NIC BASKETBALL: Landdeck's 3 wins it for Card women

| February 20, 2015 8:00 PM

* WOMEN

EPHRAIM, Utah - Monica Landdeck's 3-point basket at the buzzer lifted North Idaho College to a 67-66 victory over Snow College in Scenic West Athletic Conference women's basketball Thursday night.

With 5 seconds left, Katie King of NIC (19-11, 6-8 SWAC) took the inbound pass, dribbled up the court and found Landdeck on the left wing. With a hand in her face, the freshman lofted a high-arcing shot that bounced off the rim off the backboard and in as the buzzer sounded.

"It's funny, because we worked on a 5-second play right before we left," NIC coach Chris Carlson said. "She (Landdeck) is having a great freshman year; she's hit a lot of shots for us."

Kara Staggs scored 18 points, Landdeck and Panisesi Taimani 13 each for NIC, which wraps up the regular season Saturday at first-place Salt Lake (24-5, 12-2), which lost 78-75 to Southern Idaho (18-11, 9-5). Snow fell to 20-5, 8-6.

NORTH IDAHO

Katie King 2-5 0-0 5, Kara Staggs 4-8 6-6 18, Monica Landdeck 5-12 1-3 13, Mariah Swanson 3-6 1-1 8, Panisesi Taimani 5-10 3-4 13, Samara Hill 2-4 0-0 6, Maci Benedict 0-1 0-0 0, Bailey Schroeder 1-3 0-0 3, Caitlyn Behymer 0-1 0-0 0, Grace Varcoe 0-2 1-2 3. Totals 22-52 12-16 67.

Savannah Park 3-7 3-4 10, Whitney Saunders 4-7 6-7 15, Kaitlyn Hurley 3-10 4-6 13, Jillian Powell 3-6 0-0 8, Matysen Evensen 0-1 0-0 0, Lisa Van Campen 4-7 3-7 11, Ashton Henderson 1-2 3-6 5, Abigail Barnard 0-2 0-0 0, Savannah Sandberg 0-2 0-0 0, Madison Smith 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 20-49 19-30 66.

Halftime - NIC 33-31. 3-point goals - NIC 11-24 (King 1-2, Staggs 4-7, Landdeck 2-5, Swanson 1-2, Taimani 0-1, Hill 2-4, Benedict 0-1, Schroeder 1-2), Snow 7-14 (Park 1-1, Saunders 1-1, Hurley 3-6, Powell 2-3, Smith 0-3). Rebounds - NIC 27 (Schroeder 6), Snow 34 (Van Campen 12). Assists - NIC 16 (Schroeder 4), Snow 10 (Saunders 4). Fouled out - none. Total fouls - NIC 21, Snow 18.

North Idaho 76

Snow 65

EPHRAIM, Utah - Jamaal Robateau scored 21 points and Braian Angola-Rodas added 16 as the Cardinals beat the Badgers in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.

Kyle Guice hit 3 of 4 3-pointers and added 13 points for NIC (22-6, 9-5), which locked up the No. 3 seed to next week's Region 18 tournament in Price, Utah, which begins Thursday.

"We finally shot the ball well (27 for 59); we'd been in a shooting slump," NIC coach Corey Symons said. "Kyle Guice played really well, and Ty Higbie played some big minutes for us."

NIC held Walter Wright, the SWAC's leading scorer at 26 points per game, to 12 points on 5-of-17 shooting. Guard Gentry Thomas scored 27 points for Snow (17-12, 6-8), which outrebounded NIC 42-32.

NIC travels to Salt Lake (12-2, 24-4) on Saturday. Salt Lake upended Southern Idaho (27-2, 12-2) 83-77 on Thursday to pull into a tie for first in the SWAC.

NORTH IDAHO

Jamaal Robateau 7-13 3-4 21, Braian Angola-Rodas 6-14 2-3 16, Fuquan Niles 4-7 1-1 9, Kyle Guice 5-6, 0-0 13, Austin Pope 2-7 1-2 6, Lucas Antunez 2-4 1-2 6, Marcus Harris 0-0 0-0 0, D'Adrian Allen 0-1 2-2 2, Jordan King 1-4 1-2 3, Ty Higbie 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 11-16 76.

Gentry Thomas 8-19 6-7 27, Walter Wright 5-17 1-2 12, Larenz Stalcup 3-7 0-0 6, JR Talley 0-0 0-0 0, Aziz Leeks 1-5 3-5 5, Le'Jon Johnson 2-6 2-2 8, Chris O'Neill 1-4 0-0 2, Romain Louiserre 0-3 0-0 0, Marcus Bryce 1-6 3-4 5. Totals 21-67 15-20 65.

Halftime - NIC 44-40. 3-point goals - NIC 11-24 (Robateau 4-6, Angola-Rodas 2-6, Guice 3-4, Pope 1-2, Antunez 1-3, Higbie 0-3), Snow 8-30 (Thomas 5-11, Wright 1-9, Johnson 2-6, O'Neill 0-1, Louiserre 0-1, Bryce 0-2). Rebounds - NIC 32 (Angola-Rodas 8), Snow 42 (Wright, Stalcup 8). Assists - NIC 17 (Angola-Rodas 6), Snow 11 (Wright 6). Fouled out - none. Total fouls - NIC 16, Snow 17.