NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinal women roll past Columbia Basin

| December 9, 2015 9:00 PM

• WOMEN

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Stormee Van Belle had 12 points, 10 rebounds and four assists to lead the North Idaho College Cardinals past the Columbia Basin Hawks 106-65 in a nonconference game Tuesday night at Rolly Williams Court.

“It was our best outing of the season for sure,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “We came out shooting the ball really strong and defended really well. We were just in control the entire way.”

Maci Benedict had 14 points and four assists, Shelby Cloninger and Monica Landdeck 13 points and Gracie Roberts 10 points for NIC (9-1), which finished the game 41 of 74 from the field.

Sierra Perez scored 25 points for Columbia Basin (2-4).

NIC hosts fifth-ranked College of Southern Idaho to open Scenic West Athletic Conference play on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

COLUMBIA BASIN

Sierra Perez 9-16 1-2 25, Holly Ellison 0-3 3-4 3, Alexeis Higginbotham 0-3 1-2 1, Kylee Garrick 0-2 0-0 0, Kayli Matheson 2-7 0-0 4, Trew Tucker 1-2 0-2 2, Ana Lyia Valle 1-2 2-2 4, Kendall Sage 2-6 0-0 9, Marissa Caballero 6-12 0-0 13, Emily Botkin 0-2 0-0 0, Cayla Jones 0-7 0-0 0, Amber Jones 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 24-66 7-12 65.

NORTH IDAHO

Gracie Roberts 3-5 3-6 10, Maci Benedict 5-9 2-2 14, Alyssa Case 3-5 0-0 7, Shelby Cloninger 5-8 2-2 13, Kaylee Olson 0-3 0-0 0, Monica Landdeck 6-10 0-0 13, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 2-4 3-4 7, Ebony Norman 3-7 0-0 7, Clarissa Smith 3-5 0-0 8, Stormee Van Belle 4-8 4-4 12, Grace Varcoe 4-7 1-2 9, Charity Marlatt 3-3 0-0 6. Totals 41-74 15-20 106.

Columbia Basin 19 12 19 15 — 65

North Idaho 33 26 26 21 — 106

3-point goals — CBC 10-19 (Perez 6-10, Higginbotham 0-1, Sage 3-5, Caballero 1-2, A. Jones 0-1), NIC 9-26 (Roberts 1-2, Benedict 2-4, Case 1-1, Cloninger 1-3, Olson 0-3, Landdeck 1-5, Cook-Cox 0-1, Norman 1-3, Smith 2-4). Rebounds — CBC 30 (Tucker, Lydia Valle, Botkin 4), NIC 50 (Van Belle, Varcoe 10). Assists — CBC 6 (Higginbotham 2), NIC 26 (Cloninger 5). Team fouls — CBC 18, NIC 19. Fouled out — none.

• MEN

North Idaho 110

Columbia Basin 81

COEUR d’ALENE — Braian Angola-Rodas scored 39 points on 14-of-20 shooting, including 6 of 8 from beyond the 3-point line, leading the Cardinals past the Hawks in a nonconference game at Rolly Williams Court.

NIC (12-0), ranked 13th in this week’s NJCAA poll, will host Southern Idaho to open Scenic West Athletic Conference play on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. CSI, ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll, fell out of the poll this week.

Brayon (BJ) Blake scored 21 points for NIC.

Justin Anderson scored 23 points for Columbia Basin (4-5).

COLUMBIA BASIN

Aaric Wric 1-3 0-0 2, Anieph Grandison 0-0 0-0 0, Jerid Ronquillo 2-8 5-6 11, Makai Hirai 0-3 4-4 4, Justin Anderson 8-15 0-0 23, Andrew Reddout 5-9 3-4 13, John Wuol 0-0 0-0 0, Kasey Kelley 0-2 0-0 0, Ifeanyi Ifyefobi 0-1 0-0 0, Dustin Petragallo 3-5 0-0 9, Nate Guske 0-5 0-0 0, Torey Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Brad Scott 5-9 9-14 19, Bryan Weatherston 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-64 21-28 81.

NORTH IDAHO

Sam Dowd 2-3 0-0 4, Lucas Antunez 2-2 2-2 6, Haywood Irwin 4-12 0-0 9, Trey Burch-Manning 2-4 0-3 4, Brayon (BJ) Blake 8-16 4-4 21, Dylan Okoro 0-0 0-0 0, Braian Angola-Rodas 14-20 5-5 39, Kaleb Warner 4-6 0-0 9, Kyle Guice 3-7 0-0 8, Zaequan Satterhwaite 1-1 0-0 2, Scott Turner 1-1 1-2 3, Tony Naccarato 2-2 1-3 5. Totals 43-74 13-19 110.

Halftime — NIC 60-26. 3-point goals — CBC 12-33 (Wren 0-2, Ronquillo 2-5, Hirai 0-1, Anderson 7-13, Reddout 0-1, Kelley 0-1, Weems 0-2, Petragallo 3-4, Guske 0-3, Scott 0-1), NIC 11-24 (Irwin 1-4, Blake 1-3, Angola-Rodas 6-8, Warner 1-2, Guice 2-6). Rebounds — CBC 42 (Scott 10), NIC 37 (Turner, Blake 6). Assists — CBC 12 (Hirai 6), NIC 26 (Antunez 7). Team fouls — CBC 19, NIC 19. Fouled out — Reddout, Scott.