The 2023–24 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Lumberjacks, led by seventh-year head coach Loree Payne, split their home games between Rolle Activity Center and Findlay Toyota Court in

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as members of the

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. The Lumberjacks finished the season 25–10, 15–3 in Big Sky play, to finish in second place. They defeated Sacramento State and

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, before falling to top-seeded

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in the Big Sky tournament championship game. They received an automatic bid into the WNIT, where they would fall to

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in the second round.

Previous season

The Lumberjacks finished the 2022–23 season 25–7, 13–5 in Big Sky play, to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the #1 seed in the Big Sky tournament, where they would defeat #9 seed

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in the quarterfinals, and

in the semifinals, before falling to Sacramento State in the championship game. They received an automatic bid into the WNIT, where they lost to

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in the first round.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Northern Arizona Lumberjacks The NAU Lumberjacks are the varsity athletic teams representing Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona in intercollegiate athletics. The school's mascot was adopted in 1946. The Lumberjacks compete in NCAA Division I and are full membe ...

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