NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinal men, women top Snow
MEN
COEUR d’ALENE — Braian Angola-Rodas totaled 30 points, nine rebounds and five assists as the North Idaho College Cardinals, ranked No. 8 in the NJCAA, rolled to an 85-68 victory over Snow College of Ephraim, Utah, in Scenic West Athletic Conference play Thursday night at Rolly Williams Court.
“It was a great win for us,” NIC coach Corey Symons said. “The guys played well and the guys that had been struggling finally hit some shots.”
NIC built a 41-29 halftime lead.
“We just finally started to play some good defense,” Symons said. “Snow’s a good team and to hold them to 28 points in the first half was great.”
Kaleb Warner hit four 3-pointers and added 18 points for NIC (19-0, 4-0 SWAC), which led by as much as 23 points in the second half.
Riley Panter led Snow (10-9, 2-2) with 21 points.
NIC plays host to No. 21 Salt Lake on Saturday. Salt Lake (17-2, 4-0) won 96-86 at CSI (14-5, 2-2) on Thursday in Twin Falls.
SNOW
Nate Moore 2-67-14 11, Riley Panter 7-13 0-0 21, Jabriel Allen 2-7 0-0 5, Chris O’Neill 0-3 0-0 0, Norbert Janicek 8-12 0-1 16, Jaxton Andersen 0-4 2-2 2, London Simonsen 0-1 0-0 0, JR Tailey 1-4 0-0 2, Mason Rich 0-0 0-0 0, Braden Koelliker 4-5 1-2 11. Totals 24-55 10-19 68.
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 0-1 0-0 0, Lucas Antunez 2-4 0-0 4, Haywood Irwin 3-7 0-0 6, Trey Burch-Manning 2-6 2-2 6, BJ Blake 4-13 4-6 12, Braian Angola-Rodas 6-15 15-19 30, Kaleb Warner 6-11 2-2 18, Kyle Guice 2-6 0-0 6, Ziggy Satterthwaite 0-0 1-2 1, Tony Naccarato 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 25-63 26-33 85.
Halftime — NIC 41-28. 3-point goals — Snow 10-24 (Moore 0-2, Panter 7-12, Allen 1-3, O’Neill 0-1, Andersen 0-2, Simonsen 0-1, Tailey 0-1, Koelliker 2-2), NIC 9-27 (Antunez 0-1, Irwin 0-2, Blake 0-3, Angola-Rodas 3-9, Warner 4-7, Guice 2-5). Rebounds — Snow 36 (Janicek 9), NIC 40 (Angola-Rodas 9). Assists — Snow 12 (Moore, O’Neill 4), NIC 14 (Antunez 7). Fouled out — Blake. Total fouls — Snow 22, NIC 17.
WOMEN
North Idaho 73
Snow 59
COEUR d’ALENE — Stormee Van Belle scored 18 points and the Cardinals led by as much as 17 points in the second half of their Scenic West win over the Badgers.
Ebony Norman added 11 points and eight rebounds for NIC (15-2, 3-1 SWAC), and Grace Varcoe had 10 points and eight boards.
“I thought our defense was really solid,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “Our bench played really well, especially in the second half. Grace Varcoe, Alyssa Case and Jocelyn Cook-Cox really turned the tide for us with their energy.”
Kaitlyn Hurley led Snow (12-7, 2-2) with 15 points.
NIC’s women host No. 1 Salt Lake (18-1, 3-1) on Saturday. Salt Lake lost to No. 4 Southern Idaho (19-0, 4-0) 64-53 on Thursday in Twin Falls.
SNOW
Aubri Challis 0-4 0-0 0, Tiffany Madson 0-0 0-0 0, Lisa Van Campen 4-6 0-0 8, Lindsey Johnson 1-5 0-0 2, Mykel Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Aleksa Gappmayer 4-6 0-0 9, Sydney Martindale 3-5 4-4 10, Kaitlyn Hurley 6-13 2-2 15, Madison Smith 1-7 3-3 5, Rachael McDonald 1-1 0-0 2, Jaden Anderson 1-2 0-0 2, Brooke Wheeler 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 24-55 9-9 59.
NORTH IDAHO
Sydney Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Gracie Roberts 4-4 0-0 8, Maci Benedict 3-11 0-0 7, Alyssa Case 1-3 1-2 4, Shelby Cloninger 2-6 2-2 7, Kaylee Olson 0-1 0-0 0, Monica Landdeck 2-8 2-2 6, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 1-4 0-0 2, Ebony Norman 5-7 0-0 11, Clarissa Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Stormee Van Belle 7-14 4-4 18, Grace Varcoe 4-8 1-1 10, Charity Marlatt 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-67 10-11 73.
Snow 8 12 20 19 — 59
North Idaho 13 19 16 25 — 73
3-point goals — Snow 2-15 (Challis 0-3, Johnson 0-1, Gappmayer 1-2, Martindale 0-1, Hurley 1-5, Smith 0-3), NIC 5-21 (Benedict 1-6, Case 1-2, Cloninger 1-4, Olson 0-1, Landdeck 0-3, Norman 1-2, Van Belle 0-2, Varcoe 1-1). Rebounds — Snow 33 (Smith 8), NIC 36 (Norman, Varcoe 8). Assists — Snow 7 (Hurley 3), NIC 13 (Roberts, Norman, Van Belle 3). Fouled out — none. Total fouls — Snow 15, NIC 12.