Cardinal women fall in opener
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
TWIN FALLS - Kalasia Green scored 19 points to lead the Mesa (Ariz.) Thunderbirds past the fourth-ranked North Idaho College Cardinals in the season opener for both Friday at the Gordon Paving/Gold Gym's Invitational at the College of Southern Idaho.
Trailing in the final eight seconds, NIC point guard Korina Baker drove to the basket for a go-ahead layup, but was whistled for stepping out of bounds.
"We missed a couple free throws, but held the ball for the final seven seconds," NIC coach Chris Carlson said. "The refs said she (Korina) stepped out of bounds. It was hard to tell from where I was. I thought she was in, but we had our chances."
Angela Woods and Julia Salmio scored 16 points apiece for NIC, which will conclude the tournament today against Gillette (Wyo.) College.
NORTH IDAHO
Angela Woods 6-11 0-0 16, Katie Buskey 3-5 0-1 6, Tori Davenport 1-1 0-0 2, Shanee McBride 0-0 0-0 0, Korina Baker 2-7 2-5 7, Dani Kastrava 0-0 0-0 0, Aimee Durbridge 2-7 1-2 7, Julia Salmio 6-10 2-2 16, Mollie Kramer 0-1 0-0 0, Hannah Love 0-1 0-2 0, Danika Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Ashleigh Kelman-Poto 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-48 5-12 54.
MESA
Kalasia Green 8-13 1-2 19, Makelle Page 0-0 0-0 0, Ariel Begaye 0-1 0-0 0, Isidora Perisic 2-3 0-0 5, Nikki Buck 0-0 0-0 0, Kourtni Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Alli Gloyd 4-11 2-3 8, Haley Vernard 4-9 0-4 8, Jade Wilson 0-4 1-2 1, Rachael Tozier 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 8-17 55.
Halftime - NIC 34-27. 3-point goals - NIC 9-16 (Woods 4-5, Baker 1-1, Durbridge 2-3, Salmio 2-3, Kramer 0-1), Mesa 3-6 (Green 2-2, Perisic 1-2, Locke 0-2). Rebounds - NIC 33 (Salmio 7), Mesa 36 (Gloyd 8). Assists - NIC 13 (Buskey 4), Mesa 12 (Locke 6). Total fouls - NIC 17, Mesa 16. Fouled out - Salmio.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
North Idaho 83
La Jolla Prep 59
TWIN FALLS - Antoine Hosley scored a team-high 16 points as the short-handed North Idaho Cardinals beat the La Jolla Prep (Calif.) Waves 83-59 in the Gordon Paving/Gold's Gym Invitational at CSI.
Starting forward Petar Joksimovic injured his ankle during last Saturday's practice and didn't travel with the team. Freshman Cole Luckett could miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered Monday in practice.
"It's been a bad couple days of practice," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "We're hoping to get Petar back by our Thanksgiving tournament, but Cole could be out for the season."
NIC (2-0) faces Phoenix College today in Twin Falls at 3 p.m. (PST).
LA JOLLA PREP
Aaron Valdes 0-1 0-0 0, Darnell Harris 7-19 2-2 18, Darrell Bowie 6-14 3-3 15, Strahinj Gavrilovic 6-15 0-3 12, Tommy Hobbs 0-0 0-2 0, Mike Vankirk 0-2 0-0 0, Quincy Smith 3-11 6-10 12, Jarion Henry 0-2 0-0 0, Ronalds Elkskins 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 23-66 11-20 59.
NORTH IDAHO
Jordan McCloud 4-9 2-2 11, Antoine Hosley 7-19 0-0 16, Conner White 3-7 0-0 9, Kwame Bates 3-12 0-0 7, Casey Ward 0-0 1-2 1, Keon Lewis 3-11 5-6 12, Michael Middlebrooks 6-10 0-3 12, Edrico McGregor 6-9 0-0 12, Joel Underdahl 0-0 0-2 0, Kaj Sherman 1-2 1-4 3. Totals 33-79 9-19 83.
Halftime - NIC 45-26. 3-point goals - LJ 2-14 (Valdes 0-1, Harris 2-9, Bowie 0-1, Gavrilovic 0-1, Smith 0-1, Henry 0-1), NIC 8-24 (McCloud 1-1, Hosley 2-6, White 3-7, Bates 1-6, Lewis 1-4). Rebounds - LJ 46 (Harris 12), NIC 52 (Middlebrooks, McGregor 9). Assists - LJ 8 (Henry 4), NIC 14 (Lewis 6). Team fouls - LJ 17, NIC 17. Fouled out - Sherman.
WRESTLING
North Idaho 21
SW Oregon 15
COOS BAY, Ore. - Bryce McMahon scored a late takedown at 149 pounds as North Idaho College beat Southwestern Oregon.
NIC (2-2) competes in the Best of the West tournament in Ashland, Ore., today and Sunday.
NORTH IDAHO 21, SW OREGON 15
125 - Joaquin Calderon, NIC, md. Coby Horner, 10-0. 133 - Cartice Lloyd, SO, d. Mike Carreron, 5-3. 141 - Jarrett Morill, NIC, d. Bobby Short, 10-3. 149 - Bryce McMahon, NIC, d. Joseph Gardner, 8-6. 157 - Ryan Zumwalt, NIC, md. Tyler Strenke, 11-1. 165 - Saul Soto, SO, d. Ricky LaBelle, 19-7. 174 - Kyle Sweedman, NIC, md. Kris Newport, 14-5. 184 - Ryland Geiger, SO, d. Justin Korthuis, 11-9. 197 - Bo Younker, SO, tf. Justin Gillespie, 18-3. 285 - Matthew Foxworthy, NIC, d. Johnathon Hatch, 9-3.