NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinal women overpowered in semis
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
BELLEVUE, Wash. — The Umpqua Riverhawks overpowered the North Idaho Cardinals inside in the semifinals of the Bellevue Bulldog Classic, as 6-foot-4 Jordan Stotler had 22 points and 17 rebounds, and 6-3 Dajanay Powell had 24 points and 11 boards in a 75-52 victory Saturday.
“They’re both Division I kids, and they both finish well,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “We had moments of brilliance with our post defense ... we didn’t shoot the ball well (31 percent).”
An exception was Whitney Meier, who hit 6 of 13 from 3-pointers and 8 of 16 from the floor for 22 points.
Cierra Dvorak had eight assists for NIC (3-3), which will play in the third-place game today at noon.
UMPQUA
Lily Eckert 1-3 0-0 2, Adrionna Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Stotler 10-20 2-3 22, Jacque Luaders 1-4 0-0 3, Bria Thames 5-7 4-6 14, Tasia Bilbrew 3-5 0-0 6, Alyssa Grenfell 0-1 0-0 0, Dajanay Powell 11-22 2-4 24, Ashley Bracken 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 33-65 8-13 75.
NORTH IDAHO
Lana Berg 3-10 0-1 7, Cierra Dvorak 1-12 0-0 2, Elish Smith 1-5 0-3 2, Shelby Jordan 2-4 0-1 4, Whitney Meier 8-16 0-0 22, Shayna Allert 2-7 0-0 5, Giavanna Sorn 3-6 2-2 8, Shanna Floerchinger 1-6 0-0 2, Charity Marlatt 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-67 2-3 52.
Umpqua 16 20 24 15 — 75
North Idaho 14 10 12 16 — 52
3-point goals — Umpqua 1-7 (Stotler 0-1, Luaders 1-4, Thames 0-1, Bilbrew 0-1), NIC 8-28 (Berg 1-1, Dvorak 0-3, Smith 0-3, Jordan 0-1, Meier 6-13, Allert 1-6, Floerchinger 0-1). Rebounds — Umpqua 53 (Stotler 17), NIC 28 (Dvorak 6). Assists — Umpqua 23 (Bilbrew 5), NIC 14 (Dvorak 8). Team fouls — Umpqua 7, NIC 13. Fouled out — none.
• MEN’S BASKETBALL
North Idaho 98
Everett 83
COEUR d’ALENE — Freshman Niko Bevens had 23 points and five rebounds, leading six in double-figures for the Cardinals in a win over the Trojans in a consolation game in the Bigfoot/Cardinal Classic at Rolly Williams Court.
Ziggy Satterhwaite had 16 points and 14 rebounds, Dalen Erickson 14 points, Jordan Henderson 13 points, Sam Dowd 12 points and eight assists and Markus Golder 11 points for NIC (3-1), which faces Yakima Valley today at Spokane Community College in the fourth-place game at 11 a.m.
“It was a huge night out of Ziggy,” NIC men’s basketball coach Corey Symons said. “He’s been playing really well and had two double-doubles in his last two games. He just shared the ball a lot better than (Friday) with 24 assists and played with a lot of energy on the defensive end.”
Kiante Ahmad-Woods scored 25 points for Everett (4-2).
EVERETT
Garrett Fitt 0-3 0-0 0, Asheme Cole 1-2 0-1 2, Gio Jackson 3-7 2-2 8, Kiante Ahmad-Woods 10-22 4-5 25, Jason James 5-8 4-6 14, Patrick Deubel 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Diggs 3-7 2-3 9, Brevin Brown 5-11 2-2 13, Conner Moffatt 2-6 2-2 6, Jordan Neville 0-0 0-0 0, Coleman Grayson 2-6 1-3 6. Totals 31-72 17-23 83.
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 3-9 6-6 12, Tyrus Hosley 0-2 0-0 0, Niko Bevens 8-16 1-1 23, Adam Gotelli 1-3 0-2 3, Jalen Burkett 3-4 0-0 6, Markus Golder 5-8 1-2 11, Ziggy Satterhwaite 7-12 2-2 16, Dalen Erickson 4-5 3-4 14, Jordan Henderson 5-6 3-3 13. Totals 36-65 16-20 98.
Halftime — NIC 51-34. 3-point goals — Everett 4-23 (Fitt 0-1, Cole 0-1, Jackson 0-2, Ahmad-Woods 1-2, James 0-2, Diggs 1-2, Brown 1-6, Moffatt 0-3, Grayson 1-4), NIC 10-23 (Dowd 0-3, Hosley 0-1, Bevens 6-12, Gotelli 1-2, Golder 0-1, Erickson 3-4). Rebounds — Everett 29 (Diggs 8), NIC 47 (Satterhwaite 14). Assists — Everett 8 (Ahmad-Woods 3), NIC 24 (Dowd 8). Team fouls — Everett 22, NIC 22. Fouled out — Fitt, Satterhwaite.