Sacramento State falls to 6-11 on the year and 1-4 in the Big Sky, while Northern Arizona improves to 14-6 and 4-1 in conference.

Junior guard Kim Sheehy scored a team-high 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting, while Stephanie Cherry added 10 points and dished out a team-high five assists.

It was Sheehy’s three first-half three-pointers that helped the Hornets build their 36-30 halftime lead. With a 13-12 advantage at the 10:30 mark in the first half, Sacramento State drained three treys in less than a minute to establish a 22-12 lead. In that span, Sheehy sank two, while senior Lindsay Calmettes added the third with all three assists coming from Cherry.

The Hornets were able to maintain their lead through the rest of the first half, shooting 73.7 percent from the floor, including 6-of-7 from beyond the three-point line.

Sacramento State opened the second half with Cherry’s second three-pointer of the game, but saw its lead chipped away to just 39-38 with 16:27 left after the Lumberjacks’ Kim Winkfield converted two free throws.

Sacramento State’s last lead of the game, 47-46, came at the 10:22 mark, before Northern Arizona went on a 18-2 run to take its first double digit lead of the game, 64-49, with 4:49 remaining. In the five-minute span, the Hornets only bucket came from sophomore guard Ali Mollet, while the Lumberjacks scored on seven consecutive possessions including two three-pointers from Winkfield. The Hornets shot just 23.8 percent from the floor in the final 20 minutes.

Winkfield finished the game with 16 points and five rebounds, while dishing out a game-high eight assists. Wahl added 16 points and six rebounds. Also scoring in double figures for Northern Arizona was Sade Cunningham and Sandra Viksryte, who added 11 points apiece.

After playing it last three Big Sky games on the road, Sacramento State returns to the Hornets Nest next week, hosting Eastern Washington at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday and Portland State at 2:05 p.m. on Saturday.