CEDAR CITY, Utah – The Southern Utah University women's basketball team will return home to the America First Event Center Monday night for a matchup against Northern Arizona.
GAME INFO
Southern Utah vs Northern Arizona
Date: February 21, 2022
Tip-Off: 6:30 p.m. MT
Location: Cedar City, Utah
Venue: America First Event Center
Stream: ESPN+
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SOUTHERN UTAH NOTES (15-10, 11-5 Big Sky)
• In the last meeting between the two schools, Southern Utah narrowly knocked off Northern Arizona by a score of 70-61 on the Lumberjacks' home floor. Cherita Daugherty led the way with 18 points and four other Thunderbirds finished the game in double figures.
• The Thunderbirds have yet to lose back-to-back conference games this season. After each league loss, SUU has bounced back with a victory in its next game. The T-Birds have not lost consecutive games since an 0-4 start to the season.
• Southern Utah is second in the Big Sky in scoring with an average of 70.8 points per game.
• SUU leads the conference in rebounding at 42.2 rebounds per game. The T-Birds also average a league-leading 13.8 offensive rebounds per contest.
ABOUT NORTHERN ARIZONA (12-11, 9-6 Big Sky)
• Northern Arizona enters Monday night's matchup off a win over Portland State in Flagstaff. The Lumberjacks have won three of their last four games with only a loss to Montana State in between.
• The Lumberjacks used a balanced scoring attack to put together the top scoring offense in the Big Sky. Khiarica Rasheed leads NAU with 11.7 points per game while Lauren Orndoff averages 11.0 and Nina Radford 10.7.
• Northern Arizona is coached by Loree Payne who is in her fifth season at the helm of the program.
LAST TIME OUT
The Southern Utah University women's basketball team struggled to put the ball in the basket all game as Montana State downed the Thunderbirds, 65-47, Saturday afternoon.
As a team, Southern Utah could only manage to hit 27 percent of its shots, including a 19-percent clip from 3-point range. SUU's struggles also carried over to the free-throw line in the form of a 13-of-24 performance. The T-Birds also lost the rebounding battle 51-44 overall. The one area in which SUU did hold an advantage was in blocked shots as SUU finished with six to Montana State's four.
Darri Dotson led the way for Southern Utah on the afternoon with a 13-point performance to go with nine rebounds. Daylani Ballena Was the other Thunderbird in double figures as she finished with 12 points. Cherita Daugherty played a balanced game for SUU, finishing with seven points, 10 rebounds and three assists.
Montana State quickly got to work building a lead in the first quarter as the Bobcats pulled ahead by as many as 10 in the opening period. That lead continued to stretch before halftime as MSU went into the locker room up 17 points. Southern Utah appeared to have some momentum in the third quarter when a 7-2 run trimmed the deficit to 12, but Montana State quickly rebuilt its lead and went up by as many as 24 in the final quarter.
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