NIC ROUNDUP: Cards hold on in opener

LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College Jalen Burkett (11) flies by the defense for the lay-in basket during Friday night's game against Pierce College at NIC.

LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College point guard Sam Dowd slides by Pierce College defender Ryan Bell to the basket during Friday night's game at NIC.

| December 3, 2016 8:00 PM

LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College point guard Sam Dowd slides by Pierce College defender Ryan Bell to the basket during Friday night's game at NIC.

• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Former Lake City High standout Cierra Dvorak had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists for North Idaho College in a 66-65 win over the Everett Trojans in the opening round of the Bellevue Classic on Friday at Bellevue College.

NIC led by 22 points in the second half before Everett ralled to get it to a one possession game in the fourth quarter.

“We started out really good, and by the second and third period, started to play some good basketball,” NIC women’s coach Chris Carlson said. “We really came out of Thanksgiving break well, and then it just kind of snowballed quickly. It was kind of like the harder we tried, the worse it got. For a young team like ours, we need to work on finishing the game.”

NIC (3-2) will face Umpqua in the semifinals at 5 p.m. today. Everett will face Skagit Valley in a consolation game today at 1 p.m.

NORTH IDAHO

Lana Berg 2-4 0-0 4, Cierra Dvorak 5-14 3-6 14, Eilish Smith 3-8 2-6 10, Shelby Jordan 2-7 2-2 6, Whitney Meier 4-9 0-0 12, Shayna Allert 1-4 0-2 2, Giavanna Sorn 4-7 1-3 9, Shanna Floerchinger 2-4 0-0 5, Charity Marlatt 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 24-56 10-21 66.

EVERETT

Chellyn Perea 4-6 4-5 12, Anna Hekker 3-5 3-4 11, Charley Edwardson 1-3 0-0 2, Alexis Biggerstaff 6-6 1-5 13, Lily Hilderbrand 4-7 2-4 10, Kaela Tyler 3-12 0-0 8, Jessalyn Reiter 1-8 0-0 3, Mikayla Hopkins 0-0 0-0 0, Mikayla Scott 0-0 0-0 0, Claire Fyfe 1-6 0-0 2, Kassaundra Jackson 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 24-65 11-16 65.

North Idaho 16 19 21 10 — 66

Everett 14 11 11 29 — 65

3-point goals — NIC 8-21 (Dvorak 1-5, Smith 2-3, Jordan 0-2, Meier 4-7, Allert 0-3, Floerchinger 1-3, Marlatt 1-1), ECC 6-22 (Perea 0-1, Hekker 2-3, Biggerstaff 1-5, Tyler 2-8, Reiter 1-5). Rebounds — NIC 45 (Floerchinger 9), ECC 36 (Fyfe 7). Assists — NIC 19 (Dvorak 5), ECC 10 (Biggerstaff 3). Team fouls — NIC 13, ECC 6. Fouled out — Hekker.

• MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pierce 99

North Idaho 90

COEUR d’ALENE — Zaequan “Ziggy” Satterhwaite had 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Cardinals in a loss to the Raiders in the opening round of the Bigfoot/Cardinal Classic at Rolly Williams Court.

NIC (2-1) will host Everett tonight at 5:30.

Pierce will face Big Bend in a semifinal game at 7:30.

PIERCE

Brilan Kelly 2-5 0-0 6, Robert Rucker 2-6 0-0 6, Chris Drake 2-8 3-4 7, Rakeem Hughey 2-3 0-0 6, Marshaun Williams 2-4 3-3 8, Hussayn Ford 5-10 4-7 14, Michael Hannan 6-10 4-6 18, Makaleb McInnis 6-9 0-0 14, Robert Knox 1-1 3-3 5, Casey Gearhart 5-6 0-0 11, Ryan Bell 1-2 2-2 4, Ronnie Roberson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-64 19-25 99.

NORTH IDAHO

Sam Dowd 4-10 11-12 19, Tyrus Hosley 0-0 0-0 0, Charles Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Niko Bevens 4-9 1-2 13, Adam Gotelli 1-5 0-0 2, Jalen Burkett 3-6 1-2 7, Markus Golder 10-17 4-6 24, Drew Sheridan 0-1 0-0 0, Ziggy Satterhwaite 6-11 6-7 18, Dalen Erickson 1-2 2-2 5, Jordan Henderson 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 30-65 25-31 90.

Halftime — Pierce 47-34. 3-point goals — Pierce 12-23 (Kelly 2-2, Rucker 2-4, Drake 0-3, Hughey 2-2, Williams 1-2, Ford 0-1, Hannan 2-5, McInnis 2-3, Gearhart 1-1), NIC 5-17 (Dowd 0-1, Bevens 4-8, Gotelli 0-1, Burkett 0-1, Golder 0-3, Erickson 1-2, Henderson 0-1). Rebounds — Pierce 37 (Ford 10), NIC 33 (Satterhwaite 14). Assists — Pierce 20 (Hughey 5), NIC 13 (Dowd 9). Team fouls — Pierce 23, NIC 22. Fouled out — Burkett.

• WRESTLING

Cardinal trio win matches at

Cliff Keen invite

LAS VEGAS — Bryson Beard (133 pounds), Trey Meyer (165) and Alex Aguilar (174) all won matches for the Cardinals, but failed to advance to today’s second day of competition at the 35th annual Cliff Keen Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Each of NIC’s other competitors went 0-2 in the tournament, which features Division I, Division II, NAIA and NJCAA schools.

“Some of the guys were outmatched, but came away with some great experience,” NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said. “Now they’ll get a catch to watch those guys and learn from what went wrong. You always want to win, but to put it in perspective, some of these guys are true freshmen and you want to take something positive from this.”

NIC will host Eastern Oregon next Friday.