NORTHERN ARIZONA BASKETBALL NAU (11-10, 5-5 BSC) at No. 11 Northern Colorado (18-5, 7-3 BSC) Greeley, Colo. Sodexo Lumberjack Radio Network/ Altitude (Direct TV 681, Dish Network 410) Three Dot Data... NEXT PROMOTION NAU stands in fifth place in the Big Sky standings...NAU has won four of the last Thurs 2/18, 6:35 p.m. five overall after a loss to Montana last Saturday...The loss snapped first four Solid Gold Night, wear your NAU game-winning streak since 2007-08...NAU has now won at least 11 games in 10 gold! Faculty & Staff Appreciation, of 11 seasons under Mike Adras...The five road wins are one short of equaling the Faculty & Staff Free Admission w/ID. best total under Adras in his 11-year tenure...NAU has won three consecutive road 2009-10 Schedule games for the first time since 2005-06....Cameron Jones has averaged 23.3 points Date Opponent Time/Result over last 10 games with eight 20-plus games and five straight with 20 or N6 Fort Lewis (EX) L, 65-75 more...Head Coach Mike Adras ranks fourth on the Big Sky career wins list with 13 Southwestern College W, 113-61. 169 career wins and his 87 conference wins ranks fourth all-time in the Big N15 at Arizona L, 70-87 N17 Fresno State L, 59-65 Sky...NAU has two losses by 20 or more points in Big Sky play at home for first N19 Pacific Susp. time since 1995-96. N25 at Santa Clara W, 88-72 N28 at San Diego State L, 48-89 D4 at Montana* L 54-71 Road Warriors... D5 at Montana State* L, 50-62 NAU went 1-14 on the road last season with the only win coming at Sacramento D13 UC Riverside W, 68-56 State. NAU has won five road games this season, including three non-conference D16 at #19 New Mexico L, 57-96 D19 at Air Force W, 60-52 games after going winless in seven non-conference games last season. NAU D20 at Colorado State L, 56-64 swept the Northwest road trip for the first time since 2001-02 and won for only the D28 at Texas-Pan American W, 64-59 third time in 15 games against the Vikings on the road. The win also snapped a D30 Northern New Mexico W, 113-68 J2 #19! N. Colorado* L, 66-75 six-game losing streak to Portland State and ended a 13-game home winning J7 Idaho State* W, 68-56 streak by the Vikings dating to last season. NAU has won three consecutive road J9 Weber State* L, 62-87 games for the first time since 2005-06. The las time a Lumberjack squad won four J15 at Eastern Washington* W, 73-69 consecutive road games was 2003-04 and the last four game road streak in con- J17 at Portland State* W, 93-86 J24 Sacramento State* W, 75-71 ference play was 1999-00. J28 Montana State* W, 71-58 Sponsored by Verizon Wireless Northern Colorado Series... J30 Montana* L, 64-84 Sponsored by Just Wireless NAU and Northern Colorado have met 10 previous times with NAU holding a 6-4 F7 at #11! N. Colorado* 12:05 p.m. edge. The home team had won seven consecutive times in the series before F12 at Weber State* 7:05 p.m. Northern Colorado defeated NAU earlier this season in Flagstaff. NAU has lost its F13 at Idaho State* 7:05 p.m. F18 Portland State* 6:35 p.m. last three games in Greeley but owns a 2-3 all-time mark. The last four games in Sponsored by Just Wireless the series have been decided by a total of 17 points. NAU Athletic Director Jim F20 E. Washington* 6:35 p.m. Fallis was the athletic director at UNC prior to taking over at NAU and will be F26 at Sacramento State* 8:05 p.m. inducted in the school’s Hall of Fame next month. * Big Sky Conference Game ! CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Poll Northern Arizona Probable Starters (11-10, 5-5 BSC) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. MIN GP-S PPG RPG APG 42 Josh Lepley C 6-10 210 So.-1L 14.9 21-7 5.7 3.8 0.3 32 Nick Larson F 6-8 225 Sr.-3L 26.3 21-17 7.0 5.7 2.0 11 Gabe Rogers G 6-2 165 Fr.-RS 24.1 20-17 8.5 1.8 2.5 10 Cameron Jones G 6-3 190 Jr.-2L 33.7 21-21 18.6 4.8 3.1 12 Julian Olubuyi G 5-9 175 Jr.-TR 25.1 21-17 2.8 1.5 4.0 Top Reserves No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. MIN GP-S PPG RPG APG 40 Shane Johannsen F 6-7 220 Jr.-2L 23.9 19-14 10.8 5.2 0.6 2 DeAngelo Jones G 6-5 200 Jr.-TR 19.0 17-8 8.8 2.9 1.0 21 Stallon Saldivar G 6-0 165 Fr.-HS 14.5 21-4 1.7 1.2 2.0 30 Eric Platt G 6-5 210 Jr.-TR 23.5 11-0 11.6 3.5 1.6 33 Reid Wallace F 6-6 205 Fr.-HS 11.1 18-0 2.6 1.6 0.3 Big Sky Predictions... Social Media - Facebook Broadcast Information The Northern Arizona men’s basketball Be a Fan of NAU Athletics team was picked to finish seventh in the Radio: Lumberjack Radio Network media and coaches’ preseason polls (Andrew Tomsky) released by the league office. Social Media - Twitter Defending regular-season champion Follow NAU Athletics Station Freq Market KAFF 930 AM Flagstaff Weber State was selected by the coaches http://twitter.com/NAUAthletics and media as the favorite to win the 2009- 2010 Big Sky Conference men’s basket- Follow SID Steve Shaff Television: ball title. Coaches were not allowed to Altitude vote for their own teams. http://twitter.com/nausid (Blake Olson/Mark Randall/ Julie Browman) Coaches’ Poll NAU Athletics Blog 1. Weber State (4) 60; 2. Montana (3) 57; 3. Idaho State (1) 47; 4. Portland State (1) http://nauathletics.blogspot.com/ Web Video: Big Sky Television 44; 5. Montana State 38; 6. Northern Web Audio: Big Sky Television Colorado 31; 7. Northern Arizona 22; 8. Eastern Washington 17; 9. Sacramento NAU Media Relations State 8. Director: Steve Shaff Phone: (928) 523-6792 Media Poll Cell: (928) 606-6628 1. Weber State (23) 251; 2. Portland State Assistant: Joe Scacco (3) 202; 3. Montana (2) 194; 4. Idaho State Graduate Assistants: 157; 5. Montana State 134; 6. Northern Colorado 119; 7. Northern Arizona 87; 8. Eric DeSalvo/Andrew Tomsky Eastern Washington 73; 9. Sacramento State 36. Northern Arizona Pronunciation Guide Head Coach Mike Adras ........................................................................A-drus Shane Johannsen ........................................................................Jo-HAN-sen Julian Olubuyi ..............................................................................Oh-la-boo-ee Eric Platt......................................................................................Platt as in flat Stallon Saldivar ..............................................................................SAL-da-var 2009-10 NORTHERN ARIZONA BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Michael Dunn G 6-0 170 Fr.-HS Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler) 2 DeAngelo Jones G 6-5 200 Jr.-TR Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach/N. Mexico St./ Cochise College) 10 Cameron Jones G 6-4 185 Jr.-2L Los Angeles, Calif. (Los Alamitos) 11 Gabe Rogers G 6-2 165 Fr.-RS Houston, Texas (Klein Forest) 12 Julian Olubuyi G 5-9 175 Jr.-TR Houston, Texas (Klein Collins / Northwest (Wyo.) College) 20 Casey Ommen F 6-7 195 Fr.-HS Rapid City, South Dakota (Stevens) 21 Stallon Saldivar G 6-0 165 Fr.-HS Salt Lake City, Utah (Judge Memorial) 23 Luis Flores G 6-3 165 Fr.-RS Scottsdale, Ariz. (Coronado) 30 Eric Platt G 6-5 210 Jr.-TR Casper, Wyo. (Kelly Walsh/Wyoming) 32 Nick Larson F 6-8 225 Sr.-3L Ventura, Calif. (Ventura) 33 Reid Wallace F 6-6 205 Fr.-HS Spring, Texas (Tomball) 34 Mike Trinh G 5-10 165 Sr-SQ Vancouver, Wash./MountainView 40 Shane Johannsen F 6-7 230 Jr.-2L Phoenix, Ariz. (Valley Christian) 42 Josh Lepley C 6-10 210 So.-1L Reno, Nev. (Bishop Manogue) 50 Austin Smith F 6-8 215 So.-TR* Tucson, Ariz. (Ironwood Ridge/Liberty) Head Coach: Mike Adras; Assistants: Will Hensley, Quintin Grogan, Ivan DaSilva Student Managers: Sarah Stevenson Athletic Trainer: Drew Powers * Will redshirt the 2009-10 season TELEVISION SCHEDULE Lights, Cameron, Action... Cameron Jones is the only player in the Big Sky Nov. 13 vs. Southwestern (6:35 p.m.) - Universityhouse - Live Conference to rank among the top 16 in points, rebounds and assists. He ranks among Big Sky leaders in points Nov. 15 at Arizona (3:05 p.m.) - FS Arizona - Live (18.6, 2nd), rebounds (4.8, 16th), assists (3.1, 9th), field- goal percentage (50.7, 8th), free throw percentage (77.8, Nov. 17 vs. Fresno State (6:35 p.m.) - Universityhouse - FS Arizona - Live LIVE: FS Arizona and FCS-Pacific 9th) and has reached double figures in 19 of 21 games (@Montana State, @Colorado State) and 10 consecutive Nov. 19 vs. Pacific (6:35 p.m.) - Universityhouse - Live games overall. He has been his best of late, averaging 23.3 FSAZ: TD - 11/24 @ 6:30 PM. FCS: 11/24 @ 8:30 PM points over last 10 games with eight 20-plus games (NAU is 7-1), shooting 55 percent from the field and 52 percent from Jan.