NIC BASKETBALL: Men, women nab tourney titles
• MEN
COEUR d’ALENE — Haywood Irwin, a 6-2 freshman guard from Foss High in Tacoma, scored 15 points and was named tourney MVP on Sunday as NIC outlasted Everett (Wash.) Community College 108-100 in the championship game of the Bigfoot-Cardinal Classic at Rolly Williams Court.
“It was a huge breakout tournament for him,” NIC coach Corey Symons said. “A couple of those games we might have lost without him. He was a huge spark.”
Brayon (BJ) Blake had 28 points and 13 rebounds for NIC (11-0), ranked 17th in the NJCAA. Braian Angola-Rodas had 31 points and six assists.
NIC withstood a 43-point outburst from quick guard Derek Brown Jr., who hit 21 of 23 free throws.
Kyle Guice of NIC was also named to the all-tourney team, along with Brown and teammate Quadir Williams of Everett, Ryker Pierce of Big Bend and Race Martin of Spokane.
NIC’s men and women play host to Columbia Basin College on Tuesday.
EVERETT
Sean McLaughlin 5-9 0-0 10, Quadir Williams 1-8 10-15 12, Derek Brown Jr. 10-20 21-23 43, Said Hersi 3-9 0-0 9, Forest Grant 2-5 2-2 6, Patrick Deubel 1-1 1-2 4, Brevin Brown 0-3 0-0 0, Jordan Neville 0-0 0-0 0, Kevin Loggins 0-0 1-2 1, Jared Bartleson 1-2 0-0 2, Noah Jones 5-6 0-0 13. Totals 28-63 35-44 100.
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 1-2 1-2 3, Lucas Antunez 2-4 2-3 6, Haywood Irwin 6-13 1-3 15, Trey Burch-Manning 2-5 3-4 8, Brayon (BJ) Blake 11-15 4-5 28, Braian Angola-Rodas 7-11 15-20 31; Kaleb Warner 3-6 0-0 8, Kyle Guice 3-8 1-2 9, Zaequan Satterthwaite 0-1 0-0 0, Scott Turner 0-0 0-0 0, Tony Naccarato 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-65 27-39 108.
Halftime — NIC 50-48. 3-point goals — ECC 9-28 (Williams 0-4, D. Brown 2-8, Hersi 3-8, Grant 0-1, Deubel 1-1, B. Brown 0-2, Bartleson 0-1, Jones 3-3), NIC 11-28 (Dowd 0-1, Antunez 0-2, Irwin 2-6, Burch-Manning 1-1, Blake 2-2, Angola-Rodas 2-6, Warner 2-5, Guice 2-5). Rebounds — ECC 33 (McLaughlin 8), NIC 41 (Blake 13). Assists — ECC 15 (Williams 5), NIC 20 (Angola-Rodas 6). Fouled out — Williams, D. Brown, Jones, Burch-Manning, Blake. Total fouls — ECC 28, NIC 32.
• WOMEN
NIC 81
Umpqua 78
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Tournament MVP Monica Landdeck’s 3-pointer staved off an Umpqua rally, and Maci Benedict hit key free throws to seal it as the Cardinals won the Bulldog Classic.
Landdeck finished with seven 3s and 23 points for NIC (8-1). Shelby Cloninger added 15 points, seven rebounds, three steals and three assists, and Stormee Van Belle, also named to the all-tournament team, added 12 points and seven boards.
“It was a great game,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “They had us down as much as 12 early. We came back and took an 18-point lead in the third, and they came back and tied it midway through the fourth.”
North Idaho 17 29 14 21 — 81
Umpqua 21 12 21 24 — 78
NORTH IDAHO
Gracie Roberts 1-2 2-3 4, Maci Benedict 5-14 1-2 11, Alyssa Case 2-7 0-0 4, Shelby Cloninger 6-25 2-3 15, Monica Landdeck 8-17 0-0 23, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 1-2 0-0 2, Ebony Norman 3-6 0-0 6, Stormee Van Belle 5-7 1-2 12, Grace Varcoe 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 33-85 6-10 81.
UMPQUA
Jasmyne Davis 1-4 0-0 2, Syd Clark 6-10 0-0 14, Maddy Pape 7-10 1-2 17, Katie Underwood 1-4 0-0 2, Sawyer Kluge 6-17, 5-5 18, Olivia Williams 0-1 3-4 3, Anna Mumm 11-13 0-0 22. Totals 32-59 9-11 78.
3-point goals — NIC 9-28 (Roberts 0-1, Benedict 0-5, Case 0-2, Cloninger 1-7, Landdeck 7-12, Van Belle 1-1), Ump 5-12 (Clark 2-3, Pape 2-4, Kluge 1-5). Rebounds — NIC 40 (Norman 9), Ump 43 (Kluge 9). Assists — NIC 18 (Norman 5), Ump 20 (Davis 8). Fouled out — none. Total fouls — NIC 13, Ump 16.