Cardinal men, women beat Snow
* MEN'S BASKETBALL
COEUR d'ALENE - Brad Wallace caught fire and North Idaho College rode his 27 points on 9-for-11 shooting from the field to a 93-85 victory over Snow College in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court.
"We mixed the starting lineup up a little bit," North Idaho College coach Jared Phay said. "We started Brad at guard and he really stepped it up for us tonight. Bryce Leavitt was really big for us."
Leavitt was 13 for 13 from the free-throw line and finished with 22 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Wallace shot 6-of-8 from beyond the 3-point line.
After trailing by as many as 20 points, the Badgers cut the Cardinals' lead to 82-79 with 2:12 left in the game. Leavitt hit two free throws to boost NIC's lead to five.
Braxton Tucker added 16 points for NIC (18-10, 6-8 SWAC).
Chandler Smith came off the bench to score 20 points for Snow (13-14, 4-9).
Gentry Thomas 1-4 0-0 3, Lejohn Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Walter Wright 3-10 5-7 11, Tim Hughes 4-6 2-2 13, Chandler Smith 6-13 4-10 20, Anthony Morris 2-7 2-2 6, Larenz Stalcup 1-1 0-0 2, Blake Truman 3-4 0-1 8, Lawrence Pierce 3-6 7-12 14, Marcus Bryce 1-1 1-2 3, Nate Aland 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 26-56 22-38 85.
NORTH IDAHO
Braxton Tucker 6-9 4-5 16, Brad Wallace 9-11 3-5 27, Bryce Leavitt 4-9 13-13 22, Nathan Rathbun 0-0 0-0 0, Will Dorsey 0-1 5-6 5, Cole Kesler 0-2 2-2 2, Fuquan Niles 1-2 0-1 2, Jordon King 2-5 1-1 6, Shikei Blake 0-2 7-11 7, Ty Higbie 2-3 0-0 6. Totals 24-44 35-44 93.
Halftime - NIC 47-42. 3-point goals - Snow 11-30 (Thomas 1-4, Johnson 0-1, Wright 0-5, Hughes 3-5, Smith 4-10, Truman 2-3, Pierce 1-2). NIC 10-16 (Wallace 6-8, Leavitt 1-2, Kesler 0-2, King 1-2, Higbie 2-2). Rebounds - Snow 28 (Wright 6), NIC 37 (Leavitt 11). Assists - Snow 11 (Wright 5), NIC (Leavitt 7). Team fouls - Snow 27, NIC 28. Fouled out - Thomas, Rathbun.
* WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
North Idaho 62
Snow 59 (OT)
COEUR d'ALENE - Renae Mokrzycki had 21 points, 14 rebounds and three steals to lead the Cardinals past the Badgers in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court.
NIC (21-8, 7-7 SWAC) trailed 27-15 at halftime before rallying to force overtime, where the Cardinals shot 9 of 14 from the foul line to pull away from Snow (11-15, 4-9).
Georgia Stirton had 18 points and six rebounds for NIC, which hosts Southern Idaho on Saturday at 3 p.m.
In other SWAC play, No. 9 Southern Idaho (26-3, 12-2 SWAC) beat No. 8 Salt Lake (22-6, 11-2) 80-76 in Twin Falls and Utah State-Eastern (12-15, 6-7) beat Colorado Northwestern (5-21, 0-13) 91-76 in Price, Utah.
Hailey Greenwood 1-4 0-0 2, Amber Daly 0-4 2-3 2, Madison Roe 1-2 0-0 3, Sydney Jenkins 2-5 1-2 5, Whitney Saunders 1-4 1-4 3, Ashton Henderson 0-0 0-0 0, Catherine Killian 3-6 0-0 7, Mackenzie Bruggeman 2-5 2-4 6, Jilian Powell 8-13 5-5 22, Emily Howey 3-5 3-6 9, Lyssa Hanks 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-49 14-24 59.
NORTH IDAHO
Georgia Stirton 5-14 6-8 18, Jansen Butler 2-7 3-4 7, Bailey Schroeder 0-2 0-2 0, Morgan Grier 0-1 0-0 0, Ryleigh Swagerty 0-1 0-0 0, Kara Staggs 1-4 6-7 8, Sabrina Earle 3-4 1-1 8, Renae Mokrzycki 7-18 7-14 21, Caitlyn Behymer 0-6 0-0 0, Maggie Kirscher 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-59 23-36 62.
Halftime - Snow 27-15. Regulation - tied 51-51. 3-point goals - Snow 3-11 (Greenwood 0-1, Daly 0-2, Roe 1-1, Killian 1-3, Powell 1-4), NIC 3-15 (Stirton 2-4, Butler 0-4, Schroeder 0-2, Staggs 0-2, Earle 1-1, Mokrzycki 0-2). Rebounds - Snow 39 (Howey 10), NIC 43 (Mokrzycki 14). Assists - Snow 12 (Powell 4), NIC 7 (Stirton 3). Team fouls - Snow 26, NIC 20. Fouled out - Daly, Saunders.
* SOFTBALL
So. Nevada 7-5
North Idaho 6-6
LAS VEGAS - Kylene Hatton went 2 for 3 with a three-run triple in the fourth inning of the second game for the Cardinals, who split a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader with the Coyotes.
Madison Anthony went 2 for 4 with two RBIs in the second game for NIC (7-8, 3-5 SWAC), which is scheduled to host Snow College on Friday and Saturday at Memorial Field in Coeur d'Alene.
Southern Nevada (13-5, 8-4) took three of four from NIC on the weekend.
FIRST GAME
North Idaho 200 400 0 - 6 10 2
So. Nevada 000 007 x - 7 4 1
Miranda Powless, Tori Almos (6) and Madison Anthony; Aly Lamboo, Nicole Lesniak (4) and Aimee Aipa. W - Lesniak. L - Almos.
HITS: NIC - Hecker, Anthony 2, Hayd. Fields 2, Hayl. Fields 3, Paladeni, Guardado 2. SNCC - Manewa, Frantz, Creswell, Aipa. 2B - Frantz. HR - Anthony, Aipa.
SECOND GAME
North Idaho 100 500 0 - 6 8 0
So. Nevada 005 000 0 - 5 5 0
Brittany Hecker, Hunter Allen (3) and Hayden Fields; Megan Mello, Nicole Lesniak (4) and Aimee Aipa. W - Allen. L - Mello.
HITS: NIC - Parker, Hatton 2, Anthony 2, Hayd. Fields, Hayl. Fields, Paladeni. SNCC - Manewa, Acuna, Sanders, Aipa, Rock. 2B - Anthony, Manewa. 3B - Hatton. HR - Acuna.