King leads NIC in Symons' home head coaching debut
<p>North Idaho College head coach Corey Symons makes a gesture towards his team at the NIC’s Bulldogs first home game of the 2014-15 season</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - North Idaho College first-year men's basketball coach Corey Symons won in his home debut Thursday night at Rolly Williams Court, as the Cardinals beat the Gonzaga club team 83-69.
Cardinals guard Jordan King scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds for NIC (2-1), and guard Braian Angola added 12 points.
NIC hosts the NIC All-Stars at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
GONZAGA CLUB
Josh Bennett 0-0 0-0 0, Cameron Chase 3-4 2-2 8, Joey McKay 4-9 2-2 13, Angelo Marchesini 2-11 0-0 4, Kevin Locascio 3-10 6-10 12, Ryan Caindec 1-1 0-0 3, Max Mortensen 1-5 3-4 5, Riley Wiggins 1-1 0-0 2, Connor Jensen 1-3 3-4 6, Drew Stang 3-4 3-3 9, Pierce Hudson 3-5 0-0 7. Totals 22-53 17-24 69.
NORTH IDAHO
Jamaal Robateau 2-5 5-6 10, Lucas Antunez 2-8 6-8 10, Dijuan Piper 1-5 1-2 3, Marcus Harris 2-3 0-0 5, D'adrian Allen 4-4 1-3 9, Braian Angola-Rodas 3-9 6-8 12, Fuquan Niles 3-7 0-0 6, Jordan King 5-11 6-6 17, Charlie Lockwood 1-6, 3-4 5, Ty Higbie 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 25-63 28-37 83.
Halftime - NIC 41-34. 3-point goals - GC 8-22 (Chase 2-2, McKay 3-7, Marchesini 0-4, Locascio 0-3, Caindec 1-1, Mortensen 0-1, Jensen 1-3, Hudson 1-1). NIC 5-13 (Robateau 1-2, Antunez 0-3, Harris 1-2, Angola 0-1, King 1-1, Higbie 2-4). Rebounds - GC 36 (McKay, Mortensen, Stang 4). NIC 41 (Niles 8). Assists - GC 9 (Stang, Jensen, Mortensen, Marchesini 2). NIC 11 (Antunez 5). Team fouls - GC 26, NIC 18. Fouled out - None.