NIC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Cloninger helps Cardinal women top All-Star squad
<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press North Idaho College's Stormee Van Belle (35) attempts to block a lay-up by North Idaho All-Star Sydney Butler on Saturday at North Idaho College.</p>
<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press North Idaho College's Charity Marlatt shoots past North Idaho All-Star Sabrina Earle on Saturday at North Idaho College.</p>
COEUR d’ALENE — Shelby Cloninger had 21 points and two steals to lead the North Idaho College women’s basketball team to a 97-65 win against the North Idaho All-Stars on Saturday at Rolly Williams Court.
Ebony Norman scored 19 points and Maci Benedict added 16 points for NIC (4-1), which faces the Community College of Spokane on Tuesday at Spokane Falls Community College.
Former Lake City High standout Sydney Butler had 17 points and four rebounds for the North Idaho All-Stars, comprised mostly of former NIC women’s players.
Kama Griffitts, who was the national player of the year as a sophomore in 2011 when the Cardinals won the NJCAA championship, finished with 14 points and four rebounds for the All-Stars.
NORTH IDAHO ALL STARS
Kama Griffitts 6-15 0-0 14, Katie King 1-4 0-0 2, Jansen Butler 3-4 0-0 8, Natalie Nichols 0-1 1-2 1, Jordan Schoening 3-11 1-2 9, Shakiana Edwards-Teasley 3-6 0-0 7, Sabrina Earle 1-4 0-0 2, Mollie Kramer 1-2 3-4 5, Sydney Butler 6-17 5-8 17. Totals 24-64 10-16 65.
NORTH IDAHO
Gracie Roberts 4-6 0-0 9, Maci Benedict 6-10 2-2 16, Alyssa Case 3-5 0-0 7, Shelby Cloninger 9-19 0-0 21, Monica Landdeck 3-8 0-0 7, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 2-3 2-2 6, Ebony Norman 7-17 2-2 19, Clarissa Smith 1-2 0-2 2, Stormee Van Belle 2-7 0-0 4, Grace Varcoe 1-3 0-0 2, Charity Marlatt 1-2 2-4 4. Totals 39-82 8-12 97.
N.I. All Stars 11 13 24 17 — 65
North Idaho 23 23 29 22 — 97
3-point goals — NIAS 71-9 (Griffitts 2-8, King 0-3, J. Butler 2-2, Schoening 2-4, Edwards-Teasley 1-1, S. Butler 0-1), NIC 11-28 (Roberts 1-3, Bendict 2-4, Case 1-2, Cloninger 3-7, Landdeck 1-3, Norman 3-8, Van Belle 0-1). Rebounds — NIAS 23 (Edwards-Teasley 6), NIC 57 (Van Belle 8). Assists — NIAS 4 (Griffitts, King, J. Butler, S. Butler), NIC 17 (Roberts, Van Belle 4). Team fouls — NIAS 11, NIC 12. Fouled out — none.