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@VandalsWBB Close Week with NAU

Tip is set for 2 p.m. in Cowan Spectrum

01/19/2018

MOSCOW, Idaho--The Vandals return to Cowan Spectrum this week for a pair of home games. Idaho will open with Southern Utah on Thursday. Tip is set for 6 p.m. PT

Follow: Live streams, when available, can be found at GoVandals.com/WatchWBB. All home and conference games will be streamed live on the Pluto TV app, as well as online at WatchBigSky.com. Follow along with live stats at GoVandals.com/WBBStats. In-game updates will be posted all season long on Twitter, @VandalsWBB.

Tom Purvis will have the radio call for you all season long on across the Idaho Radio Network. Pregame starts 15 minutes before each tip.

The Game: The Vandals look to sweep the weekend on Saturday with a win against Northern Arizona. A win would give Idaho its second two-game win streak of the season. Idaho defeated Eastern Oregon and North Dakota in consecutive games. 

About The Vandals: Idaho is in the middle of the pack of the Big Sky with its 3-3 start to conference play. The Vandals picked up conference wins over North Dakota, Portland State and Southern Utah to go with early-season victories over CSUN, Cal State Fullerton and Eastern Oregon. Idaho has a trio of 1,000-point scorers in Mikayla Ferenz, Geraldine McCorkell and Taylor Pierce. The group has led the team this season in scoring, totaling 72.8 percent of Idaho's points this season (883 combined).  

About the Lumberjacks: NAU fell on Thursday, 82-62, at Eastern Washington. The Lumberjacks got 18 points from their leading scorer, Olivia Lucero, in the loss. NAU's lone Big Sky win came against Weber State, 76-75.
 
Last Time Out: Three players recorded double-doubles for the Vandals in Thursday's 74-51 win over Southern Utah. Idaho recorded a season-high 60 rebounds in the win, limiting SUU to 27.5 percent shooting.

Scouting the Lumberjacks
• Picked 11th in both the coaches and media preseason
• Have lost three in-a-row and nine of their last 10
• Ranked 19th in the NCAA with a conference best 30 defensive rebounds per game
• Second in the Big Sky (42nd NCAA) with 42.0 rebounds per game
• Olivia Lucero leads the Big Sky with 4.7 assists per
game
• Kenna McDavis leads the conference with 9.4 rebounds
per game (50th NCAA) 
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