Greene guides Cardinal men in Inn-vitational opener

| December 29, 2017 12:00 AM

- MEN

COEUR d’ALENE — Jarod Greene had 18 points and 14 rebounds for North Idaho College in a 106-67 win over Fairchild Air Force Base on the opening day of the annual Coeur d’Alene Inn-vitational on Thursday at Rolly Williams Court.

NIC (8-3) jumped out to a 63-36 halftime lead, with RayQuan Evans and Aushanti Potts-Woods scoring 17 points each in the win. NIC went 42 of 70 from the field, compared to 25 for 70 for Fairchild.

NIC will face Everett, which beat Blue Mountain 98-70 in an earlier game at the tournament, tonight at 6 at Rolly Williams Court. Medicine Hat beat Wenatchee Valley 74-70 in other action on Thursday at NIC.

FAIRCHILD

Destry Mays 0-4 0-0 10, Treion Davis 3-6 2-2 10, Alex Myers 1-10 2-2 5, Desmond Rollins 7-11 3-3 19, Andre Davis 7-13 2-4 16, AJ Leak 0-2 0-0 0, Kaleb Fausone 3-9 0-2 2, Joshua Winters 4-15 0-2 9. Totals 25-70 9-15 67.

NORTH IDAHO

RayQuan Evans 6-7 5-6 17, Brody Lundblad 1-3 0-0 3, Milan Lester 0-1 0-0 0, Aushanti Potts-Woods 6-7 0-0 17, Conner Chapman 5-9 2-2 12, Iaian McLaughlin 1-5 0-0 3, Kyrie Mcraven 2-7 1-2 5, Jalen Burkett 3-4 1-3 7, Jarod Greene 8-10 2-3 18, Jacob Cowley 3-4 1-3 7, Tyler Brimhall 3-6 1-2 8, Seth Christiaens 1-1 0-0 2, Keegan Crosby 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 42-70 13-21 106.

Halftime — NIC 63-36. 3-point goals — FAFB 8-31 (T. Davis 2-4, Myers 1-7, Rollins 2-6, Fausone 2-7, Winters 1-7), NIC 9-15 (Lundblad 1-3, Potts-Woods 5-5, McLaughlin 1-1, Mcraven 0-1, Brimhall 1-3, Crosby 1-2). Rebounds — FAFB 25 (A. Davis 11), NIC 58 (Greene 14). Assists — FAFB 14 (Winters 4), NIC 20 (Burkett 5). Team fouls — FAFB 15, NIC 16. Fouled out — none.

- WOMEN

North Idaho 86

Highline 45

LONGVIEW, Wash. — Sophomore guard Ronnie Harris led a balanced Cardinal attack with 13 points in a win over the Thunderbirds in the opening round of the Lower Columbia College Holiday Classic.

Lana Berg had 10 points and St. Maries High product Kelsey Auer had nine rebounds and six points for NIC (8-2), which faces tournament host Lower Columbia in a semifinal game tonight.

Lake City High product Whitney Meier scored 14 points for NIC.

“In the first quarter, it just looked like we came off an eight-day break,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “Our bench really sparked us tonight (scoring 43 combined points). Lana was great off the bench, and Whitney (Meier) hit some big shots. It was a good team win.”

HIGHLINE

Kanani Kremers 2-13 0-0 4, Aileen Kaye 1-4 2-2 4, Nadija Demic 1-7 2-2 4, Sharon Ajayi 9-16 5-8 23, Jasmine Martinez 3-6 4-6 10, Jahnna-Marie Kahele-Madali 0-0 0-0 0, Aolani Medrano 0-3 0-0 0, Minami Ando 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-49 13-18 45.

NORTH IDAHO

Cierra Dvorak 4-8 0-0 8, Ronnie Harris 6-13 0-0 13, Zosha Krupa 3-7 0-0 8, Kelsey Auer 3-8 0-0 6, Sydney Hovde 4-5 0-0 8, Lana Berg 4-10 2-4 10, Shae Logozzo 3-7 0-0 9, Shelby Jordan 2-6 0-0 4, Whitney Meier 5-13 0-0 14, Gia Sorn 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 37-83 2-4 86.

Highline 12 12 13 8 — 45

North Idaho 15 27 23 21 — 86

3-point goals — High 0-9 (Kremers 0-3, Kaye 0-2, Demic 0-3, Martinez 0-1), NIC 10-32 (Harris 1-5, Krupa 2-6, Auer 0-1, Berg 0-1, Logozzo 3-7, Jordan 0-2, Meier 4-10). Rebounds — High 33 (Ajayi 11), NIC 46 (Auer 9). Assists — High 7 (Kremers, Martinez 2), NIC 18 (Dvorak, Krupa 3). Team fouls — High 3, NIC 20. Fouled out — Sorn.