Northern Arizona (5-16) Faces Northern Colorado (6-13)

Filed under Game Preview on January 29th, 2012

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Expect a hard-fought game at Walkup Skydome on Monday as Northern Arizona plays host to Northern Colorado in a Big Sky game that should go to the final buzzer. Tip-off is at 8:35 EST and it will be shown on Big Sky TV, FSN-AZ+.

A win here would help close the gap with Northern Colorado in the Big Sky, who are in 7th place and just above Northern Arizona in 8th place. The Lumberjacks are 5-16 overall including 1-8 in the Big Sky. The Bears have a 6-13 record including 3-5 in the conference.

On paper, the edge here barely goes to Northern Colorado.

There is one category where Northern Colorado has a statistical edge, scoring, where the Bears outperform the Lumberjacks, 72 pts/game to 62 pts/game.

Northern Arizona has played Northern Colorado already, and lost to them 80-64 on December 31st. Last year, the Lumberjacks had a record of 1-2 on the Bears. In four seasons, Northern Arizona has a record of 3-7 against Northern Colorado, and 2-1 at home.

• The Northern Arizona assist leader (Stallon Saldivar) has more assists than the Northern Colorado assist leader (Elliott Lloyd).
• At least you keep showing up. Northern Arizona has an average margin of victory of 10 over Northern Colorado in 7 wins since 1983.
• More violent crime happens per capita in Greeley so be careful if you visit (when compared to Flagstaff (according to the FBI).
• The Northern Arizona three-point leader (James Douglas) has more three-pointers than the Northern Colorado three-point leader (Tate Unruh).

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