BOISE, Idaho -- The No. 8-seeded Sacramento State women's basketball looks to build off its first-round victory over Idaho State on Saturday, taking on No. 2 Northern Arizona in the second round of the 2024 Big Sky Conference Tournament on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. PT at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho. Sunday's game marks a rematch of last year's tournament championship game won by the Hornets, 76-63.

GAME #31
BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND
WHAT: No. 8 Sacramento State (6-24 overall) vs. No. 2 Northern Arizona (23-8 overall)
WHEN: Sunday, March 10, 2024
TIME: 1:30 p.m. PT
WHERE: Boise, Idaho
VENUE: Idaho Central Arena
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: Big Sky Conference
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Big Sky Conference

SCOUTING NORTHERN ARIZONA
• The Lumberjacks enter the postseason tournament as the No. 2 seed after finishing 23-8 overall and 15-3 in Big Sky Conference play — just one game back of regular season champion Eastern Washington
• The regular season finish gave Northern Arizona a first-round bye into the second round
• NAU has won its last four straight games entering the postseason, posting victories over Idaho (60-55), Idaho State (89-74), Weber State (73-41), and Northern Colorado (67-61)
• The Lumberjacks haven't lost since a 67-42 defeat at the hands of the first-place Eagles on Feb. 22
• Northern Arizona was equally good on the road (12-4) as it was at home (9-4) and posted a 2-0 mark on a neutral court with wins over Portland (66-65) and Youngstown State (74-70) in Las Vegas after Thanksgiving
• Sophie Glancey leads the team with 15.2 ppg and 7.2 rpg, while shooting .528 from the floor overall
• Two other Lumberjacks are also in double figures: Leia Beattie (11.7 ppg) and Emily Rodabaugh (11.5 ppg) — both of whom share the team lead with 68 three-pointers made
• As a team, Northern Arizona averages 75.9 ppg and shooting .423 from the field overall, while opponents are averaging 70.0 ppg and shoot .420 from the floor
• The Lumberjacks lead the Big Sky in scoring offense, but rank 10th in scoring defense, while also leading the league in rebounding (38.5 rpg) and assists (16.32), while standing third in steals (8.10 spg)

SERIES NOTABLES
• Northern Arizona leads the all-time series with Sacramento State by a 41-19 count according to records that date back to the 1992-93 season
• The two schools split the regular season meetings this year, with each team winning on the other's floor: NAU posted an 83-66 win in Sacramento, with the Hornets winning 82-66 in Flagstaff
• Sunday marks the fourth all-time meeting between the two schools in the Big Sky Conference Tournament with the Lumberjacks posting wins in 2005 (67-58) and 2019 (74-69) and the Hornets winning last year's conference title game by a 76-63 score
• Six of the last seven meetings between the two schools have been decided by 10 points or more with the lone outlier during that stretch an, 84-82, Northern Arizona victory in overtime on Feb. 9, 2023, in Sacramento

HORNET TIP-INS
• No. 8-seeded Sacramento State — the defending Big Sky Tournament champion — advanced to the second round following a 73-55 victory over No. 7-seeded Idaho State in Saturday's first round
• The victory over the Bengals marked the Hornets' fourth consecutive win in the Big Sky Conference Tournament after they went 3-0 in 2023 en route to the program's first-ever tournament championship
• Saturday's win ended a five-game losing streak for Sacramento State heading into the postseason
• The team's last win before that streak? Northern Arizona on Feb. 15 in Flagstaff where the Hornets' posted an 82-66 victory
• Four starters finished in double figures against Idaho State, which improved to 4-0 this year when it has had four-or-more players finish with 10-or-more points
• Sacramento State shot a robust .521 from the field against Idaho State — setting a new team Big Sky Tournament record (previously .469 vs. Portland State on March 7 of last year) and the highest single-game total since shooting .568 (25-for-44) against Santa Clara on Nov. 29
• The Hornets also drained a season-high 13 three-pointers while shooting .542 from beyond the arc in the win over the Bengals, connecting for its second-high percentage of the year (12-for-16, .750 against Santa Clara) and the most makes since they had 13 against Portland State on Feb. 27 of last season
• The 13 three-pointers are tied for the second-most by a Sacramento State team in the Big Sky Tournament, matching the total against Montana State on March 11, 2015
• Sacramento State limited Idaho State to just .281 shooting from the field — a season-low for a Hornet opponent this year and the lowest since holding UC Davis to .278 from the floor on Nov. 22 of last season
• It also marked the 14th time that Sacramento State has held an opponent to under 40 percent shooting from the floor this year
• The 28-point fourth quarter marked the most points scored in ANY quarter by the Hornets this season, surpassing the 26-point first and second quarters at Northern Arizona on Feb. 15
• The seven three-pointers in that fourth quarter also set a new high bar for Sacramento State, surpassing the previous high of four, which had been accomplished seven times
• Sophomore Benthe Versteeg's 12 assists in the first-round win over Idaho State on Saturday gave the native of the Netherlands 201 assists this year, breaking Fantasia Hilliard's single-season school record (197) that had stood since 2015
• The 12 assists were also the most by a Hornet in a Big Sky Tournament game in school history
• Adding in 13 points, Versteeg posted her fifth double-double of the year — all of the points-assists variety
• Her 12 assists on Saturday were the most since she had 13 at Northern Arizona (along with 18 points) on Feb. 15 on the road
• Seven of those 12 assists came in the fourth quarter alone, setting a new single-quarter high
• Versteeg also played all 40 minutes in the win over Idaho State, marking the 10th time this year that she has gone the distance
• The nation's leader in minutes per game, Versteeg ranks second on the school's single-season list with 1,152 minutes, standing just 39 minutes behind Kahlaijah Dean's record of 1,191 minutes played in 2022-23
• This one goes to 11. Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year Summah Hanson extended her double-digit scoring streak to 11 consecutive games, averaging 14.7 ppg and 9.5 rpg while shooting .458 (60-for-131) from the field overall in that stretch
• Hanson's 12 points gave her 419 for the season, putting her 83 shy of breaking onto the school's Division I single-season list and 99 back of the all-time single-season top 10
• Sophomore Irune Orio led all Hornet scorers with 19 points to go with five rebounds against Idaho State — her highest point output since scoring a career-high 22 points against Portland State on Feb. 3
• Orio has reached double figures in each of her last four games, averaging 14.8 ppg in that stretch while shooting .479 (23-for-48) from the field
• True freshman Lina Falk finished with a career-high 17 points and six rebounds in the win over the Bengals on Saturday — her first double-digit scoring performances since chipping in 12 points at Northern Colorado on Feb. 17 and surpassing her previous career high of 15 points at Northern Arizona two days earlier
• It was only the fifth double-digit scoring performance for Falk this season