Lack of Scoring Downs Bengals in Flagstaff

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – Northern Arizona's Raven Anderson scored 21 of her career-high 25 points in the second half as the Lumberjacks leapfrogged Idaho State in the Big Sky standings with the 64-47 victory Thursday night at the Walkup Skydome.
 
ISU (11-12, 6-6 BSC) held the other NAU (10-12, 6-5 BSC) players to just 34% shooting from the field.
 
Jasmine Lemon's jumper just eight seconds into the second half cut the Bengals' deficit to just one at 27-26 but the 'Jacks would immediately respond with a 9-0 run to push the lead to double-digits. 
 
"I thought we played tremendous defense especially in the first half and for the majority of the second half," Head Coach Seton Sobolewski said. "Our problem was offense. We had so many silly turnovers."
 
Lemon (10 points) was the only player to score in double-figures for Idaho State.  Three ISU players fouled out and one more finished with four fouls.
 
"You gotta give credit to NAU because they took about eight charges tonight," Sobolewski said.
 
The Bengals made a move in the second half going on a 9-1 run to trim the NAU advantage to 37-35 with just 12 minutes left to play.  The home team would close the game outscoring ISU 25-12.
 
Grace Kenyon finished the game with nine points and six rebounds while Apiphany Woods added eight points and eight assists.
 
NAU shot 14 free-throws in the second half compared to just one for ISU.  The Lumberjacks had a 22-8 advantage in free-throws attempted in the game.  The Bengals also turned the ball over 23 times leading to 20 points for Northern Arizona.
 
Idaho State will continue their road-trip Saturday evening when they journey to Cedar City, Utah to take on Southern Utah.  The game against the T-Birds is scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m.