Guice comes up big as Cardinals hammer CBC

| November 26, 2014 8:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - Former Lake City High standout Kyle Guice had 22 points and blocked three shots, leading the 21st-ranked North Idaho College Cardinals past the Columbia Basin College Hawks 98-73 in an nonleague game at Rolly Williams Court on Tuesday.

Guice made 7 of 9 from the field, including 4 of 5 from beyond the 3-point line for NIC, which finished the game 9 of 23 on 3-point field goals.

"Kyle played really well," NIC coach Corey Symons said. "Big spark off the bench. Tough guy and works really, really hard for us."

Lucas Antunez had 18 points and Jamaal Robateau had 15 points for NIC (8-1), which plays Columbia Basin again next Tuesday in Pasco.

Josh Reed scored 22 points and former Coeur d'Alene High standout Justin Carpenter had three rebounds for Columbia Basin (0-2) of the Northwest Athletic Conference.

COLUMBIA BASIN

Makai Harai 0-5 3-4 3, Brandon Oswalt 7-12 1-2 18, JJ Anderson 1-6 1-1 3, Michael Joseph 4-10 1-2 10, Jordan Weems 0-0 0-0 0, Aaric Wren 2-9 0-1 4, Avery Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Justin Carpenter 0-0 0-0 0, Carter Chase 2-8 2-2 6, Josh Reed 7-13 6-6 22, Joe Douglas 2-4 3-4 7. Totals 25-69 17-22 73.

NORTH IDAHO

Jamaal Robateau 6-9 0-0 15, Lucas Antunez 7-13 4-4 18, Djuan Piper 3-8 2-2 8, Marcus Harris 0-0 0-0 0, D'Adrian Allen 3-3 0-1 6, Braian Angola 3-8 7-9 13, Fuquan Niles 0-0 1-4 1, Jordan King 4-8 3-4 13, Kyle Guice 7-9 4-6 22, Charlie Lockwood 0-1 0-0 0, Ty Higbie 1-3 0-1 2. Totals 34-62 21-31 98.

Halftime - NIC 42-29. 3-point goals - CBC 6-23 (Harai 0-3, Oswalt 3-7, Anderson 0-2, Joseph 1-3, Wren 0-4, Miller 0-1, Chase 0-1, Reed 2-2), NIC 9-23 (Robateau 3-6, Antunez 0-3, Piper 0-2, Angola 0-1, King 2-5, Guice 4-5, Higbie 0-1). Rebounds - CBC 38 (Joseph, Reed 6), NIC 43 (King 9). Assists - CBC 12 (Harai 5), NIC 16 (Antunez, Pipe, Angola 4). Team fouls - CBC 24, NIC 24. Fouled out - Allen.

* WOMEN

North Idaho 81

Columbia Basin 74

COEUR d'ALENE - Kara Staggs had 20 points and four assists to lead the Cardinals past the Hawks of the Northwest Athletic Conference at Rolly Williams Court.

Mariah Swanson had 17 points and 10 rebounds for NIC, which trailed 40-37 at halftime before shooting 17 of 34 in the second half and building a 77-61 lead. Columbia Basin shot 12 of 33 in the second half.

NIC (4-1) hosts Casper College on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Sydney Mercer scored 18 points and Morgan Grier, who played her freshman year at North Idaho College, scored 14 points for Columbia Basin (1-1).

Kayli Matheson, a Coeur d'Alene High graduate, had five points for Columbia Basin.

COLUMBIA BASIN

Morgan Grier 6-8 1-2 14, Lacey Morris 2-4 2-4 6, Courtney Weber 1-5 0-0 3, Sydney Mercer 8-19 0-2 18, Kylee Garrick 0-0 0-0 0, Lyndsay Oswalt 3-6 1-2 7, Kayli Matheson 1-3 3-4 5, Trew Tucker 1-6 1-2 3, Shalise Hicks 2-6 0-0 4, Marissa Caballero 5-8 3-3 14. Totals 29-65 11-19 74.

NORTH IDAHO

Samara Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Katie King 1-3 2-2 4, Maci Benedict 0-5 0-0 0, Bailey Schroeder 2-4 0-2 4, Ryleigh Swagerty 1-5 2-2 4, Kara Staggs 7-16 4-6 20, Monica Landdeck 1-7 0-0 2, Sabrina Earle 1-2 0-0 2, Caitlyn Behymer 4-9 4-4 12, Mariah Swanson 7-13 3-6 17, Grace Varcoe 0-1 1-2 1, Panisesi Taimani 7-10 1-2 15. Totals 31-75 17-26 81.

Halftime - CBCC 40-37. 3-point goals - CBCC 5-15 (Grier 1-1, Morris 0-1, Weber 1-3, Mercer 2-5, Tucker 0-2, Hicks 0-1, Caballero 1-2), NIC 2-19 (King 0-2, Benedict 0-1, Schroeder 0-1, Swagerty 0-3, Staggs 2-7, Landdeck 0-1, Earle 0-1, Behymer 0-1, Swanson 0-1, Taimani 0-1). Rebounds - CBCC 28 (Mercer 7), NIC 27 (Swanson 10). Assists - CBCC 9 (Grier, Morris, Tucker, Caballero 2), NIC 14 (King 5). Team fouls - CBCC 26, NIC 21. Fouled out - Oswalt.