2024–25 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team

2024–25 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
2024–25 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	12–5 (3–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Loree Payne (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Kellee Barney; TJ Harris; Ryan Freeman;
Home arena	Rolle Activity Center; Findlay Toyota Court
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana State	8	–	0	1.000	18	–	2	.900
Northern Arizona	7	–	1	.875	16	–	5	.762
Idaho	6	–	2	.750	14	–	5	.737
Weber State	4	–	3	.571	7	–	10	.412
Sacramento State	3	–	4	.429	10	–	10	.500
Montana	3	–	5	.375	7	–	12	.368
Idaho State	2	–	5	.286	7	–	11	.389
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	.250	9	–	10	.474
Eastern Washington	2	–	6	.250	6	–	14	.300
Portland State	1	–	6	.143	4	–	12	.250

† 2025 Big Sky tournament winner As of January 25, 2025

The 2024–25 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represents Northern Arizona University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lumberjacks, led by eighth-year head coach Tammi Reiss, played their non-conference home games at the Rolle Activity Center, and play their conference games at Findlay Toyota Court, both in Flagstaff, Arizona, as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Lumberjacks finished the 2023–24 season 25–10, 15–3 in Big Sky play, to finish in second place.^[1] They defeated Sacramento State^[2] and Montana,^[3] before falling to top-seeded Eastern Washington in the Big Sky tournament championship game.^[4] They received an automatic bid into the WNIT,^[5] where they would fall to South Dakota in the second round.^[6]

Roster

2024–25 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Allie Cummins	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Carondelet High School	Concord, California
G/F	2	Nyah Moran	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	King High School	Riverside, California
G	5	Taylor Feldman	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Crean Lutheran High School	Tustin, California
F	10	Ceren Oturakci	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Fr	Çankaya	Ankara, Turkey
G	11	Audrey Taylor	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Timberline High School	Boise, Idaho
F	12	Sophie Glancey	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Timberline High School	Boise, Idaho
F	13	Ava Schmidt	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Eastlake High School	Sammamish, Washington
G	15	Leia Beattie	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Montana State	Midland, Texas
G/F	22	Olivia Moran	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	King High School	Riverside, California
F	23	Talo Li-Uperesa	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Cal State Northridge	San Francisco, California
G	24	Reilly Clark	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Catalina Foothills High School	Tucson, Arizona
G/F	30	Faith Curry	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Liberty High School	Bakersfield, California
F	33	Saniyah Neverson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	PHH Prep	Surprise, Arizona

Head coach

Loree Payne (Washington)

Assistant coach(es)

Kellee Barney (Idaho)
TJ Harris (Great Falls)
Ryan Freeman (Florida)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 11, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 11:00 a.m., MW Network	at New Mexico	W 80–78	1–0	17 – Glancey	8 – Glancey	7 – Beattie	The Pit (5,114) Albuquerque, NM
November 7, 2024* 12:00 p.m., MW Network	at UNLV	L 71–85	1–1	18 – tied	10 – Glancey	6 – Beattie	Thomas & Mack Center (803) Paradise, NV
November 11, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Fort Lewis	W 101–68	2–1	18 – N. Moran	13 – O. Moran	8 – Taylor	Rolle Activity Center (353) Flagstaff, AZ
November 17, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pacific	W 68–63	3–1	24 – Glancey	8 – Neverson	8 – Beattie	Alex G. Spanos Center (522) Stockton, CA
November 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona	W 92–75	4–1	22 – N. Moran	15 – Neverson	5 – tied	Rolle Activity Center (487) Flagstaff, AZ
November 23, 2024* 6:00 p.m., MW Network	at Colorado State	W 84–80	5–1	25 – Feldman	12 – Feldman	6 – Feldman	Moby Arena (1,354) Fort Collins, CO
November 28, 2024* 1:30 p.m., BallerTV	vs. James Madison St. Pete Showcase	W 85–83 ^OT	7–1	21 – Glancey	12 – Glancey	6 – Feldman	Tampa Prep^[7] (173) Tampa, FL
November 30, 2024* 11:00 a.m., BallerTV	vs. Tulane St. Pete Showcase	W 87–70	7–1	17 – Glancey	10 – Glancey	4 – Beattie	Tampa Prep (212) Tampa, FL
December 4, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	Oral Roberts Big Sky–Summit League Challenge	W 87–80	8–1	22 – Glancey	14 – Neverson	7 – N. Moran	Rolle Activity Center (902) Flagstaff, AZ
December 7, 2024* 10:00 a.m., MidcoSN+	at South Dakota Big Sky–Summit League Challenge	L 79–84	8–2	31 – Feldman	10 – Glancey	4 – tied	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,423) Vermillion, SD
December 14, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	San Francisco	W 92–83	9–2	18 – N. Moran	7 – Neverson	4 – Feldman	Rolle Activity Center (402) Flagstaff, AZ
December 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., MW Network	at Fresno State	L 55–66	9–3	26 – Glancey	10 – Glancey	4 – Beattie	Save Mart Center Fresno, CA
December 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Grand Canyon	L 70–79	9–4	25 – Feldman	9 – tied	3 – tied	Global Credit Union Arena (1,689) Phoenix, AZ
Big Sky regular season
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Idaho State	W 79–71	10–4 (1–0)	18 – tied	9 – Glancey	4 – Glancey	Reed Gym (816) Pocatello, ID
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Weber State	W 92–78	11–4 (2–0)	22 – O. Moran	14 – Glancey	5 – Beattie	Dee Events Center (472) Ogden, UT
January 9, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Montana	W 65–46	12–4 (3–0)	24 – Feldman	12 – Neverson	3 – Feldman	Findlay Toyota Court (347) Flagstaff, AZ
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Montana State	L 81–87	12–5 (3–1)	21 – Glancey	13 – Glancey	5 – Feldman	Findlay Toyota Court (512) Flagstaff, AZ
January 16, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Sacramento State						Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
January 18, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Portland State						Viking Pavilion Portland, OR
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Eastern Washington						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
January 25, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	Idaho						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Colorado						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
February 3, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Weber State						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
February 6, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Montana State						Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Montana						Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland State						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Sacramento State						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Idaho						ICCU Arena Moscow, ID
February 22, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Eastern Washington						Reese Court Cheney, WA
March 1, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northern Colorado						Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO
March 3, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Idaho State						Findlay Toyota Court Flagstaff, AZ
Big Sky tournament
March 8–12, 2025 ESPN+	vs.						Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[8]^[9]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Nahal, Jahson (March 14, 2024). "Sac State women's basketball falls in Big Sky Tournament second round". The State Hornet. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Kimmel, Slim (March 13, 2024). "Montana Lady Griz come up short in Big Sky Conference semifinals against Northern Arizona". Montana Sports. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Blanchette, John (March 13, 2024). "'Your dreams aren't too big': Eastern Washington women reach first NCAA Tournament since 1987". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ "Postseason WNIT officials release 48-team field for 2024 event". WNIT Pre and Post Tournament. March 17, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ Fernandez, Jonathan (March 27, 2024). "South Dakota women's basketball team defeats Northern Arizona, advances to WNIT Super 16". Argus Leader. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ "2024 St. Pete Showcase DI Women's Basketball Tournament Moves to Tampa". Tampa Bay Sports Commission. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ "Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[2] Nahal, Jahson (March 14, 2024). "Sac State women's basketball falls in Big Sky Tournament second round". The State Hornet. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[3] Kimmel, Slim (March 13, 2024). "Montana Lady Griz come up short in Big Sky Conference semifinals against Northern Arizona". Montana Sports. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[4] Blanchette, John (March 13, 2024). "'Your dreams aren't too big': Eastern Washington women reach first NCAA Tournament since 1987". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[5] "Postseason WNIT officials release 48-team field for 2024 event". WNIT Pre and Post Tournament. March 17, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[6] Fernandez, Jonathan (March 27, 2024). "South Dakota women's basketball team defeats Northern Arizona, advances to WNIT Super 16". Argus Leader. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[7] "2024 St. Pete Showcase DI Women's Basketball Tournament Moves to Tampa". Tampa Bay Sports Commission. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[8] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[9] "Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

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