NIC women top Big Bend in semis

| December 30, 2012 8:00 PM

LONGVIEW, Wash. - Freshman Renae Mokrzycki had 14 points and 14 rebounds to lead the top-ranked North Idaho College women's basketball team past the Big Bend Vikings 61-44 in a semifinal game of the Lower Columbia Holiday Classic on Saturday at Myklebust Gymnasium.

NIC (16-0) will face Centralia in the championship game today at 3 p.m.

Centralia beat Whatcom 55-43 earlier on Saturday.

Katie Buskey scored 12 points and Georgia Stirton had four assists for NIC.

NORTH IDAHO

Angela Woods 2-8 3-4 8, Katie Buskey 4-11 2-3 12, Jansen Butler 0-1 0-0 0, Tori Davenport 1-3 1-3 3, Kabri Emerson 2-3 1-2 5, Georgia Stirton 2-5 2-2 7, Aimee Durbidge 2-5 2-6 6, Renae Mokrzycki 5-11 4-4 14, Mollie Kramer 0-6 1-2 1, Hannah Love 1-5 3-8 5, Maggie Kirscher 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-59 19-34 61.

BIG BEND

Alli Winters 4-20 7-9 18, McKell Marlor 1-1 0-0 3, Sierra Zollinger 2-3 0-0 4, Shaylyn Brown 1-4 1-2 3, Shanelle Hammert 1-3 0-0 2, Emily Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Desirae Hall 0-0 1-2 1, Jessica Sorensen 2-3 2-4 6, Cristina Marlatt 2-6 0-2 5, McKall Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Hannah Smith 1-4 0-0 2, Jazlyn Nielsen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-47 11-19 44.

Halftime - NIC 26-22. 3-point goals - NIC 4-21 (Woods 1-6, Buskey 2-4, Butler 0-1, Stirton 1-3, Durbidge 0-2, Kramer 0-4, Love 0-1), BBCC 5-19 (Winters 3-11, Marlor 1-1, Brown 0-2, Marlatt 1-2, Miller 0-1, Smith 0-2). Rebounds - NIC 49 (Mokrzycki 14), BBCC 35 (Sorensen 9). Assists - NIC 8 (Stirton 4), BBCC 9 (Marlatt 4). Team fouls - NIC 18, BBCC 21. Fouled out - Mokrzycki, Zollinger.