Idaho At Northern Arizona

Tipoff: Idaho (10-12, 4-6 Big Sky) tangles with the player-depleted Lumberjacks (4-18, 1-10) at 6:35 p.m. PST at Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff.

At a glance Four NAU players have quit this season and another, starting wing Tootie Green, was recently suspended. And forward Scott Taylor (11.6 points, 6.3 rebounds) is sidelined by a knee injury. Thus, NAU has added a couple of players - Ray Flores, a 6-foot-4 tight end off NAU’s football team, and Russ Marter, who played sparingly last year. … Idaho has defeated NAU 15 straight times - the last five games by two, one, two, six and two points. “I wouldn’t mind if this one followed that same scenario,” UI coach Joe Cravens joked. A victory earns Idaho its 17th consecutive trip to the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

Key players: Idaho - Reggie Rose, 13.7 ppg, 3 apg; Harry Harrison, 10.2 rpg. NAU Charles Thomas, 12.1 ppg, 3.9 apg; Brent Bowden, 3.9 rpg.

Radio: KPRL (1400 AM Moscow), KVNI (1080 AM Coeur d’Alene) with Tom Morris.

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