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2023–24 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team

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2023–24 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record25–10 (15–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Loree Payne (7th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kellee Barney
  • TJ Harris
  • Ryan Freeman
Home arenaRolle Activity Center
Findlay Toyota Court
Seasons
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
2023–24 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Washington 16 2   .889 29 6   .829
Northern Arizona 15 3   .833 25 9   .735
Montana 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
Montana State 10 8   .556 17 16   .515
Northern Colorado 10 8   .556 15 16   .484
Idaho 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
Idaho State 7 11   .389 11 19   .367
Sacramento State 4 14   .222 6 25   .194
Weber State 4 14   .222 8 25   .242
Portland State 3 15   .167 8 23   .258
2024 Big Sky tournament winner

The 2023–24 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lumberjacks, led by seventh-year head coach Loree Payne, split their home games between Rolle Activity Center and Findlay Toyota Court in Flagstaff, Arizona as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

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The Lumberjacks finished the 2022–23 season 25–7, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for first place.[1] Due to tiebreakers, they received the #1 seed in the Big Sky tournament, where they would defeat #9 seed Northern Colorado in the quarterfinals,[2] and Eastern Washington in the semifinals,[3] before falling to Sacramento State in the championship game.[4] They received an automatic bid into the WNIT, where they would lose to New Mexico in the first round.[5]

Roster

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2023–24 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Allie Cummins 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Carondelet High School Concord, California
G/F 2 Nyah Moran 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr King High School Riverside, California
G 3 Grace Beasley 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Montana State Melbourne, Australia
G 5 Taylor Feldman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Crean Lutheran High School Tustin, California
F 10 Ceren Oturakci 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Çankaya Ankara, Turkey
G 11 Audrey Taylor 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Timberline High School Boise, Idaho
F 12 Sophie Glancey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Timberline High School Boise, Idaho
F 13 Ava Schmidt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Eastlake High School Sammamish, Washington
G 15 Leia Beattie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Montana State Midland, Texas
G/F 21 Emily Rodabaugh 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Archbishop Murphy High School Lynnwood, Washington
G/F 22 Olivia Moran 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr King High School Riverside, California
G 24 Reilly Clark 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Catalina Foothills High School Tucson, Arizona
F 33 Saniyah Neverson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So PHH Prep Surprise, Arizona
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 3, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2023*
7:00 pm, P12N
at Oregon L 48–81  0–1
 9  Glancey   7  Beasley   4  2 Tied  Matthew Knight Arena (5,430)
Eugene, OR
November 10, 2023*
6:30 pm, P12N
at Arizona L 64–87  0–2
 11  2 Tied   5  Beasley   5  Feldman  McKale Center (6,909)
Tucson, AZ
November 15, 2023*
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Benedictine Mesa W 91–37  2–1
 13  2 Tied   11  Neverson   4  2 Tied  Rolle Activity Center (417)
Flagstaff, AZ
November 19, 2023*
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at UC San Diego W 74–69  2–2
 20  Beattie   7  2 Tied   4  N. Moran  LionTree Arena (934)
La Jolla, CA
November 24, 2023*
1:00 pm
vs. Portland
Las Vegas Holiday Classic
W 66–65  3–2
 11  2 Tied   13  Beattie   7  Beattie  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
November 25, 2023*
3:30 pm
vs. Youngstown State
Las Vegas Holiday Classic
W 74–70  4–2
 26  Glancey   7  Glancey   5  Feldman  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
November 29, 2023*
6:00 pm, ESPN+
UNLV L 69–85  4–3
 13  2 Tied   10  Neverson   5  Beattie  Rolle Activity Center (400)
Flagstaff, AZ
December 6, 2023*
12:00 pm, ESPN+
Pacific W 96–65  5–3
 18  Glancey   9  Rodabaugh   7  Rodabaugh  Rolle Activity Center (913)
Flagstaff, AZ
December 9, 2023*
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at San Francisco W 92–76  6–3
 17  Rodabaugh   11  Glancey   6  Feldman  War Memorial Gymnasium (225)
San Francisco, CA
December 18, 2023*
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at Pepperdine W 80–62  7–3
 21  Beasley   13  Glancey   5  Beasley  Firestone Fieldhouse (160)
Malibu, CA
December 21, 2023*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Southern Utah W 81–70  8–3
 19  Rodabaugh   9  Rodabaugh   4  Beasley  America First Event Center (452)
Cedar City, UT
December 30, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Northern Colorado W 76–72  9–3
(1–0)
 19  Glancey   7  Rodabaugh   4  Beasley  Findlay Toyota Court (764)
Flagstaff, AZ
January 3, 2024*
6:00 pm, ESPN+
South Dakota State
Big Sky-Summit Challenge
L 102–110 2OT 9–4
 23  Beasley   9  Beasley   5  2 Tied  Findlay Toyota Court (287)
Flagstaff, AZ
January 6, 2024*
12:00 pm, SLN
at North Dakota State
Big Sky-Summit Challenge
L 73–99  9–5
 12  Beattie   4  Feldman   4  Rodabaugh  Scheels Center (751)
Fargo, ND
January 11, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Montana State W 88–73  10–5
(2–0)
 23  Rodabaugh   10  Glancey   6  Beasley  Findlay Toyota Court (207)
Flagstaff, AZ
January 13, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Montana L 84–89  10–6
(2–1)
 22  Beattie   5  3 Tied   6  Moran  Findlay Toyota Court (392)
Flagstaff, AZ
January 18, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Portland State W 73–65  11–6
(3–1)
 27  Beattie   9  Rodabaugh   4  Beattie  Viking Pavilion (55)
Portland, OR
January 20, 2024
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at Sacramento State W 83–66  12–6
(4–1)
 24  Glancey   13  Glancey   5  Moran  Hornets Nest (334)
Sacramento, CA
January 25, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Idaho W 65–53  13–6
(5–1)
 23  Glancey   9  Glancey   5  Beattie  Findlay Toyota Court (667)
Flagstaff, AZ
January 27, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Eastern Washington W 89–81 OT 14–6
(6–1)
 23  Glancey   12  Neverson   6  Moran  Findlay Toyota Court (452)
Flagstaff, AZ
February 1, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Weber State W 85–65  15–6
(7–1)
 18  Rodabaugh   9  Glancey   8  Feldman  Dee Events Center (255)
Ogden, UT
February 3, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Idaho State W 73–59  16–6
(8–1)
 21  Feldman   7  2 Tied   2  4 Tied  Reed Gym (1,017)
Pocatello, ID
February 8, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Montana W 69–60  17–6
(9–1)
 30  Glancey   10  Beattie   5  Moran  Dahlberg Arena (2,157)
Missoula, MT
February 10, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Montana State W 71–58  18–6
(10–1)
 30  Glancey   11  2 Tied   7  Feldman  Worthington Arena (2,141)
Bozeman, MT
February 15, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Sacramento State L 66–82  18–7
(10–2)
 18  Beattie   7  Moran   4  2 Tied  Findlay Toyota Court (342)
Flagstaff, AZ
February 17, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Portland State W 89–73  19–7
(11–2)
 21  Glancey   9  Glancey   9  Feldman  Findlay Toyota Court (492)
Flagstaff, AZ
February 22, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Eastern Washington L 42–67  19–8
(11–3)
 13  Moran   7  Glancey   2  2 Tied  Reese Court (779)
Cheney, WA
February 24, 2024
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at Idaho W 60–55  20–8
(12–3)
 14  Moran   8  Glancey   3  Beasley  ICCU Arena (1,150)
Moscow, ID
February 29, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Idaho State W 89–74  21–8
(13–3)
 21  Rodabaugh   6  Rodabaugh   7  Moran  Findlay Toyota Court (423)
Flagstaff, AZ
March 2, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Weber State W 73–41  22–8
(14–3)
 24  Glancey   8  2 Tied   7  Beattie  Findlay Toyota Court (662)
Flagstaff, AZ
March 4, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Northern Colorado W 67–61  23–8
(15–3)
 22  Glancey   12  Glancey   4  Rodabaugh  Bank of Colorado Arena (772)
Greeley, CO
Big Sky tournament
March 10, 2024
2:30 pm, ESPN+
(2) vs. (8) Sacramento State
Quarterfinals
W 81–63  24–8
 30  Glancey   11  Glancey   4  Rodabaugh  Idaho Central Arena 
Boise, ID
March 12, 2024
2:30 pm, ESPN+
(2) vs. (3) Montana
Semifinals
W 74–67  25–8
 21  Glancey   11  Glancey   3  2 Tied  Idaho Central Arena 
Boise, ID
March 13, 2024
3:00 pm, ESPNU
(2) vs. (1) Eastern Washington
Championship Game
L 64–73  25–9
 15  Glancey   9  Moran   3  Beattie  Idaho Central Arena 
Boise, ID
WNIT
March 26, 2024*
5:00 p.m., SLN
at South Dakota
Second Round
L 65–79  25–10
 19  Beattie   7  3 Tied   4  Beasley  Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,465)
Vermillion, SD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain.

Sources:[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "NAU Women's Basketball Advances to Semifinals For Second-Straight Year". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Big Sky women's hoops tourney: NAU, Sac State win again, move into championship". Skyline Sports. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "Sac State women's basketball takes over Big Sky, wins championship". The State Hornet. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  5. ^ "NAU ROUNDUP: Women's basketball falls in WNIT first round". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  6. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2024.