Card women suffer first SWAC loss
• WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
EPHRAIM, Utah - Snow sophomore point guard Erica Martinez scored a game-high 27 points as the Snow Badgers upset ninth-ranked North Idaho College 78-75 in overtime in a Scenic West Athletic Conference women's basketball game Saturday.
With the game tied at 65, Martinez hit a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds remaining. On its ensuing possession, NIC went the length of the floor as freshman Katie Buskey hit a running 3-pointer to send the game to overtime tied at 68.
NIC led most of overtime, but Martinez struck again, hitting a 3-pointer to give Snow a 77-75 lead with less than a minute remaining. Snow forward Danielle Lockhart added a free-throw with 8 seconds remaining to give the Badgers a 78-75 lead.
A late 3-point attempt bounced off the back of the rim by NIC, snapping its 11 game win streak.
Julia Salmio scored 21 points for NIC, which shot 27 of 78 from the field. Snow was 29 of 47 for 61.7 percent.
NIC (17-3, 6-1) travels to Southern Idaho (10-11, 2-4) on Saturday. Southern Idaho lost to Salt Lake 55-47 in Saturday's other women's SWAC game.
NORTH IDAHO
Katie Buskey 4-14 0-2 10, Korina Baker 3-17 6-8 13, Aimee Durbidge 3-10 1-1 6, Julia Salmio 9-14 2-2 21, Ashleigh Kelman-Poto 2-9 3-4 8, Tori Davenport 0-2 0-0 0, Dani Kastrava 0-2 0-0 0, Mollie Kramer 0-0 0-0 0, Hannah Love 3-4 0-0 6, Danika Johnson 3-6 2-2 9. Totals 27-78 14-19 75.
Kelsi Wells 6-6 3-4 16, Danielle Lockhart 6-10 6-8 18, Jordi Wilden 1-1 0-0 2, Erica Martinez 11-20 0-0 27, Kaitlyn Diaz 3-5 3-6 10, Becca Rees 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Vincent 0-1 0-0 0, Tori McGrath 0-1 0-0 0, Cassie Holmes 2-2 0-0 4, Vika Havili 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 29-47 13-20 78.
Halftime - Snow 41-36. 3-point goals - NIC 7-18 (Buskey 2-6, Baker 1-2, Durbidge 1-1, Salmio 1-1, Kelman-Poto 1-4, Kastrava 0-1, Love 0-1, Johnson 1-2), Snow 7-14 (Wells 1-1, Martinez 5-11, Diaz 1-1, McGrath 0-1). Rebounds - NIC 26 (Johnson 7), Snow 32 (Lockhart 8). Assists - NIC 12 (Buskey, Baker 4), Snow 15 (Martinez 5). Team fouls - NIC 20, Snow 18. Fouled out - Diaz.
• MEN’S BASKETBALL
Snow 81
North Idaho 78
EPHRAIM, Utah — Travis Wilkins scored a team-high 28 on 10-of-14 shooting from the field and 6 of 9 from beyond the 3-point line as the Snow Badgers beat the 12th-ranked Cardinals in a men’s Scenic West Athletic Conference game.
“He just killed us tonight,” NIC coach Jared Phay said of Wilkins. “He played really well.”
With a chance to tie the game and no timeouts, NIC attempted to go the length of the court, but a shot by Keon Lewis came up short and the Cardinals were unable to get another attempt.
“We had a couple shooters on the court, so we went with it,” Phay said. “Keon took a tough shot, but couldn’t get a good look at that point.”
Sophomore guard Antoine Hosley had 29 points on 5-of-8 shooting from beyond the 3-point line for NIC (18-4, 4-3 SWAC), which travels to Southern Idaho next Saturday.
Southern Idaho beat Salt Lake 82-80 in Saturday’s other SWAC men’s game.
“We’ve just got to focus on getting better,” Phay said. “I thought we played better than last night (Friday). Life on the road is tough for us right now. We’ll do what we can do next week and get back home for a few weeks.”
• WRESTLING
North Idaho 29
Western Wyoming 11
POWELL, Wyo. — The Cardinals won 8 of the final 9 matches to defeat Western Wyoming in the Apodoca Duals hosted by Northwest College on Saturday.
“We got behind in a few matches, but those guys battled to get back into it,” NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said.
Justin Gillespie won by major decision over Trey Kirk 16-4 at heavyweight for NIC, which travels to Yakima Valley on Monday. Gillespie took over for Matthew Foxworthy, who didn’t return after the winter break due to grades.
“Justin is looking good at heavyweight,” Whitcomb said. “He’s done a nice job taking over for Matt. It was good to get two wins on the road.”
125 — Richard Serna, WW, by forfeit. 133 — Caleb Walker, WW, p. Mike Carreon, 2:52. 141 — Jarrett Morrill, NIC, d. Justin Luna, 3-2. 149 — Derrick Booth, NIC, d. Jordan Schroeder, 9-4. 157 — Ryan Zumwalt, NIC, md. Ross Talyor, 16-2. 165 — W.V. Meyer, NIC, d. Dylan Bushby, 3-2. 174 — Kyle Sweedman, NIC, d. Shawn Seppala, 9-2. 184 — Caleb Rivera, NIC, p. Riley Argyle, 6:29. 197 — Justin Korthuis, NIC, d. Simas Norkus, 14-11. 285 — Justin Gillespie, NIC, md. Trey Kirk, 16-4.
• SOFTBALL
NIC was still in action at the Kickoff Classic in Henderson, Nev., as the Press went to press.