NIC BASKETBALL: Guice, Dowd spark Cardinals

| January 31, 2016 8:30 PM

• MEN’S BASKETBALL

EPHRAIM, Utah — Kyle Guice, the former Lake City High standout, finished with 17 points and five rebounds while helping hold Utah State commit Norbert Janicek to four points, guiding the third-ranked North Idaho Cardinals past the Snow College Badgers 83-65 in Scenic West Athletic Conference play on Saturday afternoon at the Horne Activity Center.

Guice hit 4 of 5 of his 3-pointers in the first half, 5 of 9 from beyond the 3-point line, helping NIC (25-0, 10-0 SWAC) jump out to a 45-18 halftime lead.

“We picked up the pace, we got them sped up a little bit and they turned it over a lot early,” NIC assistant coach George Swanson said. “And we hit shots.”

Nate Moore and Braden Koelliker each scored 15 points for Snow (12-13, 4-6).

“Kyle did a good job on defense and we exposed (Janicek) on offense,” Swanson said. “He didn’t have the foot speed to stay with (Guice) on the offensive end.”

Sam Dowd scored 16 points off the bench for NIC, which hosts Southern Idaho next Saturday at 5 p.m.

CSI (19-6, 7-3) won at 16th-ranked Salt Lake (20-5, 7-3) 78-67 on Saturday for the Golden Eagles’ fourth straight win. CSI and Salt are tied for second, three games behind NIC with five league games remaining.

NORTH IDAHO

Sam Dowd 5-10 4-4 16, Lucas Antunez 3-5 0-0 7, Haywood Irwin 0-0 0-0 0, Trey Burch-Manning 2-7 2-3 6, BJ Blake 7-16 0-3 15, Braian Angola-Rodas 3-7 7-9 13, Kaleb Warner 2-4 2-3 7, Kyle Guice 6-10 0-0 17, Zaequan Satterhwaite 0-0 0-0 0, Scott Turner 1-1 0-0 2, Tony Naccarato 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-61 15-22 83.

SNOW COLLEGE

Nate Moore 4-8 6-7 15, Riley Panter 0-3 0-0 0, Jalon Lewis 3-6 0-0 8, Jabriel Allen 0-1 0-0 0, Chris O’Neill 1-4 0-0 2, Norbert Janicek 1-5 2-4 4, Jaxton Andersen 0-2 0-0 0, London Simonsen 1-3 3-3 6, JR Tailey 6-8 1-2 13, Mason Rich 1-5 0-0 2, Braden Koelliker 4-12 7-9 15. Totals 21-57 19-25 65.

Halftime — NIC 45-18. 3-point goals — NIC 10-25 (Dowd 2-3, Antunez 1-2, Burch-Manning 0-2, Blake 1-4, Angola-Rodas 0-2, Warner 1-3, Guice 5-9), Snow 4-23 (Moore 1-2, Panter 0-2, Lewis 2-5, Allen 0-1, O’Neill 0-1, Andersen 0-1, Simonsen 1-3, Tailey 0-2). Rebounds — NIC 31 (Blake, Angola-Rodas, Guice 5), Snow 40 (Koelliker 9). Assists — NIC 15 (Angola-Rodas 6), Snow 7 (Moore 3). Team fouls — NIC 24, Snow 22. Fouled out — Antunez, Blake, Panter.

• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Snow 64

North Idaho 49

EPHRAIM, Utah — The 24th-ranked Cardinals suffered their second lopsided loss in three days on the road drip, shooting 17 for 67 from the field in a loss to the Badgers in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.

Monica Landdeck scored 19 points for NIC (17-6, 5-5 SWAC), which hosts sixth-ranked Southern Idaho next Saturday.

CSI (22-3, 7-3) lost at fourth-ranked and SWAC-leading Salt Lake (24-1, 9-1) 72-62 on Saturday, and with Snow’s win over NIC, dropped the Golden Eagles into a tie for second with Snow (17-8, 7-3). NIC is in fourth.

NORTH IDAHO

Maci Benedict 1-7 2-2 5, Shelby Cloninger 4-16 1-2 10, Monica Landdeck 7-14 0-0 19, Ebony Norman 1-7 0-0 2, Stormee Van Belle 2-9 2-2 6, Gracie Roberts 0-1 0-0 0, Alyssa Case 1-4 0-0 0, Kaylee Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Jocelyn Cook-Cox 0-2 0-2 0, Grace Varcoe 1-7 2-3 4. Totals 17-67 7-11 49.

SNOW COLLEGE

Lisa VanCampen 4-7 5-6 13, Lindsey Johnson 5-8 1-2 11, Madison Smith 2-4 0-0 4, Brooke Wheeler 2-8 4-8 8, Kaitlyn Hurley 2-8 5-6 10, Aubri Challis 4-9 0-0 9, Tiffany Madson 0-1 0-0 0, Aleska Gappmayer 3-5 0-0 6, Sydney Martindale 1-3 2-4 4, Jaden Anderson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-53 17-26 64.

North Idaho 6 13 14 16 — 49

Snow 12 15 13 24 — 64

3-point goals — NIC 8-30 (Benedict 1-5, Cloninger 1-4, Landdeck 5-9, Norman 0-3, Van Belle 0-3, Case 1-3, Cook-Cox 0-1, Varcoe 0-2), Snow 1-5 (Johnson 0-1, Hurley 0-1, Challis 1-2, Madson 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 43 (Van Belle 13), Snow 41 (Johnson 10). Assists — NIC 12 (Benedict 6), Snow 13 (Hurley 4). Team fouls — NIC 15, Snow 15. Fouled out — VanCampeoi