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FLAGSTAFF -- Northern Arizona pushed Northern Colorado to the final minute but came up short on Senior Night in a 62-56 loss at the Rolle Activity Center on Saturday.
The Lumberjacks honored four seniors prior to the final home game of the 2010-11 season, acknowledging Tiffany Amos, Jenna Galloway, Melissa Spaich, and Vickie Tone.
NAU (10-18, 5-10 Big Sky) led 56-54 with just under three minutes to play, aided by a 44 percent effort in the second half and 5-of-9 (56 percent) shooting from 3-point range.
The Lumberjacks had been down 35-25 early in the second half, but a 15-0 run put the women up by five points with just under 12 minutes to play. Northern Colorado came back to tie the score at 40-all and then took a five-point lead before NAU rallied to tie it at 56-all.
The women were outscored 8-0 to end the game.
Amos turned in her best performance of the season in her final home game as a Lumberjack, posting 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field.
"We wanted to close things out with a win, but we it was a good effort against one of the better teams in the Big Sky," said NAU coach Laurie Kelly. "We had a great senior class this season with a lot of young players returning. Hopefully the team can benefit from the leadership our seniors showed this year and continue to make improvements."
