Northwest Notes
Registration for NIC 3-on-3 tourney now open
Basketball players are encouraged to register teams now for the Coeur d'Alene Shootout, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament to be held on Aug. 24-25 on North Idaho College's main campus.
The Coeur d'Alene Shootout is a double-elimination tournament with standard half-court games played to 20 points or 25 minutes.
Players in grades 3-12 will be placed in boys' and girls' divisions and will be placed in the bracket of the oldest player on the team. For the men's division, the team will be placed in the bracket of the youngest player.
Cost is $110 per team and includes a T-shirt. Entries must be received by Aug. 19.
Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and the number of teams will be limited. Registration forms are available at The Sports Cellar, located at 402 Sherman Ave., or can be downloaded at www.nicathletics.com.
Once determined, brackets will be posted to the NIC athletics website.
Information: (208) 769-5975 or www.nicathletics.com.
Verlin adds three
to men's roster
MOSCOW - Idaho men's basketball coach Don Verlin has strengthened his roster for the 2013-14 season with three additions.
Roberto Asencio, a transfer from Des Moines Area Community College, Patrick Ball, a freshman from Franklin High in Seattle and Jordan Scott, a freshman from Lewis-Pamler High in Colorado Springs, Colo., will join the team this fall.
Asencio, a 6-foot-10, 245 pound center, averaged 2.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2012-13. He shot 47.9 percent from the field, and added. 0.5 blocks and 0.6 assists per game.
Ball, a 6-3 guard, was an All-League and All-State selection at Franklin High, where he was also an honor roll student.
Scott, a 6-6, 200 pound small forward, averaged 18 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game as a senior, leading his team to back-to-back state 4A championships and a 52-4 record. Scott's older brother Josh plays at Colorado and both of his parents were student-athletes at Air Force, his mother playing basketball and his father playing football.
The three are part of a nine-player incoming class, joining Paulin Mpawe, Mike Scott, Bira Seck, Sekou Wiggs, Ayodele Ojo and Perrion Callendret.
The Vandals will play a final season in the Western Athletic Conference in 2013-14 before moving to the Big Sky Conference starting in 2014-15.