-high 19 didn’t back down either. It got to be an eight-point game and we could have folded up and points, while connec ng on 10-of-12 free throw opportuni es to lead Hampton in scoring. lost the game by 15, but we went right back and forth and made some big shots, executed Struggles from the free throw line and points in the paint plagued Northern Arizona in some plays late and I am sure there will be a lot of posi ves to watch on the fi lm.” Thursday’s loss as the Lumberjacks missed 12 a empts from the charity stripe in fi nishing 16- “It is just tough when get to this me of the year and you don’t have a win. You are trying of-28 overall and were outscored in the lane by the Pirates 42-22. to feed the guys on the process of the year and the whole picture. We all want to see a win, Hampton opened an early 29-10 lead and held NAU to just four fi eld goals over the fi rst but the team is ge ng be er and I saw a lot of improvement from yesterday to today.” 13:03 of the contest to take control early. The Lumberjacks struggled from the fi eld in the The Lumberjacks got off to a fast start as they opened with a 10-0 advantage by making a fi rst half as they were successful on just 9-of-26 of their a empts over the fi rst 20 minutes for pair of three-pointers over the ini al 2:20 of the contest. NAU led by as many as 13 with 10:32 a 34.6 fi rst half shoo ng clip. Meanwhile, the Pirates made 55.6 percent of their fi eld goals remaining in the fi rst half and connected on 13-of-31 fi rst half fi eld goal a empts for a 41.9 (15-of-27) in the fi rst half. shoo ng percentage. The ‘Jacks went into intermission holding a 37-31 advantage. The Lumberjacks hit on eight three-point fi eld goal a empts in the loss and added seven UC Irvine methodically crept back into the game a er hal ime as it shot 51.7 percent (15- steals and blocked six shots. of-29) from the fi eld in the fi nal 20 minutes and were a perfect 5-of-5 from the fi eld to close out the game. The Anteaters outscored the Lumberjacks 34-18 in the paint for the game and held a 12-0 edge in fast break points. The UC Irvine bench posted 41 points, while the NAU reserves were limited to 26.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics UC IRVINE vs NORTHERN ARIZONA NORTHERN ARIZONA vs HAMPTON 11/24/17 11:00 AM at The Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, NV) 11/23/17 11:00AM at ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS, NV UC IRVINE 77 • 3-4 NORTHERN ARIZONA 66 • 0-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Hazzard, Max * 3-62-5 4-501111224 0023 25 Brooks Debisschop f 1-4 1-1 1-2369 3 4 0 1 2033 05 Galloway, Jonathan * 1-4 0-00-024 65 21 021 20 32 Chris Bowling f 3-81-40-00225 7110221 13 Smith, Brandon * 3-30-0 1-2 0002 71201 23 33 Isaiah Thomas f 1-30-00-00002 20100 8 14 Leonard, Evan * 2-6 1-22-4 0222 7410027 00 Torry Johnson g 7-19 3-7 7-12 1 3 402402 0 339 42 Rutherford, Tommy * 4-60-00-02242 8120022 03 Gino Littles g 1-30-2 1-4 0221 3 4 20027 04 Wertner, Justin 2-4 0-1 2-2 0 221 60002 10 02 Corey Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 00000 5 10 Welch, Riley 1-10-00-00111 20000 9 04 JoJo Anderson 5-103-6 2-4 000315 120 129 11 Edgar Jr., John 3-8 3-6 0-0 0 4 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 26 12 Kyle de Laveaga 0-20-20-00112 00000 3 24 Worku, Eyassu 4-8 1-2 4-4 1 0 1 3 13 3 5 0 1 20 14 Karl Harris 1-30-2 3-4 0 112 5 1200 9 50 Jones, Elston 2-2 0-0 3-8 3 4 7 2 7 0 2 1 1 13 23 Lenell Henry 1-30-00-02131 2002110 55 Greene, Brad 0-2 0-0 4-4 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 2 0 7 55 Ruben Fuamba 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 140 120 16 Team13 4 Team13 4 1 Totals 25-50 7-16 20-29 9 263520 77 12 17 56200 Totals 21-57 8-24 16-28 9 23 32 23 66 7 12 6 7 200 FG % 1st Half: 10-21 47.6% 2nd half: 15-29 51.7% Game: 25-50 50.0% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 9-26 34.6% 2nd half: 12-31 38.7% Game: 21-57 36.8% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 5-9 55.6% Game: 7-16 43.8% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 8-24 33.3% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% 2nd half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 20-29 69.0% 5 FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 12-20 60.0% Game: 16-28 57.1% 6 NORTHERN ARIZONA 71 • 0-6 HAMPTON 76 • 2-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 00 Torry Johnson * 0-9 0-1 3-4 2022 331 0025 22 BARNES, Trevond f 2-4 1-20-0 0223 51 3 1 0 19 03 Gino Littles * 2-9 1-4 2-2 1 232 7400031 31 WILSON-FISHER, C. f 5-7 0-1 3-4 3 10 13213 011127 25 Brooks Debisschop * 1-4 1-1 2-20554 52201 26 02 MARROW, Jermaine g 4-141-410-12066219850433 32 Chris Bowling * 10-154-82-2224226012026 04 HECKSTALL, Greg g 0-4 0-22-3 112 4 2 410021 33 Isaiah Thomas * 2-4 0-00-1 4 5 9 3 4 0 11120 25 MITCHELL, Akim g 4-4 0-02-4 033210 1 20034 02 Corey Brown 0-2 0-0 2-2 112 1 2 010012 03 CARVER, Trey3-4 0-0 0-1 0 332 6000014 04 JoJo Anderson 5-10 2-4 7-8 0 2 2 2 19 2 0 0 1 28 23 FISHER, Kalin 3-9 1-3 0-0 0223 7100119 12 Kyle de Laveaga 0-10-10-00000 00000 3 24 COLBERT, Austin 4-5 0-0 0-0 0 5 5 2 8 1 2 0 1 16 14 Karl Harris 1-30-1 1-2 0 110 3030012 33 BRACEY, Lysander 2-4 1-3 1-3 0 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 17 23 Lenell Henry 1-10-00-00112 20200 9 Team 505 55 Ruben Fuamba 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 Totals 27-55 4-15 18-27 9 33 42 20 76 18 15 2 7 200 Team 202 3 FG % 1st Half: 15-27 55.6% 2nd half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 27-55 49.1% Deadball Totals 22-588-2019-23132033217112153 3200 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 4-15 26.7% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 14-19 73.7% Game: 18-27 66.7% 5 FG % 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd half: 9-27 33.3% Game: 22-58 37.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 8-20 40.0% Rebounds Officials: Melvin Landry,Quinton Reece, Tony Thomas FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd half: 12-15 80.0% Game: 19-23 82.6% 1 Technical fouls: NORTHERN ARIZONA-Lenell Henry; TEAM. HAMPTON-COLBERT, Austin. Officials: Melvin Landry, Riel Banaria, Quinton Reese Attendance: Technical fouls: UC IRVINE-None. NORTHERN ARIZONA-None. Attendance: Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast NORTHERN ARIZONA 25 41 66 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench NAU2216124 26 UC IRVINE 31 46 77 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench HAMPTON 37 39 76 HAM 42 17 8 12 27 UCI 34 18 8 12 41 NORTHERN ARIZONA 37 34 71 NAU1815170 26 Last FG - NAU 2nd-00:54, HAM 2nd-01:12. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - NAU None, HAM by 19 1st-06:57. Lead changed - 0 times. Last FG - UCI 2nd-00:20, NAU 2nd-00:05. Score tied - 1 time. NAU led for 00:00. HAM led for 39:28. Game was tied for 00:32. Largest lead - UCI by 8 2nd-04:46, NAU by 13 1st-10:32. Lead changed - 1 time. UCI led for 12:24. NAU led for 26:46. Game was tied for 00:50. GAME 7 - NOV. 30, 2017 - SANTA CLARA, CALIF. GAME 8 - DEC. 2, 2017 - BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. SANTA CLARA 89, NAU 57 NAU 60, CSU BAKERSFIELD 52

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team dropped its seventh BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team closed out the game with a 16-4 straight game to open the season as it was defeated 89-57 on the road by Santa Clara on run and held CSU Bakersfi eld without a fi eld goal for an 8:24 stretch late in the second half to post its Thursday night at the Leavey Center. fi rst victory of the season by a 60-52 margin on the road on Saturday night at the Icardo Center. Santa Clara stormed out to a 31-7 advantage in the opening 9:51 of ac on and never The Lumberjacks used a s fl ing defensive eff ort throughout the contest to set the tone for the win as it forced the Roadrunners into a total of 25 turnovers, including 10 steals. NAU converted looked back. The Broncos held the Lumberjacks to just a pair of fi eld goals over the fi rst 10:23 those miscues into 27 points and won the ba le in the paint 30-24. of the contest. “I have to commend our guys, we challenged them yesterday in a fi lm session about playing NAU commi ed 13 turnovers in the fi rst half which translated to 25 points for Santa Clara. together and playing like they love each other, and this team does,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy The ‘Jacks fi nished the game with 20 miscues and lost the points off turnovers ba le 31-9. said. “We converted from defense to off ense be er than we have all year long and at the end of the “The slow start cost us big me,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy said. “We didn’t take care game we closed them out. We were able to sustain their runs and take the punches and throw some of the ball early and they ended the game with 31 points off our turnovers. You can’t turn the punches back in the end.” ball over and expect to be a good defensive team. They are scoring in transi on with wide The win snapped a seven-game skid for the ‘Jacks as they move to 1-7 overall on the season. open layups in the full court. We have to be able to take care of the basketball and that starts CSU Bakersfi eld slips to 4-5 with the loss. The defeat was a rare home setback to a non-conference with our guards. We are going to have to get be er there.” opponent for the Roadrunners, who now own a 26-5 record at home vs. non-league foes since 2015. The defeat drops the Lumberjacks to 0-7 overall, which is ed for the most losses to start “The pressure starts building to get a win and yesterday we said forget about that, Murphy said.” a season in program history, da ng back to the 1951-52 season. Santa Clara snapped a fi ve- “Get to work, play together and do what you know you are capable of doing. We just beat one of the game skid and moves to 2-5 on the season with the victory. best mid-major programs on the west coast in their building. This is one of the best wins we have Junior forward Corey Brown was a bright spot in the loss for NAU as he registered a ca- had in my six years here. They (CSU Bakersfi eld) do not lose non-conference games at home.” reer-high 14 points while shoo ng 7-of-10 from the fi eld. Brown tallied 10 of 12 points for the Following a 28-24 defi cit at hal ime, the Lumberjacks outscored the Roadrunners 36-24 over the fi nal 20 minutes and limited CSU Bakersfi eld to just a 34.8 fi eld goal percentage (8-of-23) in the ‘Jacks over a 5:26 stretch late in the fi rst half as he hit on 5-of-6 a empts during that span and second half while forcing 14 turnovers. added three rebounds. Following a free throw by CSU Bakersfi eld’s Shon Briggs with 5:57 le in regula on, which kno ed Sophomore guard JoJo Anderson totaled 13 points and shot 8-of-10 from the free throw the game at 49-49, the Lumberjacks went on a 9-0 run to claim the lead for good. Four diff erent line in recording his fi h straight game with double-fi gure points. Brown and Anderson’s players scored for NAU in the spurt, which gave the ‘Jacks its largest lead of the game at 58-49 with performances were a key in the NAU bench outscoring the Broncos’ reserves 34-30. 53 seconds le in the contest. Santa Clara was led in the win by junior guard KJ Feagin, who led a total of four Broncos The fi rst half was a back and forth aff air that featured seven es and fi ve lead changes. NAU who fi nished with double-digit points with 16 on 6-of-9 shoo ng, including a 4-of-5 clip from opened the game with a 4-0 advantage before falling behind by just fi ve before Bakersfi eld went into three-point range. intermission holding a 28-24 edge. The Broncos shot 54.2 percent (32-of-59) from the fi eld while limi ng the Lumberjacks to a Junior forward Isaiah Thomas led the ‘Jacks in the opening 20 minutes as he posted all 12 of 39.1 percent (18-of-46) total. his points in the fi rst half. Thomas also added 10 rebounds for the contest in tallying the fi rst dou- ble-double performance for NAU this season. ‘Jacks sophomore Chris Bowling totaled 17 points on 7-of-11 shoo ng from the fi eld to lead all scorers. Junior guard Torry Johnson matched a career-high with fi ve assists as he came off the bench for the fi rst me this season. The Lumberjacks opened with a diff erent star ng lineup for the fi rst me over the ini al eight games this season as sophomore JoJo Anderson and senior Ruben Fuamba made their fi rst appear- ances in the star ng fi ve this season. The NAU bench outscored the Roadrunners reserves 27-23, marking the fi h me in eight games this season that the Lumberjacks’ reserves outscored their opponents. The Lumberjacks fi nished with their best shoo ng eff ort of the season as they connected on 24- of-46 shot a empts for a 52.2 percent clip from the fi eld. Shon Biggs and Moataz Aly paced CSU Bakersfi eld in the loss as each ne ed 11 points.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Northern Arizona vs Santa Clara Northern Arizona vs CSU Bakersfield 11/30/17 7 p.m. at Leavey Center (Santa Clara, Calif.) 12/2/17 7 pm at Bakersfield, CA (Icardo Center)

Northern Arizona 57 • 0-7 Northern Arizona 60 • 1-7 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 25 Brooks Debisschop f 3-4 2-2 2-2 1 5 6 2 10 0 2 0 1 26 25 Brooks Debisschop f 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 32451132 32 Chris Bowling f 2-11 1-5 0-0 0 4 4 3 5 1 2 1 0 34 55 Ruben Fuamba f 2-30-00-01234 40010 8 33 Isaiah Thomas f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 03 Gino Littles g 2-5 1-4 2-30111 7030331 00 Torry Johnson g 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 22 04 JoJo Anderson g 1-6 1-60-1 0 1103170 1 25 03 Gino Littles g 2-5 0-2 2-4 1 2 3 3 6 4 2 0 0 36 32 Chris Bowling g 7-11 1-22-3 1 3 41173 1 0223 02 Corey Brown 7-10 0-0 0-3 2 3 5 2 14 0 1 0 1 27 00 Torry Johnson 2-4 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 2 5 5 5 0 1 24 04 JoJo Anderson 2-7 1-3 8-10 0 3 3 1 13 5 4 0 1 25 02 Corey Brown 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 32010013 14 Karl Harris 1-3 0-1 4-4 0 1 1 1 6 2 0 0 2 15 14 Karl Harris 2-41-13-30110 8000115 23 Lenell Henry 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 4 23 Lenell Henry 0-00-00-00001 00000 8 55 Ruben Fuamba 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 33 Isaiah Thomas 6-8 0-0 0-2 6 4 10 3 12 0 1 1 1 21 Team 1 1 2 Team13 4 Totals 18-46 4-14 17-25 6 23 29 18 57 12 20 1 6 200 Totals 24-46 4-16 8-14 10 20 30 18 60 13 23 3 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-20 45.0% 2nd half: 9-26 34.6% Game: 18-46 39.1% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd half: 14-22 63.6% Game: 24-46 52.2% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 4-14 28.6% Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 0-8 0.0% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 4-16 25.0% Rebounds 2 FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd half: 15-22 68.2% Game: 17-25 68.0% 4 FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 8-14 57.1%

Santa Clara 89 • 2-5 CSU Bakersfield 52 • 4-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 13 VRANKIC, Josip f 4-10 2-4 3-5 2 3 5 3 13 2 3 1 4 30 13 Briggs, Shon f 2-7 0-0 7-8 2 4 6 2 11 2 6 0 3 31 21 CARUSO, Henry f 5-7 2-4 1-1 2 1 3 2 13 5 0 0 2 30 15 Ndoye, Fallou c 0-1 0-00-0224 0001 00 9 50 NDUMANYA, Emmanuel c 4-5 0-0 2-3 2 4 6 4 10 1 1 0 0 16 00 Joiner, Jarkel g 4-13 2-8 0-0 1 0 1 0 10 0 2 0 2 30 10 FEAGIN, KJ g 6-9 4-5 0-0 1 2 3 3 16 3 1 0 0 26 01 Wrapp, Brent g 0-20-1 0-2 2352 05301 33 12 HAUSER, Matt g 3-7 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 7 3 0 0 2 30 02 Holden, Rickey g 3-72-50-03145 8420136 01 TURNER, Matt 1-5 1-4 2-3 0 3 3 1 5 4 0 0 0 20 04 Suber, James 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 03 JADERSTEN, Henrik 3-32-20-00220 80010 5 10 Davis, Justin 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 04 PUGH, Jarvis 2-3 2-3 0-1 0 1 1 1 6 2 1 0 0 11 11 McCall, Justin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 22 WALTERS, Shaquille 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 5 5 5 5 2 5 0 1 21 21 Lee, Greg2-3 1-2 0-00111 50000 6 30 HEALY, Kai 2-5 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 6 22 Aly, Moataz 5-5 0-0 1-4 1 2 3 3 11 082025 33 JASAITIS, Matt 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 23 Durham, Damiyne 3-101-70-01120 7130019 45 ROCHE, Julian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Team 2 1 3 Team 1 2 3 1 Totals 19-49 6-24 8-14 14 16 30 15 52 12 25 2 9 200 Totals 32-59 17-35 8-13 8 26 34 22 89 23 13 2 9 200 FG % 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 2nd half: 8-23 34.8% Game: 19-49 38.8% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 3-13 23.1% Game: 6-24 25.0% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 18-31 58.1% 2nd half: 14-28 50.0% Game: 32-59 54.2% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 8-14 57.1% 2 3FG % 1st Half: 8-15 53.3% 2nd half: 9-20 45.0% Game: 17-35 48.6% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 8-13 61.5% 1 Officials: Brady Chelette, Rob Rorke, Randy Richardson Technical fouls: Northern Arizona-None. CSU Bakersfield-None. Officials: Mike Scyphers, Kelly Self, Jim Schipper Attendance: 2509 Technical fouls: Northern Arizona-None. Santa Clara-None. Attendance: 1263 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Northern Arizona 24 36 60 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast NAU 30 27 4 2 27 Northern Arizona 22 35 57 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench CSU Bakersfield 28 24 52 CSUB 24 18 9 0 23 NAU 24 9 6 0 34 Santa Clara 46 43 89 SCU 24 31 5 6 30 Last FG - NAU 2nd-00:53, CSUB 2nd-00:23. Score tied - 10 times. Largest lead - NAU by 9 2nd-00:53, CSUB by 7 2nd-17:55. Lead changed - 10 times. Last FG - NAU 2nd-00:38, SCU 2nd-00:53. Score tied - 0 times. NAU led for 12:11. CSUB led for 20:10. Game was tied for 07:39. Largest lead - NAU None, SCU by 37 2nd-00:53. Lead changed - 0 times. NAU led for 00:00. SCU led for 38:35. Game was tied for 01:25. 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS GAME 9 - DEC. 6, 2017 - FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. GAME 10 - DEC. 11, 2017 - SAN DIEGO, CALIF. NAU 79, SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 70 SAN DIEGO 79, NAU 51

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team used a 16-0 second-half run and SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Northern Arizona men’s basketball team was held without a point for the made 7-of-8 free throw a empts in the fi nal minute of regula on to post its second consecu ve opening 8:28 of the contest and fell behind 15-0, before dropping a 79-51 decision at the University win by a 79-70 margin over San Diego Chris an on Wednesday night at the Rolle Ac vity Center in of San Diego on Saturday night at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. Flagstaff . The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the ‘Jacks, who now slip to 2-8 overall, while San The Lumberjacks led by as many as 18 points in the contest and only trailed for a total of 1:48, Diego posted its second-consecu ve victory to improve to 7-2 on the season. but San Diego Chris an ba led back to make it a one possession game at 72-69 with 2:03 remaining “Obviously you have to p your hat to San Diego,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy said. “They are a before solid defense down the stretch and clutch free throw shoo ng allowed NAU to close out the great ballclub and we knew that coming in. Defensively, they had a good game plan on how to keep victory. our guards out of the paint and limit our open looks. I thought in the second half we did a much “During the second-half run that group played with great energy and passion and wanted to be be er job pu ng pressure on them and ge ng the ball inside even though we didn’t convert.” out on the on the fl oor,” NAU head coach JackMurphy said. “I changed the star ng lineup in the The Lumberjacks struggled from the outset on both ends of the fl oor as they commi ed nine second half. We need to get guys that consistently want to play. It’s almost like they are out there turnovers in the fi rst seven minutes of the game and fi nished with 12 in the fi rst half and 19 overall and they are playing and it is fun if the shots are going in, but they have to consistently want to be for the 40 minutes. San Diego capitalized on those miscues with 20 points and used them to manu- out there.” facture an increased number of transi on opportuni es and open three-point opportuni es. NAU moves to 2-7 overall with the victory, while San Diego Chris an drops to 2-6 following the “Our turnovers con nue to be an issue and some of those were shot clock viola ons due to good defeat. The triumph allowed the ‘Jacks to post back-to-back wins for the fi rst me since it defeated defense and some were just pick sixes and those absolutely break your back, especially when you Northern Colorado and North Dakota in consecu ve contests on Jan. 26 and 28, 2017. struggle to score,” Murphy added. Wednesday’s victory marked the Lumberjacks’ second home game of the season and their fi rst San Diego showed off its long-distance shoo ng prowess in establishing the early advantage as over the last 23 days. nine of its 13 fi rst-half fi eld goals came from behind the arc. The Toreros limited the ‘Jacks to just Junior Isaiah Thomas led the way for the ‘Jacks as he tallied his second straight double-double three total fi eld goals in the opening 20 minutes of ac on as they rolled to a 38-18 advantage at while recording career bests in points (17), rebounds (15) and minutes (30). Thomas carried the pail intermission. for NAU in the paint as the Lumberjacks were forced to play without the services of senior Ruben The scoring drought con nued in the second half as San Diego ripped off a 17-4 run over the fi rst Fuamba and sophomore Brooks Debisschop, who were each out due to foot injuries. 9:15 to open a convincing 55-22 advantage. Junior Karl Harris led all NAU scorers with 19 points, 15 of which came in the second half. Harris The fi rst half saw the Lumberjacks convert on just 3-of-20 fi eld goal a empts (15.0 percent), also pulled down nine rebounds and connected on 6-of-8 a empts from the free throw line. Senior but Northern Arizona did connect on all 10 a empts from the free throw stripe. San Diego hit on guard Gino Li les also dropped in 12, including a pair of clutch three-pointers which helped spark 13-of-29 of its shots from the fi eld, including making 50.0 percent (9-of-18) of its opportuni es from Northern Arizona’s 16-0 second-half spurt, to round out the ‘Jacks double-digit scorers. beyond the three-point arc in opening the 20-point advantage at the break. The fi rst half of the game was a ghtly played before the ‘Jacks opened up an eight-point edge at Senior guard Gino Li les was a bright spot in the loss for the ‘Jacks as he was one of three Lum- 29-21 with 2:47 remaining before intermission, but the Hawks rallied by hi ng seven of their fi nal berjacks to fi nish with a team-high 11 points by making 4-of-9 shots, two of which were three-point- nine fi eld goals to close out the half and entered the break trailing just 32-28. ers. Junior Torry Johnson and sophomore JoJo Anderson each chipped in 11. San Diego Chris an got to within two points at 39-37 with 16:22 le in regula on before the San Diego fi nished the game with a total of 13 treys and were led by Cameron Neubauer, who ‘Jacks ripped off 16 straight points over the next 3:31 to open up a 55-37 edge that they would not made 4-of-5 shots from long distance in totaling a game-best 17 points. Isaiah Pineiro added 16 and relinquish. Tyler Williams added 11. For the game, NAU shot 45.9 percent (28-of-61) from the fi eld and hit 17-of-22 free throw oppor- The 51-point output by Northern Arizona marked its lowest point total since registering 49 at tuni es. Once again the ‘Jacks reserves played a big part in the contest as they outscored the Hawks’ Idaho on Jan. 21, 2017 and its 26.7 percentage (12-of-45) from the fi eld was its lowest since a 23.7 bench 36-21. percent clip against CSU Bakersfi eld on Dec. 5, 2016. The ‘Jacks also won the ba le in the paint 44-36 and outrebounded San Diego Chris an 43-29. The Lumberjacks, who had played the 23rd-toughest schedule in the na on entering Saturday’s mee ng with San Diego, have now lost eight of the last nine mee ngs vs. the Toreros. Saturday’s contest also marked NAU’s eighth game away from home over the ini al 10 contests of the 2017-18 campaign.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics San Diego Christian vs Northern Arizona N.Arizona vs San Diego 12/06/17 6:30 p.m. at Flagstaff, Ariz. (Rolle Activity Center) 12/9/17 7 p.m. at San Diego, CA (Jenny Craig Pavilion)

San Diego Christian 70 • 2-6 N.Arizona 51 • 2-8 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 22 Crankshaw,Nick f 4-64-51-2156213211032 02 Brown,Corey f 1-50-03-62131 5110021 44 Halloway,Rovan c 3-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 16 32 Bowling,Chris f 1-6 0-4 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 19 02 Fredrick,Hayden g 3-130-70-00333 6341125 33 Thomas,Isaiah f 0-40-01-30442 1011029 05 Novsek,Derek g 8-17 3-9 3-4 0 5 5 3 22 4 2 0 1 38 03 Littles,Gino g 4-9 2-4 1-1 0 4 4 2 11 2 1 0 2 32 55 Stanley,Shawn g 0-20-20-00112 0200022 04 Anderson,JoJo g 1-30-19-9011111230135 01 Short,Stephen 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 13 00 Johnson,Torry 3-5 1-1 4-4 0 1 1 3 11 0 3 0 2 18 04 Dumas,Alex 4-51-21-21014102102 7 01 Hines,Carlos 0-20-02-20003 2020010 10 Watkins,Dominique 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 10 05 Ndiaye,Omar 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 Gonzalez,Anthony 3-41-20-01343 7320116 14 Harris,Karl 0-60-42-20222 2020012 13 Corbett,Kyle 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 23 Henry,Lenell 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 3 6 1 3 0 2 23 14 Williams,Caeden 0-0 0-0 0-0 0000 00000 5 Team 415 2 15 Van Ommering,Jordan 1-4 0-3 0-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 10 Totals 12-45 3-15 24-29 7 20 27 18 51 6 19 1 7 200 Team 022 FG % 1st Half: 3-20 15.0% 2nd half: 9-25 36.0% Game: 12-45 26.7% Deadball Totals 27-58 9-31 7-12 4 25 29 22 70 18 14 2 6 200 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 3-15 20.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 10-10 100.0 2nd half: 14-19 73.7% Game: 24-29 82.8% 2 FG % 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd half: 15-32 46.9% Game: 27-58 46.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd half: 5-18 27.8% Game: 9-31 29.0% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 7-12 58.3% 1 San Diego 79 • 7-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Northern Arizona 79 • 2-7 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 00 PINEIRO,Isaiah f 5-91-35-6167316221127 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 20 NEUBAUER,Cameron f 4-5 4-5 5-5 2 3 5 2 17 2 3 0 0 22 02 Corey Brown f 2-40-00-02023 4220115 25 MASSALSKI,Yauhen f 0-20-00-01454 0022013 33 Isaiah Thomas f 7-9 0-0 3-3 5 10 15 2 17 0 1 0 0 30 03 CARTER III,Olin g 3-8 3-7 0-0 1 2 3 3 9 3 2 0 1 26 03 Gino Littles g 4-82-22-2224212300333 22 WRIGHT,Isaiah g 3-70-42-20222 8830129 04 JoJo Anderson g 2-6 1-4 3-6 2 1 3 1 8 6 2 1 0 31 01 WILLIAMS,Tyler 3-7 3-7 2-3 3 4 7 1 11 0 2 0 3 32 32 Chris Bowling g 0-20-12-20111 2020015 04 SCHAFER,Mitch 0-00-00-00000 00000 2 00 Torry Johnson 2-10 0-3 1-1 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 17 10 NELSON,Andy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 Kyle de Laveaga 1-11-10-00002 3100112 12 GRAY,Juwan 1-30-20-00331 2012014 14 Karl Harris 6-16 1-4 6-8 0 9 9 2 19 1 2 1 0 23 13 MARTINEZ,Jose 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 7 23 Lenell Henry 4-51-10-01562 9040024 15 FLORESCA,Alex 1-40-00-00113 2110016 Team 0 2 2 21 SUMMY,Hunter 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 6 Totals 28-61 6-16 17-22 12 31 43 15 79 14 14 2 5 200 31 FERRARI,Vinny 1-11-10-00001 30000 2 32 GILLIAM,Jake 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 FG % 1st Half: 13-32 40.6% 2nd half: 15-29 51.7% Game: 28-61 45.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 6-16 37.5% Rebounds Team 112 1 FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 17-22 77.3% 1 Totals 26-54 13-32 14-16 10 29 39 29 79 19 18 5 6 200

Officials: Charles Rydzak, Glen Mayberry, Mike Ojeda FG % 1st Half: 13-29 44.8% 2nd half: 13-25 52.0% Game: 26-54 48.1% Deadball Technical fouls: San Diego Christian-None. Northern Arizona-None. 3FG % 1st Half: 9-18 50.0% 2nd half: 4-14 28.6% Game: 13-32 40.6% Rebounds Attendance: FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 11-12 91.7% Game: 14-16 87.5% 0

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Officials: Klaus Endrissat, Marc A. Beasley, Justin Shamion Technical fouls: N.Arizona-None. San Diego-None. San Diego Christian 28 42 70 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench SDC 36 15 4 8 21 Attendance: 1420 Northern Arizona 32 47 79 NAU 44 14 8 2 36 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Last FG - SDC 2nd-02:03, NAU 2nd-03:53. Score tied - 1 time. N.Arizona 18 33 51 Largest lead - SDC by 3 1st-17:31, NAU by 18 2nd-13:04. Lead changed - 4 times. SDC led for 01:48. NAU led for 35:04. Game was tied for 03:08. San Diego 38 41 79 GAME 11 - DEC. 14, 2017 - FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. GAME 12 - DEC. 18, 2017 - TAMPA, FLA. SOUTH DAKOTA 90, NAU 77 USF 70, NAU 56

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Sophomore JoJo Anderson rang up a career-high 30 points and the North- TAMPA, Fla. – Sophomore Brooks DeBisschop posted career-highs with 13 points and 13 ern Arizona men’s basketball team rallied to trim a 19-point defi cit to just fi ve with 3:06 le rebounds to lead the Northern Arizona men’s basketball team in a 70-56 setback at the Uni- in regula on before eventually coming up on the short end of a 90-77 margin against South versity of South Florida on Monday night at the Sun Dome in Tampa. Dakota on Thursday night at the Rolle Ac vity Center. DeBisschop’s performance also represented the fi rst double-double of his career and made NAU (2-9) put together an 11-5 run over a three-minute stretch late in the second half to him the second NAU player, joining junior Isaiah Thomas, to record double-digits in points and get to within 78-73 before the Coyotes scored 12 of the fi nal 16 points to seal the victory. rebounds this season. Freshman Carlos Hines started the spurt with a jumper and junior Isaiah Thomas followed “I thought we started off the second half well a er giving up a back-breaking three pointer with a put back and a foul to cap an old fashioned three-point play, before Anderson added at the end of the fi rst at the buzzer that pushed the lead from seven to 10,” NAU head coach four of his 30 points when he was fouled on a made three-point a empt and made the ensu- Jack Murphy said. “We started the second half with a 7-0 run to get the lead down to three, ing free throw to cap the run and put the Lumberjacks in striking range. so I thought we came out a er hal ime ready to go and a acked them.” “That is a really good South Dakota ballclub we played,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy Following a low scoring and defensive fi rst half that saw the USF lead stay at single digits said. “I give South Dakota a ton of credit because they are very well coached and came in here before the buzzer-bea ng three pointer by Banks, which made the score 33-23 at the break, ready to play, but I am proud of our young men in how we ba led and fought and cut the lead NAU responded with a 7-0 run over the opening 2:14 of the second half to trim the margin to down and fought again as the lead went back up. We just couldn’t make that next leg, but our 33-30. guys ba led, and I have to give them a lot of credit for that in the second half.” USF answered with a pair of solid runs of its own as it outscored the ‘Jacks 9-0 and 12-0 in Anderson shot 7-of-16 from the fi eld, including a 5-of-10 clip from long distance and made separate spurts to pull away and open up a 61-44 advantage with 4:39 le in regula on. 11-of-13 free throws in becoming the fi rst Lumberjack to hit the 30-point mark since Mike The Bulls’ off ense was keyed by 10 connec ons from beyond the three-point arc, which Green notched 31 against Northern Colorado on Jan. 7, 2017. bailed them out on several possessions late in the shot clock despite ght a defensive eff ort by Sophomore Chris Bowling added 13 points and Hines fi nished with 10 to round out the the Lumberjacks that forced USF into 18 turnovers that NAU turned into 25 points. ‘Jacks double-fi gure scorers. Northern Arizona made just 4-of-23 shots from three-point range, which led to a number The game was decided by the Coyotes dominance on the boards as South Dakota out-re- of transi on opportuni es and open shots for the Bulls at the opposite end of the fl oor as bounded Northern Arizona 50-29 for the contest and pulled down 20 on the off ensive end USF fi nished the game with a 50 percent clip from the fi eld by making 26-of-52 a empts. The which it parlayed into 19 second-chance points. ‘Jacks tallied a 34.9 percent total from the fi eld for the contest (22-of-63). “The rebounding and the paint is what cost us the game and we were right there against a “When we went to the bench some things happened there where we let their two shoot- very good ballclub,” Murphy said. “We haven’t played well at home previously, so I was glad ers, Stephen Jigge s and Payton Banks, create some opportuni es and they made some big we came up with some good eff ort for the home crowd.” shots, so you have to give those two credit there,” Murphy said. “I do think there were some South Dakota’s (10-3) rebounding prowess also led to a 50-18 advantage in points in the posi ves. It was great to have Brooks (DeBisschop) back. I thought he was strong on both the paint. The Coyotes led by as many as 19 with 12:45 le in regula on before the ‘Jacks ba led off ensive and defensive glass. We had a lot of open looks, we just have to knock them down.” back to trim the margin to single-digits at 63-54 with 9:27 le on the clock a er pos ng an The ‘Jacks won the ba le in the paint 34-22 and pulled down 14 off ensive rebounds that 11-2 spurt which featured six points by Bowling. led to 11 second-chance points. The Coyotes led by 15 at the break at 38-23 on the strength of 11 points in the opening Banks led a trio of Bulls that fi nished with double-fi gure points with 23 on 9-of-16 shoo ng. 20 minutes by Nick Fuller and 13 of their 19 second-chance points for the game, which were Jigge s added 17 and Isaiah Manderson chipped in 12 to go along with 10 boards. Banks and made possible by nine off ensive boards in the fi rst half. Jigge s combined to make eight of the 10 three-pointers for South Florida. Northern Arizona ba led back as it outscored USD 54-52 in the second half by connec ng JoJo Anderson notched 10 for the ‘Jacks to extend his streak of double-fi gure scoring eff orts on seven shots from beyond the arc and tallying a 46.7 (14-of-30) fi eld goal percentage during to three and increase his season total to eight. the fi nal half of ac on. The loss marks NAU’s third straight and drops the ‘Jacks overall record to 2-10. USF evened Ma Mooney led the way for South Dakota with 24 points, 22 of which came in the second its season record to 6-6 following the victory. half. Tyler Hagedorn added 20 and Fuller posted 17 on the evening. Trey Burch-Manning and Former Indiana and Marque e head coach Tom Crean visited the NAU locker room follow- Carlton Hurst paced the Coyotes on the glass as each fi nished with a game-high 10 rebounds. ing the game to deliver some posi ve words of encouragement to the ‘Jacks a er the loss.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Northern Arizona vs USF South Dakota vs Northern Arizona 12/18/17 7:02 p.m. at Tampa, Fla. (Sun Dome) 12/14/17 7:30 p.m. at Rolle Activity Center, Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona 56 • 2-10 South Dakota 90 • 10-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 25 Brooks Debisschop f 6-100-11-36713113010235 12 Trey Burch-Manning f 3-5 0-0 3-7 4 6 10 2 9 1 1 0 2 23 33 Isaiah Thomas f 4-8 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 1 8 0 1 0 1 25 25 Tyler Hagedorn f 6-13 0-3 8-10 2 4 6 4 20 1 3 0 1 30 03 Gino Littles g 1-70-51-20110 3230128 02 Carlton Hurst g 4-7 0-0 1-3 6 4 10 3 9 3 3 0 2 30 04 JoJo Anderson g 4-12 2-6 0-0 1 3 4 2 10 5 4 0 1 34 03 Triston Simpson g 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 5 4 3 3 0 2 31 14 Karl Harris g 2-80-22-21231 6200019 13 Matt Mooney g 7-15 2-6 8-9 2 3 5 3 24 2 3 0 4 34 00 Torry Johnson 1-5 0-1 3-4 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 17 20 Brandon Armstrong 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 13 01 Carlos Hines 2-62-50-01121 6031014 22 Tyler Peterson 0-3 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 9 02 Corey Brown 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 10 31 Dan Jech 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 23 Lenell Henry 0-00-00-00112 00000 6 34 Nick Fuller 6-11 0-2 5-5 2 5 7 3 17 0 2 0 0 20 32 Chris Bowling 1-5 0-3 1-2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 12 Team 3 2 5 Totals 29-63 3-15 29-40 20 30 50 24 90 11 17 0 11 200 Team 213 Totals 22-63 4-23 8-14 14 20 34 12 56 11 14 1 8 200 FG % 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd half: 16-32 50.0% Game: 29-63 46.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 3-15 20.0% Rebounds FG % 1st Half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd half: 11-35 31.4% Game: 22-63 34.9% Deadball FT % 1st Half: 11-13 84.6% 2nd half: 18-27 66.7% Game: 29-40 72.5% 5 3FG % 1st Half: 1-10 10.0% 2nd half: 3-13 23.1% Game: 4-23 17.4% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 8-14 57.1% 2 Northern Arizona 77 • 2-9 USF 70 • 6-6 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Corey Brown f 2-2 0-0 2-4 2 2 4 5 6 0 3 0 1 17 04 BANKS, Payton f 9-165-110-0145123240332 32 Chris Bowling f 3-9 3-7 4-4 1 5 6 5 13 2 1 0 1 22 21 DA SILVA, Tulio f 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 0 4 0 2 1 0 16 33 Isaiah Thomas c 2-3 0-0 4-4 4 3 7 4 8 0 0 1 1 30 41 SCEKIC, Nikola c 1-30-02-22462 4021016 03 Gino Littles g 2-8 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 5 1 0 2 39 00 JIGGETTS, Stephan g 6-11 3-4 2-2 0 2 2 3 17 8 4 0 3 37 04 JoJo Anderson g 7-16 5-10 11-13 0 2 2 3 30 1 5 1 3 32 02 SAMUEL, Terrence g 0-20-00-00223 0220328 01 Carlos Hines 4-8 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 10 0 1 0 0 18 01 MANDERSON, Isaiah 5-8 0-1 2-3 3 7 10 3 12 0 2 0 0 24 12 Kyle de Laveaga 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 05 MARTIN, Malik 0-20-12-40551 2023024 14 Karl Harris 2-8 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 20 13 BROWN, Justin 3-6 2-5 0-1 2 1 3 1 8 1 0 0 0 20 23 Lenell Henry 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 4 1 0 7 14 BEARD, Henry 0-00-00-00000 00000 3 55 Ruben Fuamba 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 Team 1 1 2 Team 0 2 2 Totals 23-58 10-27 21-26 9 20 29 31 77 8 16 3 8 200 Totals 26-52 10-22 8-12 9 31 40 14 70 13 18 5 9 200 FG % 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd half: 12-24 50.0% Game: 26-52 50.0% Deadball FG % 1st Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd half: 14-30 46.7% Game: 23-58 39.7% Deadball Rebounds Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% 2nd half: 5-9 55.6% Game: 10-22 45.5% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd half: 7-14 50.0% Game: 10-27 37.0% 1 FT % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd half: 19-21 90.5% Game: 21-26 80.8% 1 FT % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7% Game: 8-12 66.7%

Officials: Michael Irving, Randy Heimerman, Kelly Pfeifer Officials: Doug Shows, Zelton Steed, Tyler Kumpf Technical fouls: South Dakota-None. Northern Arizona-None. Technical fouls: Northern Arizona-None. USF-None. Attendance: 256 Attendance: 2016

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench Northern Arizona 23 33 56 South Dakota 38 52 90 NAU 34 25 11 8 16 USD 50 16 19 2 24 USF 33 37 70 USF22146722 Northern Arizona 23 54 77 NAU 18 22 9 2 16

Last FG - NAU 2nd-00:16, USF 2nd-00:14. Score tied - 3 times. Last FG - USD 2nd-00:52, NAU 2nd-00:41. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - NAU by 2 1st-19:26, USF by 19 2nd-01:00. Lead changed - 3 times. Largest lead - USD by 19 2nd-12:45, NAU by 1 1st-18:58. Lead changed - 4 times. USD led for 37:28. NAU led for 01:52. Game was tied for 00:39. NAU led for 01:59. USF led for 34:28. Game was tied for 03:29. 2017-18 NAU MEN'S HOOPS

GAME 13 - DEC. 20, 2017 - JACKSONVILLE, FLA. GAME 14 - DEC. 28, 2017 - FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. NAU 83, JACKSONVILLE 72 MONTANA 87, NAU 69

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sophomore JoJo Anderson rung up 26 points as the Northern Arizona FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Sophomore JoJo Anderson scored a career-high 31 points and connected University men’s basketball team snapped a three-game skid with an 83-72 road win at Jack- on the second-most free throws in program history to lead the Northern Arizona University sonville University on Wednesday night. men’s basketball team in an 87-69 loss to Montana on Thursday night in the Big Sky Confer- The Lumberjacks led by as many as 23 points and shot a season-best 60.8 clip from the ence opener for both teams at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff . fi eld as a season-high four players fi nished with double-fi gure points. Anderson’s 31 points marked the second me in the last four games he has posted a The ‘Jacks held the Dolphins to a 37.3 shoo ng percentage and posted eight blocks, which career-best scoring eff ort and the third me over the last four contests that he has registered were the most by the Lumberjacks since also swa ng away eight on Nov. 23, 2015 vs. San at least 26 in the scoring column. He has now tallied double-fi gure points in 10 of the last 12 Diego Chris an. games overall. “We did a good job contes ng shots tonight. I am proud of the way our guys came right The sophomore guard made 17-of-19 a empts from the free throw line in the loss. The 17 out and took the fi ght to Jacksonville,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy said. “We wanted to connec ons ed for the second-most in program history, matching Mark Champagne (1970-71 dominate the paint and I thought for the most part we did that. It is nice to head into the vs. Southern Colorado) and Wayne See (1948-49 vs. Arizona State), who also accomplished the holidays and close out the non-conference schedule with a solid road win.” feat. Joining Anderson in double-digits was junior Isaiah Thomas who fi nished with 13 points to The 19 a empts also earned Anderson a spot in the ‘Jacks single-game annals, as they go along with nine rebounds and a career-best four blocks. Freshman Lenell Henry added a represented the third-most in NAU history, tying Bill Lewis, who also had 19 shots from the season-best 11 points, while sophomore Chris Bowling notched 10. charity stripe in 1952-53 vs. Arizona. Anderson’s 26-point eff ort marked his fourth consecu ve in double digits and his ninth “We are playing JoJo (Anderson) a lot of minutes and his scoring is something that we have overall this season. needed. Our scoring as a team has cked up because of JoJo,” NAU head coach Jack Murphy Jacksonville made a late push in the second half but would get no closer than nine points in said. “Teams have had to compensate for him and he does a great job of a acking the paint, the fi nal 20 minutes. ge ng to the rim and the foul line. Not only does he get there, but he makes them.” The game opened with each team pos ng a strong scoring run as NAU rolled out to a 10-0 The game itself saw the Lumberjacks struggle, especially in the fi rst half, as it shot just 32.7 advantage on the strength of back-to-back three-pointers by Anderson and DeBisschop and a percent from the fi eld in the opening 20 minutes and had to endure a stretch of 7:03 late in basket each by Li les and Thomas over the ini al 2:36 of ac on. the opening half where it failed to connect on a single fi eld goal, allowing Montana to take a Jacksonville answered with a 9-0 spurt with every point coming off the hot hand of Tanner 42-30 advantage into intermission. Rubio who connected on his fi rst three a empts from long distance to trim the ‘Jacks lead to “You have to give Montana a ton of credit, they came in here and took it to us. They were one at 10-9 at the 15:52 mark. physical from the get out,” Murphy said. “For us, we need to make layups. We were around With the Dolphins leading 19-15, the Lumberjacks took control as they ripped off 15 the rim. I think we were 5-of-20 in the fi rst half and even had a couple in the second half that straight points and 20 of the fi nal 24 points of the fi rst half and limited the Dolphins to just a we needed to convert on. Like I said, give Montana credit for protec ng the rim but we need pair of fi eld goals over the fi nal 11:20 prior to hal ime. to do a be er job of fi nishing plays.” NAU shot 57.7 percent from the fi eld in the fi rst half. Anderson scored 14 of his 26 points The Grizzl