NIC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Landdeck guides Cardinals past Trinity Western
COEUR d'ALENE - Freshman Monica Landdeck led a balanced North Idaho Cardinals effort with 20 points, leading six players in double-figures in Saturday's 91-64 win over Trinity Western at Rolly Williams Court.
Mariah Swanson had 19 points, Maci Benedict and Kara Staggs 14 each and Ryleigh Swagerty and Panisesi Taimani 10 each for NIC (13-5), which beat Trinity Western 80-72 on Friday.
Taimani also had nine rebounds for NIC, which faces the Community Colleges of Spokane on Monday at 6 p.m. at Spokane Falls Community College.
TRINITY WESTERN
Nathania Takyi 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Pattyn 0-0 0-0 0, Chantelle Martin 1-2 2-2 4, Kayla Gordon 1-5 1-4 3, Natalie Carkner 0-2 0-1 0, Luca Schmidt 2-4 0-0 4, Jamie Andrews Stobart 2-3 0-2 4, Laurissa Weigl 3-6 1-2 7, Jessie Brown 7-12 4-4 22, Grace Tadrous 0-1 0-0 0, Kristin Ford 4-4 0-0 8, Tesa Ratzlaff 4-6 2-2 10, Jenna Bracken 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 25-48 10-17 64.
NORTH IDAHO
Katie King 0-2 0-0 0, Maci Benedict 5-6 0-0 14, Bailey Schroeder 0-2 0-1 0, Ryleigh Swagerty 3-4 2-2 10, Kara Staggs 4-8 5-5 14, Monica Landdeck 8-15 2-2 20, Sabrina Earle 0-1 0-0 0, Mariah Swanson 6-14 7-8 19, Grace Varcoe 2-6 0-1 4, Panisesi Taimani 5-11 0-0 10. Totals 33-69 16-19 91.
Halftime - NIC 48-30. 3-point goals - TWC 4-13 (Carkner 0-2, Schmidt 0-1, Brown 4-8, Tadrous 0-1, Bracken 0-1), NIC 9-21 (King 0-2, Benedict 4-4, Schroeder 0-1, Swagerty 2-2, Staggs 1-4, Landdeck 2-6, Swanson 0-2). Rebounds - TWC 24 (Ratzlaff 5), NIC 41 (Taimani 9). Assists - TWC 14 (Schmidt 6), NIC 17 (King 3). Team fouls - TWC 18, NIC 15. Fouled out - Ratzlaff