Cardinal men, women win

| December 3, 2014 8:00 PM

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PASCO, Wash. — Jamaal Robateau scored 23 points and added eight rebounds and two steals to lead the North Idaho College men’s basketball team, ranked No. 21 in the NJCAA, past the Columbia Basin College Hawks 99-85 on Tuesday night.

“This might have been the best game Jamaal has played for us,” NIC coach Corey Symons said. “He always scores, but did a really good job defensively.”

Braian Angola-Rodas had 19 points and six rebounds for NIC, which led 50-35 at halftime after shooting 18 of 32 from the field. Jordan King and Djuan Piper had 17 points apiece for NIC (9-1), which faces Everett in the opening round of the Bigfoot Classic Friday at 2 p.m. at Spokane Community College.

“We played pretty well as a group, but just had a tough time putting them away,” Symons said. “They just started hitting some shots and got back into it.”

Josh Reed scored 21 points. Former Coeur d’Alene High standout Justin Carpenter had two points for Columbia Basin (1-5).

NORTH IDAHO

Jamall Robateau 8-12 5-6 23, Lucas Antunez 1-1 1-2 4, Djuan Piper 6-12 4-5 17, Marcus Harris 0-2 0-0 0, D’Adrian Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Braian Angola-Rodas 6-13 6-8 19, Fuquan Niles 2-2 0-0 4, Jordan King 5-8 6-7 17, Kyle Guice 4-5 2-2 13, Ty Higbie 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 33-58 24-30 99.

COLUMBIA BASIN

Makai Hirai 2-3 0-0 6, Brandon Oswalt 4-12 0-0 10, J.J. Anderson 2-4 2-2 8, Michael Joseph 2-15 5-6 10, Jordan Weems 0-0 0-0 0, Aaric Wren 3-11 4-6 11, Avery Miller 3-6 2-4 11, Justin Carpenter 1-1 0-0 2, Carter Chase 1-3 0-0 2, Josh Reed 9-16, 0-0 21, Casey Kelly 0-0 0-0 0, Joe Douglas 2-9 0-0 4. Totals 29-80 13-18 85.

Halftime — NIC 50-35. 3-point goals — NIC 9-22 (Robateau 2-5, Antunez 1-1, Piper 1-3, Angola-Rodas 1-4, King 1-3, Guice 3-4, Higbie 0-2), CBC 14-32 (Hirai 2-2, Oswalt 2-8, Anderson 2-4, Joseph 1-3, Wren 1-4, Miller 3-5, Chase 0-1, Reed 3-4, Douglas 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 46 (Robateau, Niles 8), CBC 37 (Joseph 5). Assists — NIC 14 (Antunez, Piper 4), CBC 22 (Joseph 9). Team fouls — NIC 15, CBC 24. Fouled out — none.

• WOMEN

North Idaho 80

Columbia Basin 79

PASCO, Wash. — No report was received.