NIC BASKETBALL: Card men 4th, women 3rd

| December 5, 2016 8:00 PM

• MEN

SPOKANE — Markus Golder scored 21 points and Jordan Henderson added 17 as North Idaho College defeated Yakima Valley College 80-78 on Sunday at Spokane Community College in the fourth-place game of the Bigfoot-Cardinal Classic.

Tyrus Hosley hit four 3-pointers and added 13 points for NIC (4-1), and Sam Dowd had nine assists.

Jordan Blodgett led Yakima Valley (1-4) with 22 points.

Community Colleges of Spokane defeated Pierce College 89-80 in the championship game at SCC. Pierce defeated NIC in the first round on Friday, handing the Cardinals their first home loss since the 2014-15 season.

Big Bend beat Whatcom 91-87 for third place.

NIC plays at the San Jose City College tournament Thursday through Saturday.

NORTH IDAHO

Sam Dowd 2-9 2-2 7, Tyrus Hosley 4-8 1-2 13, Charles Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Niko Bevens 4-12 0-0 11, Adam Gotelli 1-2 3-5 6, Markus Golder 7-12 7-8 21, Drew Sheridan 0-2 0-0 0, Ziggy Satterthwaite 1-5 0-0 2, Dalen Erickson 1-4 0-0 3, Jordan Henderson 5-6 7-9 17. Totals 25-61 20-26 80.

YAKIMA VALLEY

Terrance White 2-7 1-3 6, DeAndre Kambala 3-5 2-2 8, Keyshawn Webb 2-3 4-4 9, Modesta Britten 8-13 0-0 16, Maurice Hodge 0-2 0-0 0, Jason Ford 0-0 0-2 0, BJ Gaitor 0-0 0-0 0, Max Jones 5-14 4-4 15, Jordan Blodgett 9-15 1-3 22, Ty Rivers 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 30-62 12-18 78.

Halftime — NIC 39-35. 3-point goals: NIC 10-28 (Dowd 1-3, Hosley 4-7, Williams 0-1, Bevens 3-11, Gotelli 1-2, Erickson 1-4), YVC 6-14 (White 1-1, Webb 1-2, Britten 0-1, Hodge 0-1, Jones 1-3, Blodgett 3-6). Rebounds: NIC 39 (Henderson 8), YVC 36 (Britten 8). Assists: NIC 18 (Dowd 9), YVC 16 (Webb 6). Fouled out: Golder, Ford, Rivers. Total fouls: NIC 17, YVC 23.

• WOMEN

North Idaho 63

Bellevue 53

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Lana Berg scored 17 points to lead four Cardinals into double figures as NIC beat the host school in the third-place game of the Bellevue Bulldog Classic.

Whitney Meier added 14 points for NIC (4-3), and fellow former Lake City High standout Cierra Dvorak had 10 points, nine rebounds, seven steals and five assists.

Brenda Akoto led Bellevue (2-2) with 17 points.

Lane defeated Umpqua 78-69 in the championship game. Umpqua beat NIC 75-52 in the semifinals on Friday.

NIC is scheduled to play a team of NIC alumni Saturday at 1 p.m. at NIC.

NORTH IDAHO

Lana Berg 7-10 3-6 17, Cierra Dvorak 2-11 5-6 10, Elish Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Shelby Jordan 1-2 0-0 3, Whitney Meier 4-10 4-4 14, Shayna Allert 2-7 0-0 5, Giavanna Sorn 2-7 6-8 10, Shanna Floerchinger 1-6 2-2 4, Charity Marlatt 0-2 0-0 0. 19-55 20-28 63.

BELLEVUE

Savanna Metzger 1-6 0-0 2, Sierra cole 1-15 1-2 4, Erin Hamilton 4-13 4-5 12, Melinda Akota 4-13 0-0 8, Daniela Ivory 0-0 0-0 0, DeAyrra Perry 1-2 0-0 2, Brenda Akoto 6-8 5-6 17, Dauneah Wheeler 2-5 4-4 8, Martina Mason 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 14-17 53.

NIC 11 17 23 12 — 63

Bellevue 13 7 16 17 — 53

3-point goals: NIC 5-16 (Berg 0-1, Dvorak 1-2, Jordan 1-1, Meier 2-5, Allert 1-5, Sorn 0-1, Floerchinger 0-1), Bell 1-14 (Metzger 0-3, Cole 1-8, Hamilton 0-1, Wheeler 0-1, Mason 0-1). Rebounds: NIC 46 (Dvorak 9), Bell 38 (Akota 8). Assists: NIC 12 (Dvorak 5), Bell 11 (Cole 5). Fouled out: Akoto. Total fouls: NIC 19, Bell 20.