NIC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Staggs sparks Cardinals

| January 3, 2015 8:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - Sophomore guard Kara Staggs scored 35 points on 10 of 17 shooting, including 12 of 13 from the free-throw line, leading the North Idaho College Cardinals past the Trinity Western College Spartans 80-72 on Friday at Rolly Williams Court.

Bailey Schroeder scored 13 points and Mariah Swanson 12 points for NIC (12-5), which forced 24 turnovers in the game.

Tessa Ratzlaff had 16 points and six rebounds for Trinity Western, a Canada West Universities Athletic Association school from Langley, British Columbia.

The teams play again today at 3 p.m. at Rolly Williams Court.

TRINITY WESTERN

Brooke Pattyn 0-0 0-0 0, Chantelle Martin 1-7 6-6 8, Kayla Gordon 4-5 2-2 10, Natalie Carkner 1-3 0-0 3, Luca Schmidt 2-3 2-2 7, Jamie Andrews Stobart 1-1 3-3 5, Laurissa Weigl 1-3 0-0 2, Jessie Brown 4-14 0-0 12, Kristin Ford 2-3 1-1 5, Tessa Ratzlaff 6-8 4-4 16, Jenna Bracken 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 24-29 18-18 72.

NORTH IDAHO

Katie King 1-1 0-1 3, Maci Benedict 1-1 2-2 4, Bailey Schroeder 4-7 5-6 13, Ryleigh Swagerty 0-2 1-2 1, Kara Staggs 10-17 12-13 35, Monica Landdeck 4-13 0-0 8, Sabrina Earle 0-6 1-2 1, Mariah Swanson 3-9 6-6 12, Grace Varcoe 0-0 0-0 0, Panisesi Taimani 1-9 1-2 3. Totals 24-65 28-34 80.

Halftime - NIC 35-31. 3-point goals - TWC 6-14 (Martin 0-1, Carkner 1-3, Schmidt 1-2, Brown 4-8), NIC 4-14 (King 1-1, Staggs 3-8, Landdeck 0-4, Swanson 0-1). Rebounds - TWC 25 (Ratzlaff, Martin 6), NIC 34 (Taimani 6). Assists - TWC 12 (Schmidt 4), NIC 6 (six with 1). Team fouls - TWC 30, NIC 18. Fouled out - Gordon, Ford.