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By Ryan Gahris on February 22, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) — Are the Phoenix Suns, the NBA’s highest-scoring team, suddenly becoming a tough defensive team?
If the last two games are any indication, they are headed in the right direction.
Jason Richardson scored 26 points, Amare Stoudemire had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and Steve Nash had 17 assists, leading the Suns to a 104-88 [...]
Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball, defensive, highest-scoring, Kings, Nash, NBA, phoenix, Richardson, Stoudemire, Suns, team
By Veronica Padilla on February 18, 2010
The annual NAU Golf Classic tournament will take place in Sedona on Saturday morning.
The “shamble” tournament features teams of four that will all start at different holes throughout the course but tee off at the same time. Money raised from the event will benefit NAU athletic scholarships.
Tickets are $125 dollars per person, but $75 tickets [...]
Posted in Sports, Top Sports Stories | Tagged basketball, Eastern Washington, Jacks, Lumberjacks, nau, NAU Golf Classic, Oak Creek Country Club
By Ryan Gahris on February 15, 2010
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Broderick Gilchrest scored 21 points as Idaho State beat Northern Arizona in overtime 73-71, in Big Sky Conference play on Saturday night.
In regulation, the Lumberjacks (7-18, 4-9) tied the game 64-64 on a layup by DeAngelo Jones off an inbound play with eight-tenths of a second remaining. The Lumberjacks rallied from [...]
Posted in Top Sports Stories | Tagged basketball, Idaho, Idaho state, Lumberjacks, northern arizona, OT, Overtime, Pocatello
By NAZ Today on February 8, 2010
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Devon Beitzel scored six of his 24 points in overtime as Northern Colorado defeated Northern Arizona 70-63 on Sunday.
Beitzel hit two 3-pointers in overtime. Will Figures added 21 points for the Bears (19-5, 8-3 Big Sky), winners of three of their last four.
Mike Proctor had 14 points and a game-high 11 [...]
Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball, hoops, Lumberjacks, mens bball, nau
By NAZ Today on February 1, 2010
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Anthony Johnson scored 28 points and Montana beat Northern Arizona 84-64 in Big Sky Conference play on Saturday night.
Johnson scored 25 of his 28 points in the second half and scored 13 straight points at one point in the second frame to spark a 21-3 run by the Grizzlies that broke [...]
Posted in Sports, Top Sports Stories | Tagged basketball, College, game, Grizzlies, Loss, Lumberjacks, Montana, state
By NAZ Today on February 1, 2010
HOUSTON (AP) — The Phoenix Suns finally figured out how to win the kind of road game they’ve been losing lately.
Amare Stoudemire scored a season-high 36 points, Steve Nash handed out 16 assists and the Suns snapped a five-game road losing streak with a 115-111 overtime victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.
Nash scored [...]
Posted in Top Sports Stories | Tagged basketball, Hill, Jan 31, Nash, NBA, phoenix, Road, Stoudemire, Sunday, Suns, The Rockets
By Veronica Padilla on February 28, 2009
VIDEO REPORT
In this weeks segment of the Athlete of the Week, we get to know a little more from NAU men’s basketball guard Jermaine Bishop…
Posted in Sports, Video | Tagged athlete of the week, basketball
By Veronica Padilla on February 26, 2009
A last second three-pointer from Weber State’s Ali Thorderson led the Wildcats over the Lumberjacks 63-60 tonight at the Rolle Activity Center.
NAU senior Sade Cunningham scored a layup to tie the game at 60 with five seconds remaining in regulation. But Wildcat’s Tonya Schnibbe dribbled down court, saw Thorderson on the baseline behind the arc [...]
Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball
By Brandon Neuman on February 26, 2009
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Kellen McCoy scored a career-high 27 points as Weber State defeated Northern Arizona 70-51 on Thursday night to claim sole possession of the Big Sky Conference regular-season championship.
McCoy shot 10-of-12 from the field for the Wildcats (19-8, 13-1 Big Sky), while Nick Hansen added 11 points.
Shane Jogannsen led Northern Arizona (8-18, [...]
Posted in Sports | Tagged basketball
