Cardinal men now one win from SWAC title
MEN'S BASKETBALL
TWIN FALLS - B.J. Sherry totaled 21 points, 17 rebounds, five blocked shots and two steals as North Idaho College knocked off Southern Idaho for the second day in a row, 74-65 in Scenic West Athletic Conference play Saturday.
Renado Parker added 19 points and eight boards for NIC (24-4, 14-4 SWAC), which leads Eastern Utah by one game in the conference.
Dennis Mikelonis scored 18 of his 22 points in the first half for CSI (18-10, 10-8).
NIC's men and women play host to Eastern Utah on Thursday and Colorado Northwestern on Saturday to wrap up the regular season. NIC's men can win the league by beating CEU.
NORTH IDAHO
B.J. Shearry 7-11 7-7 21, Renado Parker 8-12 3-4 19, Taylor Stevens 3-10 2-4 10, Logan Jones 2-2 3-7 7, Idell Bell 2-4 2-2 6, DeAndre Taylor 2-8 0-3 6, Guy-Marc Michel 2-2 1-1 5, Brandon Haas 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Fromm 0-0 0-0 0, Michael Hale 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 26-53 18-28 74.
SOUTHERN IDAHO
Dennis Mikelonis 8-12 1-4 22, Charles Odum 4-14 6-7 15, Byago Diouf 5-12 3-5 14, Pierre Jackson 4-8 2-2 10, Carrick Felix 1-8 0-0 3, Kenny Buckner 0-4 1-4 1, Christian Parker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-58 13-22 65.
Halftime - CSI 33-32. 3-point goals - NIC 4-18 (Taylor 2-7, Stevens 2-6, Bell 0-2, Hale 0-3), CSI 8-23 (Mikelonis 5-8, Odum 1-4, Diouf 1-5, Felix 1-3, Jackson 0-3). Rebounds - NIC 42 (Shearry 17), CSI 32 (Jackson, Buckner8). Assists - NIC 12 (Jones 6), CSI 12 (Jackson 4). Fouled out - Mikelonis, Felix. Total fouls - NIC 20, CSI 21. Technical fouls - none.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Southern Idaho 83
North Idaho 65
TWIN FALLS - The 17th-ranked Cardinals lost to the Golden Eagles for the second straight day, as CSI (20-8, 12-6 SWAC) outscored NIC (21-6, 12-6) 48-23 over the final 18 1/2 minutes.
Daidra Brown scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half for CSI.
Kama Griffitts scored 17 points for NIC, which led by eight points twice in the first half.
NORTH IDAHO
Kama Griffitts 6-11 2-2 17, Tugce Canitez 6-14 1-2 13, Katie Sanders 4-8 1-1 9, Chantel Divilbiss 3-6 0-0 8, Amy Warbrick 2-3 2-2 7, Camille Reynolds 2-3 1-3 5, Sadie Lazzarini 2-4 0-0 4, Kiki Edwards-Teasley 1-7 0-0 2, Amanda Carlton 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 26-60 7-10 65.
SOUTHERN IDAHO
Daidra Brown 8-17 3-5 19, Laurel Kearsley 4-4 5-7 15, Shauneice Samms 4-5 4-6 13, Maddy Plunkett 6-8 1-2 13, Devan Matkin 4-6 1-2 11, Felicity Jones 3-9 0-0 6, Nicole Harper 2-4 0-2 4, Tina Fakahafua 0-2 2-2 2, Kayla Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Kalika Tullock 0-0 0-0 0, Kylie Hardison 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-55 16-26 83.
Halftime - Tied at 33. 3-point goals - NIC 6-16 (Griffitts 3-7, Divilbiss 2-4, Warbrick 1-1, Lazzarini 0-1, Edwards-Teasley 0-1, Carlton 0-1, Canitez 0-1), CSI 5-12 (Matkin 2-2, Kearsley 2-2, Samms 1-1, Fakahafua 0-1, Jones 0-4, Plunkett 0-1, Brown 0-1). Rebounds - NIC 32 (Canitez 14), CSI 36 (Kearsley 9). Assists - NIC 13 (Canitez 5), CSI 17 (Harper 7). Fouled out - Sanders. Total fouls - NIC 20, CSI 12. Technical fouls - Brown.
SOFTBALL
North Idaho 9-9
W. Nevada 2-0
COEUR d'ALENE - Renae Kimbell hit a home run and Amanda Krier went 3 for 3 and drove in four runs in the second game for the Cardinals (16-8, 13-3 SWAC) at Memorial Field.
Jessica Ross drove in three runs in the opener for NIC, which travels to Southern Idaho this Friday and Saturday for a pair of doubleheaders.
FIRST GAME
W. Nevada 000 200 0 - 2 5 4
North Idaho 103 203 x - 9 9 1
Ashley Hall and Anastacia Krieder; Kathy Comack, Jessica Ross (4) and Renae Kimbell. W - Comack. L - Hall.
HITS: WN - Savage, Archinieg 2, Merrell, Krieder. NIC - Maloney 3, Krier, Ross 2, Hartnett, Kimbell, Chestnut. 2B - Maloney. HR - Archiniega, Ross.
SECOND GAME
W. Nevada 000 00 - 0 1 2
North Idaho 234 0x - 9 11 1
Ashley Hall, Jennifer Watkins (4) and Anastacia Krieder; Alyssa Erickson and Renae Kimbell. W - Erickson. L - Hall.
HITS: WN - Krieder. NIC - Hawley 2, Maloney, Krier 3, Hartnett, Kimbell, Stark, Springer 2. 2B - Maloney, Krier. HR - Kimbell.