NIC women stop Storm

| December 29, 2011 8:15 PM

LONGVIEW, Wash. - Katie Buskey and Ashleigh Kelman-Poto scored 15 points apiece as the North Idaho Cardinals rolled past the Seattle Community College Storm 88-35 in the opening round of the Lower Columbia Holiday Classic on Wednesday night.

NIC (8-2) will face Yakima Valley in the semifinals tonight at 6.

NORTH IDAHO

Angela Woods 3-6 1-2 9, Katie Buskey 4-8 6-6 15, Tori Davenport 3-6 1-2 8, Hailey Petit 1-1 0-0 3, Korina Baker 1-5 0-0 2, Dani Kastrava 1-4 2-2 4, Aimee Durbridge 5-11 1-1 12, Julia Salmio 3-10 2-2 9, Mollie Kramer 0-1 0-0 0, Hannah Love 3-4 0-0 6, Danika Johnson 2-5 1-2 5, Ashleigh Kelman-Poto 5-9 4-6 15. Totals 31-70 18-23 88.

SEATTLE

Farrin Phillips 0-2 0-0 0, Colleen Woods 2-6 1-1 6, Taylor Young 0-1 1-2 1, Deja Davis 0-1 0-1 0, Alex Kenney 2-10 1-2 5, Chelsea Drivstuen 0-10 3-4 3, Stephanie Antloquia 0-2 0-0 0, Breanna Carlow 0-2 0-0 0, Shantel Carmichael 1-5 0-0 2, Brianna Green 2-8 4-4 8, Erica Fonzi 1-7 0-0 2, Amanda Rogers 2-6 4-7 8. Totals 1-60 14-21 35.

Halftime - NIC 51-18. 3-point goals - NIC 8-23 (Woods 2-4, Buskey 1-4, Davenport 1-2, Petit 1-1, Baker 0-1, Kastrava 0-1, Durbridge 1-5, Salmio 1-3, Kramer 0-1, Kelman-Poto 1-1), Sea 1-18 (Phillips 0-1, Woods 1-4, Kenny 0-3, Drivstuen 0-3, Antloquia 0-1, Carlow 0-1, Green 0-1, Fonzi 0-1). Rebounds - NIC 50 (Kelman-Poto 9), Sea 47 (Green, Rogers 7). Assists - NIC 17 (Woods, Buskey 4), Sea 4 (Kenney 2). Team fouls - NIC 16, Sea 23. Fouled out - Drivstuen.