NIC women capture Holiday Classic title

| December 31, 2012 8:00 PM

LONGVIEW, Wash. - Angela Woods hit 5 of 9 from behind the arc and finished with 20 points and four rebounds to help the North Idaho College Cardinals beat the Centralia College Lady Blazers 65-43 in the women's basketball championship game at the Lower Columbia Holiday Classic on Sunday at Myklebust Gymnasium.

Hannah Love added 11 points and six rebounds and Katie Buskey finished with seven points and three boards for NIC (17-0), which faces Scenic West Athletic Conference foe Snow College on Satuday in Ephraim, Utah.

NORTH IDAHO

Angela Woods 7-12 1-1 20, Katie Buskey 1-4 5-6 7, Jansen Butler 0-0 0-0 0, Tori Davenport 0-4 0-0 0,Kabri Emerson 4-5 0-0 8, Georgia Stirton 0-2 0-0 0, Aimee Durbidge 1-5 1-2 4, Renae Mokrzycki 1-3 2-5 4, Mollie Kramer1-6 0-0 2, Hannah Love 4-6 3-6 11, Maggie Kirscher 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 22-54 15-23 65.

CENTRALIA

Shanae Sauls 0-6 0-0 0, Danielle Tanaka 0-0 0-0 0, Karina Gee 0-0 0-0 0, Italia Mengarelli 2-4 4-8 9, Leah Davis 4-10 0-0 8, Kyahri Adams 0-4 1-2 1, Kristen Schoenherr 6-9 2-2 14, Sabra Sproul 0-8 1-2 1, Ali Brossard 1-3 0-0 2, Totals 17-52 8-16 43.

Halftime - NIC 30-24. 3-point goals - Cent, 1-7 (Mengarelli 1-1, Davis 0-2, Sproul 0-3, Brossard 0-1), NIC 6-22 (Woods 5-9, Buskey 0-3, Stirtin 0-2, Durbridge 1-2, Kramer 0-3). Rebounds - Cent, 32 (Schoenherr 5), NIC 45 (Mokrzycki 8). Assists - Cent, 9 (Sauls 3), NIC 16 (Stirtin 6). Team fouls - Cent, 23, NIC 17.Fouled out - Cent, Mengarelli, NIC, Stirtin.