Northern Arizona University Athletics issued the following announcement on July 30.
The Northern Arizona men's basketball team will take part in the inaugural UTRGV South Padre Island Battle on the Beach, taking on the host University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) on Saturday, Nov. 20.
The Battle on the Beach will be a doubleheader with the Lumberjacks and Vaqueros tipping off at 1 p.m. MST. The second game will feature Texas Tech and Incarnate Word at 4 p.m. MST. Both games will be played at the South Padre Island Convention Centre.
The 'Jacks are 4-1 all-time versus UTRGV and the matchup on South Padre Island will be the first between the teams since a 68-55 Lumberjack victory in 2010. After dropping the initial meeting between the two teams, NAU has won the last four with a pair of five-point victories on the road in 1997 and 2009.
It will be the Lumberjacks' first visit to South Padre Island in school history. Tickets for the UTRGV South Padre Island Battle on the Beach will go on sale through UTRGV closer to the event.
The game on South Padre Island is the second announced by NAU for the upcoming 2021-22 season. The Lumberjacks previously announced their participation in the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix versus San Diego on Saturday, Dec. 18.
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