NIC BASKETBALL: Blake shines in debut as Cardinal men roll
• MEN
COEUR d’ALENE — Transfer Brayon (BJ) Blake had 28 points and five rebounds in his debut for the North Idaho College men’s basketball team, an 89-74 season-opening victory over the Sheridan (Wyo.) College Generals on Friday night at Rolly Williams Court.
“It was a great night for offensively,” said NIC coach Corey Symons of Blake, who transferred from Cochise College in Arizona. “Both him and Braian (Angola-Rodas) had big nights for us. It was a great win. Sheridan’s a good, athletic team. It was a great win to start the season for us.”
Angola-Rodas had 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists for NIC (1-0), which faces South Mountain on Thursday in Somerton, Ariz.
Sheridan 6-foot-8 forward Christian Williams, who had been averaging 21 rebounds per game in the Generals first two games, was held to three rebounds.
“He’s a really athletic player,” Symons said of Williams. “If you put a body on him, it will slow him down a little bit and Kyle (Guice) did a great job on him tonight.”
SHERIDAN
Terrell Butler 5-11 1-2 13, Tarion May 2-6 0-0 4, Austin Sherrell 1-4 0-0 2, Patrick Savoy Jr. 4-9 1-2 12, Celio Araujo 0-3 2-2 2, Illia Antonenko 2-2 3-3 7, Jalen Krening 0-0 0-0 0, Pablo Rivas 8-16 7-8 26, Christian Williams 2-8 0-0 4, Rholy Mouliom 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 26-63 14-17 74.
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 0-2 2-2 2, Lucas Antunez 1-5 8-9 10, Haywood Irwin 0-3 0-0 0, Trey Burch-Manning 4-5 3-8 13, Brayon Blake 10-19 6-9 28, Dylan Okoro 0-0 0-0 0, Braian Angola-Rodas 7-14 0-3 18, Kaleb Warner 1-1 0-0 3, Kyle Guice 3-8 0-0 8, Zaequan Satterhwaite 1-1 1-2 3, Scott Turner 1-4 0-0 2, Tony Naccarato 1-1 0-1 2. Totals 29-63 20-34 89.
Half — NIC 42-33. 3-point goals — Sher 8-30 (Butler 2-7, May 0-4, Sherrell 0-1, Savoy Jr. 3-67, Araujo 0-2, Rivas 3-8, Mouliom 0-1), NIC 11-25 (Dowd 0-1, Antunez 0-2, Irwin 0-2, Burch-Manning 2-2, Blake 2-4, Angola-Rodas 4-6, Warner 1-1, Guice 1-1, Turner 0-1). Rebounds — Sher 36 (Rivas 10), NIC 46 (Angola-Rodas 7). Assists — Sher 8 (Butler, Rivas 2), NIC 14 (Angola-Rodas 4). Team fouls — Sher 30, NIC 23. Fouled out — Savoy Jr., Warner 5.
• WOMEN
Sheridan 71
North Idaho 63
COEUR d’ALENE — Freshman Alyssa Case scored 18 points for the Cardinals in a nonconference loss to the Generals at Rolly Williams Court.
“We didn’t shoot the ball very well and didn’t execute like we did last night,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “Sheridan played us tougher and we didn’t play that good. Alyssa played a great game and came ready to play. She was very active and didn’t have any turnovers. We were really happy with her game.”
NIC (1-1) beat Sheridan 98-78 in the season opener on Thursday.
Shelby Cloninger had 16 points, three assists and seven rebounds for NIC, which hosts the Whitworth JV on Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m.
SHERIDAN
Ashlie Blackburn 0-1 2-2 2, Sarah Rawlings 1-2 3-6 5, Quriss Romero 2-8 5-6 9, Shayne Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Carney Fegler 2-4 0-0 4, Tamara Brine 12-22 2-2 27, Annastasia Falkenberg 3-7 4-4 11, Emilina Motu 1-7 2-2 4, Zuzana Talackova 3-11 3-4 9. Totals 24-62 21-26 71.
NORTH IDAHO
Gracie Roberts 0-1 0-0 0, Maci Benedict 2-5 1-1 6, Alyssa Case 8-14 0-0 18, Shelby Cloninger 5-17 4-8 16, Kaylee Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 1-4 3-3 5, Ebony Norman 1-8 2-2 5, Clarissa Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Stormee Van Belle 3-5 3-3 9, Grace Varcoe 1-1 2-2 4, Charity Marlatt 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-60 15-19 63.
Sheridan 19 20 12 20 — 71
North Idaho 15 12 23 13 — 63
3-point goals — Sher 2-8 (Brine 1-4, Falkenberg 1-1, Motu 0-1, Taleckova 0-2), NIC 6-27 (Roberts 0-1, Benedict 1-1, Case 2-6, Cloninger 2-9, Cook-Cox 0-1, Norman 1-6, Smith 0-2, Van Belle 0-1). Rebounds — Sher 39 (Romero 8), NIC 43 (Van Belle 11). Assists — Sher 7 (Motu, Romero, Rawlings 2), NIC 11 (Cloninger, Van Belle 3). Team fouls — Sher 24, NIC 22. Fouled out — Brine.