NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinal men rally past Salt Lake, remain unbeaten

| January 29, 2016 8:00 PM

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TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Still perfect — thanks to a second-half comeback.

With North Idaho College trailing by two points, Kaleb Warner hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds left as the Cardinals rallied from a 14-point deficit early in the second half to beat Salt Lake Community College 98-94 in Scenic West Athletic Conference play Thursday night at Bruin Arena.

“They’ve just got no quit,” NIC coach Corey Symons said.

Braian Angola-Rodas scored 30 points, BJ Blake 23 for NIC (24-0, 9-0 SWAC), ranked No. 3 in the NJCAA. But Blake fouled out with 7 1/2 minutes left and the Cardinals still trailing by nine.

Enter Scott Turner, Haywood Irwin and Ziggy Satterthwaite to the rescue for the Cardinals, who opened up a two-game lead in the SWAC.

Turner, the former Lake City High standout, played just three minutes off the bench, but grabbed a key offensive rebound and contributed three points and two rebounds. Irwin knocked down a 3-pointer with the Cards trailing by seven, aiding the comeback.

Tyler Rawson scored 24 points, Bushmen Ebet 23 for No. 16 Salt Lake (20-4, 7-2).

“We just couldn’t guard anybody early on,” Symons said. “We hit a couple shots (in the second half, and we sat down and played defense finally.”

On Saturday, NIC travels to Snow, which lost 106-98 to CSI in double-overtime on Thursday.

NORTH IDAHO

Lucas Antunez 4-7 1-2 12, BJ Blake 8-16 5-12 23, Braian Angola-Rodas 8-12 12-15 30, Kaleb Warner 3-6 2-2 10, Kyle Guice 1-8 2-2 4, Sam Dowd 0-6 4-4 4, Haywood Irwin 2-3 0-0 6, Trey Burch-Manning 1-2 0-2 2, Zaequan Satterthwaite 0-0 4-4 4, Scott Turner 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 28-62 31-45 98.

SALT LAKE

Gibson Johnson 4-7 1-3 9, Marcus White 2-4 1-2 6, Tyler Rawson 8-14 6-8 24, Tad Dufelmeier 4-6 2-2 12, Conner Toolson 1-6 4-4 7, Bushmen Ebet 6-13 6-8 23, Austin Waddoups 1-3 0-1 2, McKay Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Christian Musoko 2-6 2-2 6, Scott Cook 0-0 0-0 0, Tanner Newbold 1-3 0-0 3, Marsalis Johnson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 30-64 22-30 94.

Halftime — SLCC 51-45. 3-point goals — NIC 11-32 (Antunez 3-6, Blake 2-6, Angola-Rodas 2-5, Warner 2-3, Guice 0-7, Dowd 0-2, Irwin 2-2, Turner 0-1), SLCC 12-26 (G. Johnson 0-1, White 1-2, Rawson 2-2, Dufelmeier 2-4, toolson 1-5, Ebet 5-7, Waddoups 0-1, Musoko 0-1, Newbold 1-3). Rebounds — NIC 42 (Angola-Rodas 8), SLCC 37 (G. Johnson 13). Assists — NIC 14 (Angola-Rodas 5), SLCC 21 (Rawson 6). Fouled out — Blake. Total fouls — NIC 25, SLCC 30. Technical fouls — SLCC, White.

• WOMEN

Salt Lake 89

North Idaho 60

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Iva Georgieva had a triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in SWAC play at Bruin Arena as the fourth-ranked Bruins handed the No. 23 Cardinals their worst loss of the season.

Monique Mills added 14 points for Salt Lake (23-1, 8-1 SWAC), which won by 21 points at NIC three weeks ago.

Shelby Cloninger scored 20 points for NIC (17-5, 5-4), which shot 37.7 percent from the field and committed 23 turnovers.

“It was ugly,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “We turned the ball over too much. We’ve got to take care of the ball better. We’ve got to bounce back on Saturday.”

NIC plays Saturday at Snow, which upended No. 6 CSI 79-71 on Thursday.

North Idaho 17 7 16 20 — 60

Salt Lake 28 17 25 19 — 89

NORTH IDAHO

Maci Benedict 2-3 0-0 5, Shelby Cloninger 5-10, 9-12 20, Monica Landdeck 1-5 0-0 2, Ebony Norman 4-10 1-4 11, Stormee Van Belle 3-10 2-2 9, Sidney Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Gracie Roberts 0-2 1-4 1, Alyssa Case 1-3 0-0 3, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 0-3 0-2 0, Clarissa Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Grace Varcoe 3-5 0-0 6, Charity Marlatt 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 20-53 14-26 60.

SALT LAKE

Monique Mills 4-9 4-8 14, Tilar Clark 3-10 2-6 9, Iva Georgieva 6-14 0-0 15, Karina Brandon 5-7 2-2 12, Andrea Brady 5-8 3-6 13, Nicole Forrey 0-1 0-0 0, Sydnee Taylor 3-3 2-2 8, Tianna Dougher 1-3 0-0 2, Dominique Mills 4-6 1-2 9, Shyan Adams 0-0 0-0 0, Elsa Paulsson-Glantz 1-4 1-2 3, Ma’ata Epenisa 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 34-69 15-28 89.

3-point goals — NIC 6-20 (Benedict 1-2, Cloninger 1-1, Landdeck 0-3, Norman 2-4, Van Belle 1-4, Roberts 0-2, Case 1-3, Varcoe 0-1), SLCC 6-14 (Mills 2-3, Clark 1-3, Georgieva 3-6, Dougher 0-1, Paulsson-Glantz 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 33 (Van Belle 9), SLCC 41 (Georgieva 11). Assists — NIC 14 (Benedict 4), SLCC 25 (Georgieva 11). Fouled out — Cook-Cox. Total fouls — NIC 22, SLCC 26. Technical fouls — NIC, Cloninger, Team 2; SLCC, Georgieva.