NIC ROUNDUP: Sarbaugh clutch for NIC men
COEUR d'ALENE - Chris Sarbaugh hit a jumper with 32 seconds remaining to give the Cardinals a 62-61 lead, then made the first of two free throws with 2.6 left as ninth-ranked North Idaho College beat Utah State-Eastern 63-61 on Thursday night in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court.
"We had to grind one out," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "They've been playing crazy, but had it under control tonight. They were good. You've got to give a lot of credit to Eastern Utah. We were fortunate to get out of the game with a win."
Keon Lewis scored 17 points and Kaj Sherman had 12 points and eight rebounds for NIC (23-3, 10-1 SWAC), which hosts Colorado Northwestern on Saturday at 5 p.m.
"Kaj, even though he was sick, was a big difference for us tonight," Phay said.
In other SWAC action, Southern Idaho (18-8, 5-6) beat Colorado Northwestern (7-19, 0-11) 87-71 in Twin Falls.
Utah State-Eastern is 12-13, 3-8.
UTAH STATE-EASTERN
Jeff Perkins 2-6 0-0 4, Miles Gatewood 1-3 0-0 3, Al Hadzisehovic 5-6 0-0 10, Jason Timpf 5-8 1-2 12, Dytanya Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Igor Dias 6-9 1-1 14, Ryan Salcedo 3-7 0-0 8, Todd Helgeson 4-6 0-0 8. Totals 27-48 2-3 61.
NORTH IDAHO
Jordan McCloud 2-6 0-0 4, Jalil Abdul-Bassit 1-6 1-2 3, Chris Sarbaugh 3-7 1-2 7, Keon Lewis 5-12 4-4 17, Michael Middlebrooks 6-8 1-2 13, Mikey Hope 0-4 2-2 2, James Webb 2-7 0-0 5, Cole Luckett 0-1 0-0 0, Kaj Sherman 6-9 0-0 12. Totals 25-60 9-12 63.
Halftime - UEU 35-33. 3-point goals - UEU 5-15 (Perkins 0-2, Gatewood 1-3, Timpf 1-4, Dias 1-3, Salcedo 2-3), NIC 4-16 (McCloud 0-1, Abdul-Bassit 0-2, Sarbaugh 0-2, Lewis 3-4, Hope 0-2, Webb 1-4, Luckett 0-1). Rebounds - UEU 23 (Timpf 8), NIC 35 (Sherman 8). Assists - UEU 12 (Salcedo 4), NIC 12 (Lewis 3). Team fouls - UEU 13, NIC 7. Fouled out - none.
* WOMEN
North Idaho 69
USU-Eastern 49
COEUR d'ALENE - Angela Woods made 4 of 6 3-pointers and finished with 12 points to lead the Cardinals (24-2, 9-2 SWAC), ranked fifth in the NJCAA, past the Golden Eagles (13-11, 4-7) at Rolly Williams Court.
Kabri Emerson added 11 points and six rebounds, and Katie Buskey had 10 points and five assists for NIC, which shot 21 of 40 from the free-throw line, compared to 4 of 6 for USU-Eastern.
No. 19 Southern Idaho (16-10, 9-2) remained tied for first with NIC in the SWAC with a 65-55 victory over Colorado Northwestern (13-13, 2-9).
NIC hosts Colorado Northwestern on Saturday at 3 p.m.
UTAH STATE-EASTERN
Hailee Parry 5-13 1-1 11, Gabriela Borges 4-11 0-2 10, Kathleen Collette 0-0 0-0 0, Amy Arbon 1-7 1-1 3, Brooke Slade 0-1 0-0 0, Harley Earl 2-3 0-0 5, Shantaya Strebel 2-2 0-0 4, Sarah Fletcher 1-3 0-0 2, Rachel Scoggins 0-1 0-0 0, Isabela Costa 4-5 0-0 8, Lerissa Quintana 2-6 2-2 6, Abby Call 0-2 0-0 0, Tandy Thackeray 0-2 0-0 0, Faith Garrish 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-56 4-6 49.
NORTH IDAHO
Angela Woods 4-8 0-0 12, Katie Buskey 2-5 6-6 10, Kabri Emerson 4-5 3-6 11, Georgia Stirton 3-5 1-2 9, Hannah Love 0-6 0-4 0, Jansen Butler 0-0 0-0 0, Tori Davenport 1-4 2-4 5, Aimee Durbidge 1-7 1-2 3, Renae Mokrzycki 3-6 0-0 6, Mollie Kramer 0-2 5-8 5, Danika Johnson 4-6 0-1 8, Maggie Kirscher 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-55 21-40 69.
Halftime - NIC 30-23. 3-point goals - USU-E 3-15 (Parry 0-2, Borges 2-8, Earl 1-2, Scoggins 0-1, Thackeray 0-2), NIC 6-16 (Woods 4-6, Buskey 0-2, Stirton 2-2, Love 0-1, Davenport 1-2, Durbidge 0-2, Kramer 0-1). Rebounds - USU-E 22 (Parry, Costa 4), NIC 32 (Emerson 6). Assists - USU-E 6 (Parry 4), NIC 16 (Buskey 5). Fouled out - none. Total fouls - USU-E 18, NIC 9.