Cardinals bounce back, beat Casper

| November 30, 2014 8:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - Sophomore post Panisesi Taimani scored 17 points and redshirt freshman Mariah Swanson had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead the North Idaho College Cardinals past the Casper College Thunderbirds 64-59 in a nonconference game Saturday at Rolly Williams Court.

Freshman Monica Landdeck scored 13 points off the bench for NIC (5-2), which faces Columbia Basin College on Tuesday in Pasco, Wash.

After shooting 7 of 32 from the field in the first half in Friday's 75-67 loss, NIC bounced back to go 14 of 35 in the first half on Saturday and 22 of 63 in the game (34.9 percent).

CASPER COLLEGE

Sakayla Davenport 1-7 0-0 2, Cierra Lewis 1-3 0-0 2, Shanda Post 3-8 0-0 8, Ada Yalcin 1-3 0-0 2, Josie Sewell 0-0 0-0 0, Kassidy Scott 1-8 7-11 9, Alyssa Big Man 5-12 2-2 13, Nika Zyranova 0-4 0-0 0, Grace Weeks 0-0 0-0 0, Gabby Johnson 4-8 2-4 10, Elissia Johnson 6-9 1-1 13. Totals 22-62 12-18 59.

NORTH IDAHO

Samara Hill 2-5 0-0 4, Katie King 0-3 0-1 0, Maci Benedict 0-3 2-2 2, Bailey Schroeder 1-1 2-2 4, Kara Staggs 0-8 4-4 4, Monica Landdeck 5-7 0-0 13, Sabrina Earle 1-4 0-0 2, Caitlyn Behymer 0-3 2-2 2, Mariah Swanson 6-15 2-2 16, Grace Varcoe 0-1 0-0 0, Panisesi Taimani 7-13 3-4 17. Totals 22-63 15-17 64.

Halftime - NIC 35-34. 3-point goals - Cas 3-17 (Davenport 0-3, Levias 0-1, Post 2-3, Yalcin 0-1, Scott 0-3, Big Man 1-3, Zyryanova 0-2, E. Johnson 0-1), NIC 5-23 (Hill 0-2, King 0-1, Benedict 0-2, Staggs 0-7, Landdeck 3-5, Swanson 2-6). Rebounds - Cas 45 (G. Johnson 13), NIC 41 (Swanson 11). Assists - Cas 8 (Yalcin, Zyryanova, G. Johnson 2), NIC 16 (Schroeder 4). Team fouls - Cas 19, NIC 17. Fouled out - none.