Northwest Notes Nov. 29, 2012

NIC women move to

top spot in NJCAA poll

The North Idaho College Cardinals women’s basketball team is the top-ranked team in this week’s NJCAA poll, gathering seven first-place votes.

It is the first time they’ve been ranked No. 1 since the final poll of the 2010-11 season when they won their first national championship.

NIC defeated then 11th-ranked Gillette 62-56 and Sheridan College 64-62 during a road trip to Wyoming last weekend.

NIC (7-0) will host the Community Colleges of Spokane on Friday at 5:30 p.m.

The NIC men, ranked 23rd in last week’s poll, moved up to 21st this week and will host Edmonds Community College on Friday at 7:30 in the opening round of the Bigfoot/Cardinal Classic.