NIC Basketball Roundup January 4, 2010

| January 4, 2011 8:00 PM

• WOMEN

COOLIDGE, Ariz. - Kama Griffitts connected with 4 of her 7 3-point shots and finished with 29 points to pace the North Idaho College Cardinals to a 80-73 win over NJCAA powerhouse Central Arizona on Monday.

"It was an awesome game," NIC coach Chris Carlson said. "They were telling me that Central (11-3) hasn't lost here very much over the years, and we played out our our mind."

Central Arizona, ranked fifth in the latest NJCAA poll, had a 14-point lead early before the Cardinals (12-2) battled back.

"We tied it with a minute to go on Kama's rainbow 3," Carlson said. "Then we got a couple of stops to put it away."

North Idaho is back in action tonight, facing Chandler-Gilbert in Chandler, Ariz.

NORTH IDAHO

Camille Reynolds 7-16 3-4 18, Korina Baker 2-4 3-4 8, Shakiana Edwards-Tealey 0-4 2-2 2, Kama Griffitts 9-19 7-11 29, Tugce Canitez 7-14 0-0 15, Chantal Divilbis 2-3 0-0 4, Amy Warbrick 0-0 0-0 0, Julia Salmio 0-0 0-0 0, Amanda Carlton 0-0 0-0 0, Deanna Dotts 2-6, 0-0 4. Totals 29-66 15-21 80.

CENTRAL ARIZONA

Tamara Phillip 8-15 0-0 16, September Offutt 1-2 0-0 2, Ashley Mitchell 9-25 8-10 26, Brianna Johnson 5-11 2-7 12, Sancheon White 4-11 0-1 9, Katrina Salinas 0-2 0-0 0, Shanice Butler 0-1 0-0 0, Katrina Ottesen 0-3 0-0 0, Jasmine Beverly 4-6 0-0 8, Jelesia Gray 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-77 10-18 73.

Halftime - North Idaho 39-36. 3-point goals - NIC 7-13 (Reynolds 1-3, Baker 1-1, Edwards-Teasley 0-1, Griffitts 7-7, Canitez 0-1). Cent Ariz - 1-5 (White 1-3, Ottesen 0-2). Rebounds - NIC 41 (Dotts 10). Cent. Ariz - (Phillip 11). Assists - NIC 8 (Griffitts 3). Cent Ariz 8 (Mitchell 4). Team fouls - NIC 19, Cent. Ariz 16. Fouled out - none.

• MEN

North Idaho 91

Columbia Basin 73

COEUR d'ALENE - Michael Hale poured in 20 points to go along with eight assists and eight rebounds and host North Idaho built on a 14-point halftime lead to beat Columbia Basin College.

Deandre Taylor added 13 points and Nick Fromm 10 points and four rebounds for the Cardinals (15-2), who face College of Southern Idaho on Saturday in Twin Falls.

North Idaho outrebounded Columbia Basin 49-30, and held a 18-9 second-chance point edge.

Former Lake City standout Wes Beusan connected on 5 of 7 from the floor and finished with 12 points for Columbia Basin.

Jordan Poynor led the Hawks with 19 points.

NORTH IDAHO

Deandre Taylor 4-8 3-3 13, Nate Clinton 1-2 0-0 3, Zach Peterson 1-6 0-1 2, Ameer Shamsud-Din 3-6 1-2 8, Jake Owsley 4-4 1-2 9, Michael Hale 6-11 8-12 20, Charlie Gouin 0-0 0-0 0, Idris Lasisi 3-10 2-2 9, Nick Fromm 4-8 2-4 10, Connow White 0-0 0-2 0, Tyrone White 0-5 3-4 3, Abebe Dimissie 0-0 3-4 3, Anthony Diloreto 5-6 1-2 11. Totals 31-66 24-38 91.

COLUMBIA BASIN

Zach Poteet 0-0 0-0 0, Roman Pruneda-Garza 2-3 3-4 7, Mitchell Jones 4-10 3-4 14, Matt Borup 0-0 0-0 0, Mark Wilson 0-3 3-4 3, Juan De La Gara 0-1 0-1 0, Austin Wassmuth 1-1 0-0 3, Jordan Poynor 6-20 4-4 19, Roland Barbaza 0-0 0-0 0, Daniel Igbinoba 3-6 0-1 7, Jeren Sinsel 3-9 2-2 8, Spencer Bolt 0-0 0-0 0, Wes Beusan 5-7 2-3 12, Brady Haynes 0-1 0-0 0. totals 24-61 17-22, 73.

Halftime - NIC 48-34. 3-point goals - NIC 5-23 (Taylor 2-5, Clinton 1-2, Peterson 0-4, Shamsud-Din 1-2, Hale 0-2, Lasisi 1-5, Fromm 0-1, T. White 0-2). CB 8-19 (Jones 3-6, De La Garza 0-1, Wassmuth 1-1, Poyner 3-9, Igbinoba 1-2). Rebounds - NIC 49 (Hale 8) CB 30 (Sinsel 5). Assists - NIC 17 (Hale 8), CB 10 (Pruneda-Garza 7). Team fouls - NIC 20, CB 23. Fouled out - CB Pruneda-Garza.