Burkett, Dowd, Bevens spark Cards

| January 15, 2017 12:00 AM

• MEN’S BASKETBALL

COEUR d’ALENE — After leading most of the way, the North Idaho College men’s basketball team needed two free throws late from Sam Dowd with two seconds remaining as the Cardinals held off the visiting Treasure Valley Chukars 91-89 in a Northwest Athletic Conference East Region game on Saturday at Rolly Williams Court.

“Our defense wasn’t where we wanted it to be tonight,” NIC coach Corey Symons said. “We can score with anyone in the country, but just have had a hard time guarding in the last week.”

NIC led throughout, but Treasure Valley tied the game with six seconds remaining. A 35-foot shot at the buzzer hit off the back of the rim for Treasure Valley.

Jalen Burkett had 26 points and 10 rebounds for NIC (14-1, 2-0 NWAC), with Niko Bevens adding 20 points and Dowd 18 points and eight assists.

“Jalen hit some big shots for us and kept us in the game tonight,” Symons said. “If we can figure out how to keep teams at 70 (points), we have a good shot at winning the league.”

Tyus Jefferson scored 22 points for Treasure Valley (8-6, 1-2).

NIC hosts Big Bend on Monday at 4 p.m.

TREASURE VALLEY

Jaden Vaughn 9-17 1-2 23, Troy Williams 2-7 0-0 5, Tristen Penrod 1-7 0-0 2, Tyus Jefferson 9-16 2-3 22, Edo Okafor 0-0 0-0 0, Landon Jones 1-3 0-0 2, Kendall Williams 6-13 4-6 19, Hunter Bailey 5-12 2-2 13, Braxton Bruni 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-76 9-13 89.

NORTH IDAHO

Sam Dowd 6-14 6-7 18, Niko Bevens 7-10 0-0 20, Adam Gotelli 2-5 0-2 6, Jalen Burkett 10-16 4-6 26, Markus Golder 1-5 5-8 7, Drew Sheridan 0-0 0-0 0, Zaequan Satterthwaite 5-12 2-3 12, Dalen Erickson 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Henderson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32-63 17-26 91.

Halftime — NIC 39-36. 3-point goals — TVCC 12-32 (Vaughn 4-6, T. Williams 1-5, Penrod 0-3, Jefferson 2-4, Jones 0-1, K. Williams 3-8, Bailey 1-4), NIC 10-18 (Dowd 0-2, Bevens 6-9, Gotelli 2-4, Burkett 2-2, Golder 0-1). Rebounds — TVCC 40 (K. Williams 10), NIC 39 (Burkett 10). Assists — TVCC 10 (Jefferson 7), NIC 18 (Dowd 8). Team fouls — TVCC 21, NIC 15. Fouled out — Penrod. Technical fouls — Bevens.

• WRESTLING

Great Falls 29

North Idaho 16

MISSOULA, Mont. — Trey Long got a pin in 46 seconds in his 133-pound match for the Cardinals in a dual against the Argos of the NAIA at Sentinel High.

“Trey wrestled a really tough kid in Jarren (Komac), caught him in a scramble and got him on his back and got a pin,” NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said. “That was a big match there.”

Trey Meyer (165) and Levi Perry (184) won by decision and Brent Evans (157) by major decision for NIC, which wrestles Eastern Oregon on Thursday in La Grande.

“We had to put a couple of different kids in some different spots because of sickness,” said Whitcomb, who was without Jeremy Merryweather and Cooper Thomas due to illness. “Once we get over the sickness, I think we’ll be good. We’ll get down to Oregon and get back in the groove. Great Falls wrestled well and we had some good matches.”

125 — Issac Wilson, GF, tf. Garrett White, 17-2. 133 — Trey Long, NIC, p. Jarren Komac, :46. 141 — Justin Whitman, GF, d. Bryson Beard, 9-5. 149 — Shonn Roberts, GF, p. Thomas Stevenson, 2:58. 157 — Brent Evans, NIC, md. Gage Bentley, 21-7. 165 — Trey Meyer, NIC, d. Khaldoon Rashid, 5-2. 174 — Randy Kessler, GF, d. Alex Aguilar, 5-3. 184 — Levi Perry, NIC, d. Sam Voigtlaender, 13-10. 197 — John Hensley, GF, p. Jordan Lacelle, 5:37. 285 — Matthew Hopkins, GF, p. Dallas Goodpaster, 2:50.

• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Treasure Valley 66

North Idaho 58

COEUR d’ALENE — Lana Berg had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals in an East Division loss to the Chukars in Northwest Athletic Conference play at Rolly Williams Court.

Treasure Valley closed the game on a 20-2 run, holding the Cardinals scoreless in the fourth quarter.

“We came out strong and answered every response that they had,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “We led by nine and didn’t score in the fourth quarter. We had breakdowns on defense and just didn’t execute our offense and started playing not to lose instead of to win. We were solid defensively, but they just caught us in the fourth.”

Giavanna Sorn scored 12 points for NIC (7-6, 0-2), which hosts Big Bend of Moses Lake on Monday at 2 p.m.

Gentry Oldham scored 21 points for Treasure Valley (10-4, 2-1).

TREASURE VALLEY

Ashley Wheatley 1-3 0-0 2, Lupita Vargas 0-0 0-0 0, Mia Berenguer 0-3 0-0 0, Shaylana Davis 2-5 0-0 4, Riley Hemlick 4-10 4-5 12, Chelsee Baker 3-8 2-3 9, Shaylee Gilchrist 1-1 0-0 2, Gentry Oldham 7-18 7-10 22, Markee Kimball 2-8 1-2 5, Taylor Whitney 3-5 2-2 8, Shelby Kincaid 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-62 16-22 66.

NORTH IDAHO

Lana Berg 6-13 3-6 15, Cierra Dvorak 4-11 0-0 8, Kassin Hopkins 1-2 0-0 2, Elish Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Shelby Jordan 1-2 0-0 3, Whitney Meier 4-13 0-0 11, Shayna Allert 2-8 0-0 5, Kaitlyn Christianson 0-0 0-0 0, Giavanna Sorn 5-9 2-2 12, Charity Marlatt 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 24-64 5-8 58.

Treasure Valley 10 21 18 17 — 66

North Idaho 19 23 16 0 — 58

3-point goals — TVCC 2-9 (Berenguer 0-1, Davis 0-1, Helmick 0-2, Baker 1-3, Oldham 1-1, Whitney 0-1), NIC 5-17 (Dvorak 0-1, Smith 0-2, Jordan 1-2, Meier 3-8, Allert 1-4). Rebounds — TVCC 47 (Oldham, Kimball 11), NIC 34 (Dvorak 9). Assists — TVCC 13 (Oldham 5), NIC 9 (Dvorak 4). Team fouls — TVCC 15, NIC 20. Fouled out — Allert.