NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal men, women run past Colorado NW
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press North Idaho College’s Braian Angola Rodas goes above a Colorado Northwestern Community College defender put up a shot from the outside during the first half Thursday in Coeur d’Alene.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press North Idaho College’s Grace Varcoe breaks up a shot by Colorado Northwestern Community College’s Cylee Tuimaunei during the third quarter Thursday in Coeur d’Alene.</p>
• MEN’S BASKETBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Braian Angola-Rodas had 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the fourth-ranked North Idaho College men’s basketball team in a 76-62 win against Colorado Northwestern on Thursday night in Scenic West Athletic Conference play at Rolly Williams Court.
BJ Blake scored 27 points on 13 of 25 shooting from the field for NIC (22-0, 7-0 SWAC), which hosts Utah State-Eastern on Saturday.
In other SWAC play, Southern Idaho (16-6, 4-3 SWAC) beat Utah State-Eastern (14-9, 1-7) 94-83 in Twin Falls.
Alex Therrien scored 14 points for Colorado Northwestern (2-20, 0-8).
COLORADO NORTHWESTERN
Cameron Coles 5-8 2-6 13, Trey Puckett 0-3 8-8 8, Alex Therrien 4-10 5-6 14, Owen Mellen 0-0 0-0 0, Corey Martin 0-3 0-0 0, Van Merbin 3-8 0-0 6, Jonas Santana 4-6 4-7 12, Michael Cooper 1-4 0-0 3, Chris Bel 0-0 0-0 0, Valerian Salumu 2-9 1-2 6. Totals 19-51 20-29 62.
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 2-4 0-0 4, Lucas Antunez 2-2 0-0 4, Haywood Irwin 2-10 0-0 5, Trey Burch-Manning 0-2 0-0 0, BJ Blake 13-25 1-1 27, Braian Angola-Rodas 5-14 12-12 24, Kaleb Warner 1-8 3-4 5, Kyle Guice 0-3 0-0 0, Ziggy Satterhwaite 0-0 0-0 0, Scott Turner 1-2 5-6 7, Tony Naccarato 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-71 21-23 76.
Halftime — NIC 36-24. 3-point goals — CNCC 4-16 (Coles 1-2, Puckett 0-2, Therrien 1-5, Merbin 0-2, Cooper 1-3, Salumu 1-2), NIC 3-25 (Dowd 0-1, Irwin 1-6, Burch-Manning 0-1, Blake 0-3, Angola-Rodas 2-4, Warner 0-7, Guice 0-3). Rebounds — CNCC 34 (Merbin 11), NIC 51 (Angola-Rodas 8). Assists — CNCC 6 (Coles 5), NIC 18 (Angola-Rodas 7). Team fouls — CNCC 21, NIC 25. Fouled out — Martin.
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
North Idaho 86
Colorado Northwestern 56
COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore guard Maci Benedict scored 12 of her game-high 16 points in the first half, leading the 25th-ranked Cardinals past the Spartans in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court.
“We came out of the gate pretty strong, and so did Colorado Northwestern,” said NIC coach Chris Carlson, whose team held Colorado Northwestern to two points in the third quarter. “We got some momentum going in the second quarter and our defense was really strong in the third quarter and just took over in the third.”
Shelby Cloninger, Ebony Norman and Stormee Van Belle scored eight points each for NIC (16-4, 4-3 SWAC), which shot 36 for 72 from the field and led by as much as 37 points.
NIC hosts Utah State-Eastern on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Kelsey Harvey scored 12 points for Colorado Northwestern (8-12, 0-8).
In other SWAC play, No. 7 Southern Idaho (21-1, 7-1 SWAC) rolled past Utah State-Eastern (8-13, 1-7) 80-59 in Twin Falls.
COLORADO NORTHWESTERN
Taylor Thomas 1-2 0-2 2, Sarah Midgley 2-9 1-3 5, Sierra Reynolds 0-0 0-0 0, Rylee Thompson 4-4 1-2 9, Rachel Prescott 4-11 0-0 9, Tyra Rodriguez 1-5 0-0 3, Shelby Harvey 4-8 0-0 8, Taylor Martin 1-5 0-0 2, Kelsey Harvey 5-6 0-0 12, Kanani Naipo 0-1 2-2 2, Cylee Tuimaunei 1-7 0-1 2, Megan Erickson 1-4 0-2 2. Totals 24-62 4-12 56.
NORTH IDAHO
Sidney Davis 2-2 2-4 6, Gracie Roberts 1-3 3-4 6, Maci Benedict 6-12 1-2 16, Alyssa Cas 3-7 0-0 7, Shelby Cloninger 4-12 0-0 8, Kaylee Olson 1-2 0-0 3, Monica Landdeck 3-4 1-1 7, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 2-5 0-0 4, Ebony Norman 4-7 0-0 8, Clarissa Smith 3-5 0-0 7, Stormee Van Belle 4-7 0-1 8, Grace Varcoe 3-5 0-0 6, Charity Marlatt 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-72 7-12 86.
C. Northwest 12 13 2 29 — 56
North Idaho 17 24 20 25 — 86
3-point goals — CNCC 4-11 (Midgley 0-3, Prescott 1-2, S. Harvey 1-1, K. Harvey 2-3, Tuimaunei 0-2), NIC 7-20 (Roberts 1-1, Benedict 3-6, Case 1-3, Cloninger 0-3, Olson 1-2, Landdeck 0-1, Cook-Cox 0-1, Smith 1-2, Van Belle 0-1). Rebounds — CNCC 35 (Prescott 6), NIC 45 (Van Belle 10). Assists — CNCC 12 (Midgley, Prescott 3), NIC 23 (Roberts, Benedict, Van Belle 4). Team fouls — CNCC 16, NIC 15. Fouled out — none.
• WRESTLING
North Idaho at
Highline, ccd., snow
DES MOINES, Wash. — The wrestling match between the Cardinals and Thunderbirds was cancelled due to the closure of Snoqualmie Pass on Thursday.
It will not be made up.
NIC visits Southwestern Oregon of Coos Bay tonight at 6.