NIC ROUNDUP: Van Belle lifts Card women
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PASCO, Wash. — Stormee Van Belle had 16 points and 14 rebounds to lead the North Idaho College Cardinals past the Columbia Basin Hawks 73-66 in a nonconference game on Tuesday night.
“It was a seasaw battle,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “We switched our defense up a little after the third quarter and it took them out of what they wanted to do. Stormee was tough all over the court tonight.”
Grace Varcoe had 18 rebounds for NIC (3-1), which hosts a group of NIC All-Stars on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Rolly Williams Court.
Marissa Caballero scored 20 points for Columbia Basin (2-1).
NORTH IDAHO
Gracie Roberts 0-4 0-0 0, Maci Benedict 3-7 2-6 9, Alyssa Case 5-9 0-0 10, Shelby Cloninger 2-12 4-5 8, Monica Landdeck 3-14 0-0 8, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 2-7 2-2 6, Ebony Norman 4-8 2-4 11, Clarissa Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Stormee Van Belle 4-8 8-8 16, Grace Varcoe 1-7 1-2 3, Charity Marlatt 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 25-74 19-27 73.
COLUMBIA BASIN
Sierra Perez 6-18 3-4 18, Alexcis Higginbotham 1-4 0-0 2, Kylee Garrick 5-10 0-0 11, Stephanie Gibson 0-1 0-2 0, Kayli Matheson 1-6 1-2 3, Trew Tucker 0-2, 1-2 1, Ana Lydia Valle 2-3 0-0 4, Marissa Caballero 8-23 1-3 20, Cayla Jones 3-5 0-0 7, Amber Jones 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 26-76 9-18 66.
North Idaho 20 22 11 20 — 73
Colum. Basin 7 21 23 15 — 66
Halftime — NIC 42-28. 3-point goals — NIC 4-22 (Roberts 0-1, Benedict 1-4, Case 0-2, Cloninger 0-2, Landdeck 2-8, Norman 1-5), CBCC 6-22 (Perez 3-11, Garrick 1-3, Matheson 0-1, Callabero 1-1, A. Jones 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 64 (Varcoe 18), CBCC 40 (C. Jones 7). Assists — NIC 14 (Benedict 4), CBCC 8 (Callabero 4). Team fouls — NIC 23, CBCC 23. Fouled out — Perez.
• MEN’S BASKETBALL
North Idaho 94
Columbia Basin 73
PASCO, Wash. — Braian Angola-Rodas scored a season-high 33 points on 9-of-16 shooting and 14 of 17 from the free-throw line, leading the Cardinals past the Hawks in a nonleague game.
Brayon (BJ) Blake scored 25 points for NIC (7-0), which hosts Green River on Dec. 3. NIC beat Green River 80-52 last Saturday in Auburn.
Andrew Reddout scored 20 points for Columbia Basin (0-3),
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 2-3 0-0 4, Lucas Antunez 3-5 3-3 10, Haywood Irwin 1-2 0-0 2, Trey Burch-Manning 0-3 3-4 3, Brayon Blake 8-15 9-10 25, Braian Angola-Rodas 9-16 14-17 33, Kaleb Warner 2-6 0-0 5, Kyle Guice 4-10 0-0 12, Zaequan Satterthwaite 0-2 0-0 0, Scott Turner 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-64 29-34 94.
COLUMBIA BASIN
Aaric Wren 1-5 0-0 2, Jerid Ronquillo 5-12 2-2 14, Makai Hirai 1-2 2-2 4, Justin Anderson 1-4 0-0 2, Andrew Reddout 7-11 6-10 20, John Wuol 0-0 0-0 0, Kasey Kelley 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Weems 0-3 0-0 0, Ifeanyi Ifyefobi 2-3 0-0 5, Dustin Petragallo 1-3 0-1 2, Nate Guske 2-4 1-2 7, Brad Scott 5-13 7-9 17. Totals 25-60 18-26 73.
Halftime — NIC 43-40. 3-point goals — NIC 7-21 (Antunez 1-2, Blake 0-1, Angola-Rodas 1-5, Warner 1-5, Guice 4-7, Turner 0-1), CBCC 5-23 (Wren 0-3, Ronquillo 2-4, Hirai 0-1, Anderson 0-2, Reddout 0-1, Weems 0-3, Ifyefobi 1-1, Petragallo 0-2, Guske 2-4, Scott 0-2). Rebounds — NIC 36 (Blake 7), CBCC 41 (Reddout 12). Assists — NIC 11 (Dowd, Antunez 3), CBCC 11 (Reddout 3). Team fouls — NIC 26, CBCC 24. Fouled out — none.