@unco_mbb Starts Three-Game Road Stretch at Northern Arizona

GREELEY, Colo. – Northern Colorado (7-12, 3-5 Big Sky) pays a visit to Flagstaff, Arizona on Thursday, Jan. 26 for a grudge against Northern Arizona (4-16, 1-6 Big Sky). The Bears will look to sweep the Lumberjacks and end their four-game losing skid in a 6:30 p.m. tip.

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Scouting Northern Colorado (Game Notes)
- UNC suffered its first home sweep of the season, falling to Idaho State (73-69) and Weber State (74-69) by a difference of nine points.
- The Bears are now on a four-game losing streak after last weekend and sit at 1-5 overall in the month of January.
- Northern Colorado is currently 2-2 in Big Sky road games. The game against NAU marks the beginning of a three-game road stretch that ends at North Dakota next Saturday, Feb. 4 in Grand Forks.
- Sophomore guard, Jordan Davis continues to rank among the Big Sky's top scorers, averaging 19.9 ppg, sitting as the fourth-best point producer in the league. DJ Miles (12.7 ppg) and Chaz Glotta (10.9 ppg) are the other two Bears averaging double figures on the season.
- Miles currently sits 15^th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage, averaging 44.7% from beyond the arc.

Scouting Northern Arizona (Game Notes)
- Since UNC topped the Lumberjacks 83-79 in Greeley, Northern Arizona has gone 1-3 with its lone win coming against Portland State 83-76. Overall, they are 4-16 on the season and 1-6 in Big Sky games.
- Northern Arizona was without one of its key players in Ako Kaluna when they visited Greeley, but the team is now back to full health.
- The 'Jacks have three players averaging double figures on the year, led by Mike Green at 12.8 ppg. Jordyn Martin (11.6 ppg) and Marcus DeBerry (10.2 ppg) are the other top scoring options for NAU.
- Northern Arizona sits at 11th in the league in scoring, averaging 66.7 points per game and are shooting 38.1% as a team through 20 games.

Bears' Last Time Out
- Northern Colorado went toe-to-toe with Weber State on Saturday night, but were edged out by the Wildcats 74-69.
- The biggest lead was no more than six points the entire evening as the Bears showed resiliency after a tough-to-swallow loss against Idaho State on Thursday.
- Northern Colorado produced its first lead of the game six minutes into the second half off a junior guard, DJ Miles trey to tip the scales in favor of the Bears at 44-43. For the next 14 minutes, the two teams exchanged the lead eight different times.
- Jordan Davis led all scorers in the loss with 21 points, adding five rebounds and four assists to his stat line. Miles and Chaz Glotta also finished in double figures with 14 and 10 points.
- The Bears finished 48.9% from the field on 23-of-47 shooting and 41.2% from beyond the arc, going 7-of-17.

Depleted Lineup
- Last week the Bears went without starting center, Ibrahim Sylla and he is looking to get over some health complications. Before last week, Sylla had started all but one game for UNC. His return to the lineup is still TBA.
- Saturday Northern Colorado had to scratch Gerad Davis and Mike Ranson to the lineup due to the flu and strep throat. Both are expected to be back for the Bears this week.
- In Sylla's absence, freshman forward, Kai Edwards has been elevated to the starting lineup. UNC also got solid minutes from fellow freshman forward, Roberto Vercellino.

Series History
- UNC and NAU has had a history of close games. In the 26 games the two teams have played in the Bears hold the edge with a 16-10 record.
- Out of the 26 games, 13 of them have been decided by five points or less.
- In those 13 games, the Bears are an impressive 10-3 and have won the last two contests in the series.
- However, Northern Arizona has the edge in games played in Flagstaff with a 7-4 overall record.
- The last time the two teams played, which came less than 20 days ago, DJ Miles notched a UNC Division I record, 10 three-pointers and scored 36 points to help the Bears top the 'Jacks. NAU's Mike Green also reached the 30-point mark, scoring a career-best 31 points.

Radebaugh Recognition
- All season, redshirt freshman guard, Jonah Radebaugh has proved he's been one of the best defenders in the Big Sky.
- In conference games alone, Radebaugh has held Tyler Hall (23.1 ppg season avg.) to 13 points, Ethan Telfair (16.4 ppg season avg.) to 14 points, Jeremy Senglin (20.2 ppg season avg.) to 15 points and Marcus Graves (12.4 ppg season avg.) to 6 points.
- Looking at actual minutes played on opponents, when Radebaugh was guarding Hall and Senglin, two of the best in the Big Sky, Hall was held to four points and Senglin was limited to nine points.

Record Breaker
- Not even two full seasons into his career at UNC, sophomore guard, Jordan Davis will soon add another record to his résumé. Davis currently has 103 assists on the year and is eyeing the Division I single-season record of 106 set by Elliott Lloyd.
- Davis already owns the Division I single-game record for assists with 10 and has moved up to seventh all-time in Division I history in career assists with 169.
- The sophomore also cracked the Top 10 list in Division I career field goals made with 255, ranking him 10th. Davis sits with 378 points on the year and with 11 games to play is on pace to finish with 600 points, making him only the second player in Division I history to record 600 points or more in a season.

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