NOTES: Northern Arizona 73, Fresno State 52
11/20/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game Notes: Fresno State at Northern Arizona
• Fresno State junior guard Julien Lewis scored 12 points for his third consecutive game with at least 10 points.
• Fresno State outrebounded NAU 16-11 in the 1st half, including 10 offensive boards. NAU outrebounded Fresno State 23-15 in the second half.
• Fresno State made 9 of its first 10 free throw attempts and finished 20-for-27 at the free throw line.
• Fresno State was limited to just 7-of-22 shooting (31.8%) in the first half, including 0-for-4 from beyond the 3-point arc. Fresno State made 42.9 percent of its field goals in the second half to finish 37.2 percent for the game, but did not make a single 3-pointer (0-for-9). This was the first time that the Bulldogs did not convert a 3-pointer since a 2013 win over Wyoming.
• Fresno State was held without a field goal for the first 11 minutes of the game, but did make 9-of-10 at the free throw line during that period. The previous longest game-opening stretch that the Bulldogs did not score a field goal was a 9:51 scoreless start in a 76-39 loss at Utah State on March 1, 2010.
• NAU's Aaseem Dixon scored 20 first-half points to lead all Lumberjacks, who shot 59.1% from the field in the opening half. Dixon finished with 30 points - the first Bulldog opponent since Boise State's Derrick Marks scored 30 points on Jan. 23, 2013.
