Hot shooting NIC men romp past Grays Harbor
COEUR d’ALENE — When you shoot over 50 percent in a game, chances are, you’re going to win.
When you finish a game 52 of 80 for 65 percent, you’re going to do some other things.
BJ Blake finished the night 8 of 9 from the field, including 3 for 3 from beyond the 3-point line, leading the North Idaho College men’s basketball team to a 135-75 win over the Grays Harbor Choakers in the opening round of the Coeur d’Alene Inn-vitational on Monday at Rolly Williams Court.
NIC (16-0), ranked 13th in the NJCAA’s latest poll, led 72-30 at the half and outrebounded Grays Harbor (0-8) 56-26.
NIC will face Miles City in a semifinal game tonight at 7:30.
GRAYS HARBOR
Marcel Hale 4-8 1-7 10, Jacob Rainey 2-9 1-1 5, D’Angelo Brown 4-6 2-2 13, Malik Redmond 2-3 0-1 4, Joseph Ortiz 4-8 1-2 12, Darius Watson 1-4 4-7 6, Bryce Demecilio 3-6 0-0 7, Shane Andrus 1-3 0-0 3, Michael Sawin 0-2 3-5 3, Tyrone Watson 1-4 0-0 3, Jared Jackson 3-10 1-2 7, Jacob Black 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 26-68 13-27 75.
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 7-10 2-2 17, Lucas Antunez 2-3 3-4 7, Haywood Irwin 7-11 2-3 17, Trey Burch-Manning 0-0 1-2 1, BJ Blake 8-9 6-6 25, Dylan Okoro 1-2 0-0 2, Braian Angola-Rodas 10-14 0-2 21, Kaleb Warner 3-5 0-0 7, Kyle Guice 3-5 0-0 8, Zaequan Satterhwaite 4-8 0-0 8, Scott Turner 2-6 5-6 9, Tony Naccarato 5-7 3-5 13. Totals 52-80 22-30 135.
Halftime — NIC 72-30. 3-point goals — GHC 10-29 (Hale 1-3, Rainey 0-6, Brown 3-4, Ortiz 3-5, Watson 0-1, Demecilio 1-4, Andrus 1-2, Watson 1-4), NIC 9-23 (Dowd 1-4, Antunez 0-1, Irwin 1-4, Blake 3-3, Angola-Rodas 1-3, Warner 1-3, Guice 2-3, Turner 0-2). Rebounds — GHC 26 (Black 4), NIC 56 (Angola-Rodas, Satterhwaite 7). Assists — GHC 10 (Ortiz 3), NIC 26 (Antunez 6). Team fouls — GHC 23, NIC 29. Fouled out — Demecilio, Okoro.
Miles City 96, Blue Mountain 94, OT: Cole Ashby scored 16 points and Riyadh Asad added 17 points as Miles City (7-5) held off Blue Mountain (7-6) of the Northwest Athletic Conference in an opening round game.
D’Quan Crockett had 24 points and seven rebounds for Blue Mountain (7-6), which faces Fairchild today in a loser-out game game at 3:30 p.m.
San Jose City 98, Fairchild 48: Lucious Brown had 23 points, 10 rebounds and six steals as the Jaguars rolled past a club team made up of players from Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane.
Kameron Vales had 11 points and 10 steals for San Jose City (6-7), which faces Highline in today’s semifinal round at 5:30.
Highline 94, North Idaho All-Stars 82: Jared Murphy had 24 points and nine assists to lead the Thunderbirds past a group of former all-star players from North Idaho in the opening round.
Coby Myles scored 19 points for Highline (8-4).
Keegan Johnston had 29 points, former Lake City High, NIC and Lewis-Clark State standout Nick Fromm added 19 points and six rebounds and Deonta Edwards had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the All-Stars.