Harris, Sorn spark Card women

OREGON CITY, Ore. — Rocky Mountain College transfer Ronnie Harris had 25 points and five steals for North Idaho College in a 93-67 win over the Whatcom Orcas in the opening round of the Clackamas tournament on Friday.

Gia Sorn had 22 points, eight rebounds and seven blocked shots for NIC (5-2), which faces tournament host Clackamas today at 4 p.m.

“We got some really good guard play out of Ronnie and Zia (Zosha Krupa, who finished with 16 points and four steals),” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “Both of them shot the ball really well and got us going offensively. Gia, her second half was really good and to have seven blocks in 20 minutes was great.”

NIC forced 31 turnovers in the game, scoring 25 points off turnovers.

“We really put some pressure on them and got it going in the first and third quarter,” Carlson said. “We wanted to come out strong and really blew the game open. We’ve been trying to get a full four quarters, and I think we accomplished that tonight.”

Alecia Marin scored 20 points for Whatcom (5-4).

NORTH IDAHO

Cierra Dvorak 1-8 2-2 4, Ronnie Harris 11-15 0-0 25, Zosha Krupa 6-16 0-2 16, Kelsey Auer 4-7 0-0 8, Sydney Hovde 3-9 0-0 6, Lana Berg 0-4 0-0 0, Abby Hamilton 0-0 0-0 0, Shae Logozzo 2-4 0-0 5, Shelby Jordan 1-3 0-0 2, Whitney Meier 2-8 0-0 5, Gia Sorn 10-14 2-3 22. Totals 40-88 4-7 93.

WHATCOM

Alecia Marin 6-16 6-6 20, Elissa Vreugdenhill 6-10 2-4 14, Rachel Sande 5-8 2-2 12, Jacqualine Case 4-14 1-2 12, Samantha Hruby 0-5 0-0 0, Phoebe Wong 0-1 0-0 0, Emma Stump 2-7 0-0 2, Joanne Anderson 1-4 3-4 5. Totals 24-65 14-18 67.

North Idaho 27 19 31 16 — 93

Whatcom 10 21 15 21 — 67

3-point goals — NIC 9-25 (Dvorak 0-3, Harris 3-5, Krupa 4-7, Berg 0-1, Logozzo 1-3, Jordan 1-3, Meier 1-5). Whatcom 5-19 (Marin 2-8, Case 3-9, Hruby 0-2). Rebounds — NIC 45 (Sorn 8), Whatcom 46 (Vreugdenhill 9). Assists — NIC 17 (Auer 4), Whatcom 14 (Marin 4). Total fouls — NIC 21, Whatcom 10.