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Northern Arizona visits CSU Northridge after White’s 30-point outing

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (1-9) at CSU Northridge Matadors (5-4, 1-1 Big West)

Northridge, California; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Arizona faces CSU Northridge after Naomi White scored 30 points in Northern Arizona’s 95-53 win over the Park (AZ) Buccaneers.

The Matadors have gone 4-1 at home. CSU Northridge leads the Big West in rebounding, averaging 39.7 boards. Jite Gbemuotor leads the Matadors with 6.6 rebounds.

The Lumberjacks are 0-5 on the road. Northern Arizona ranks seventh in the Big Sky with 32.2 rebounds per game led by Madison Watts averaging 6.2.

CSU Northridge is shooting 39.0% from the field this season, 6.3 percentage points lower than the 45.3% Northern Arizona allows to opponents. Northern Arizona averages 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than CSU Northridge allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rita Nazario is shooting 46.5% and averaging 14.2 points for the Matadors. Morgan Edwards is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers.

White is averaging 23 points and 1.8 steals for the Lumberjacks. Simone Morris is averaging 7.5 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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