Balanced scoring lifts Cardinal men past CBC

| December 8, 2011 8:15 PM

PASCO, Wash. - Keon Lewis led six North Idaho College Cardinals in double figures with 15 points in a 76-53 nonconference win at Columbia Basin College on Wednesday.

Antoine Hosley and Edrico McGregor had 14 points apiece and Jordan McCloud, Michael Middlebrooks and Kaj Sherman had 10 apiece for NIC (10-1), which faces Walla Walla in the Big Bend tournament on Friday at 3 p.m. in Moses Lake.

NIC shot 13 of 34 from the floor in the first half, but went 15 of 29 in the second half to finish the game at 44.4 percent from the field.

"It was good to win despite not shooting all that well," NIC assistant coach Corey Symons said. "We played good defense tonight. It's nice to get those wins when you don't shoot the ball well."

NIC held Columbia Basin to 16 of 53 shooting in the game.

NORTH IDAHO

Jordan McCloud 3-7 4-4 10, Antoine Hosley 3-8 7-10 14, Connor White 0-7 0-0 0, Kwame Bates 1-7 0-0 3, Casey Ward 0-0 0-0 0, Keon Lewis 6-10 3-5 15, Michael Middlebrooks 5-10 0-2 10, Edrico McGregor 6-8 2-3 14, Joel Underdahl 0-0 0-0 0, Kaj Sherman 4-6 2-2 10. Totals 28-63 18-26 76.

COLUMBIA BASIN

Torin Jones 0-1 1-2 1, Stephen Walter 1-2 0-0 3, Eugene HeavyRunner 4-12 7-8 17, Justin Smith 7-13 0-0 19, Juan De La Garza 0-1 0-0 0, Christian Schrenk 0-2 2-2 2, Steven Pippo 3-12 0-0 7, Steven Ponce 1-2 0-0 3, Daniel Igbinola 0-4 0-0 0, Michael Wilkins 0-2 1-2 1, Brady Haynes 0-2 0-0 0, Spencer Bolt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-53 11-14 53.

Halftime - NIC 31-28. 3-point goals - NIC 2-16 (McCloud 0-1, Hosley 1-4, C. White 0-5, Bates 1-5, Lewis 0-1), CB 10-26 (Jones 0-1, Walter 1-2, HeavyRunner 2-5, Smith 5-11, De La Garza 0-1, Schrenk 0-1, Piippo 1-3, Ponce 1-2). Rebounds - NIC 49 (Middlebrooks 10), CB 29 (Piippo 5). Assists - NIC 16 (Lewis 4), CB 14 (De La Garza 4). Team fouls - NIC 12, CB 18. Fouled out - none.