Cardinal men, women romp
• MEN
PENDLETON, Ore. — Markus Golder had 19 points and six rebounds to lead North Idaho College to a 79-58 win against the Blue Mountain Timberwolves in a Northwest Athletic Conference East Region game on Saturday afternoon.
NIC (17-3, 5-2 NWAC) outscored Blue Mountain 42-24 in the second half to pull away.
“We’ve really been focusing on the defensive side of the ball, and the guys really played good team defense tonight and didn’t give them a lot of good, open shots,” NIC coach Corey Symons said. “We’ve had good first half, but hadn’t put together a second half. We held the guys accountable for their rotations, and it was our best effort of the year on defense.”
Sam Dowd had 15 points and eight assists for NIC, which travels to Columbia Basin College of Pasco on Monday.
Darien Davis scored 19 points for Blue Mountain (4-14, 2-6).
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 6-12 3-5 15, Tyrus Hosley 1-2 0-0 3, Charles Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Niko Bevens 3-9 0-0 8, Dylan Okoro 0-0 0-0 0, Adam Gotelli 2-6 2-2 8, Jalen Burkett 5-6 0-0 10, Markus Golder 8-12 3-3 19, Drew Sheridan 1-1 0-0 2, Zaequan Satterthwaite 4-8 4-4 12, Dalen Erickson 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Henderson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-57 12-14 79.
BLUE MOUNTAIN
Anthony Landeros 0-0 0-0 0, David Bravo 1-8 1-2 3, Justice Cook 0-3 0-0 0, La’Quan Hawkins 2-8 0-0 5, Isaiah Harris 4-10 4-6 12, Darien Davis 7-13 2-2 19, Riley Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Lucas Wyant 5-8 0-0 12, Linton McAllister 0-0 0-0 0, Jake Kasiorek 3-6 1-2 7, Brody Brohrer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 8-12 58.
Halftime — NIC 37-34. 3-point goals — NIC 5-16 (Dowd 0-2, Hosley 1-2, Bevens 2-7, Gotelli 2-5), BMCC 6-19 (Bravo 0-2, Hawkins 1-5, Davis 3-5, Wyant 2-5, Kasiorek 0-2). Rebounds — NIC 33 (Golder 6), BMCC 30 (Harris 7). Assists — NIC 16 (Dowd 8), BMCC 17 (Hawkins 6). Team fouls — NIC 16, BMCC 13. Fouled out — none.
• WOMEN
North Idaho 60
Blue Mountain 44
PENDLETON, Ore. — Post Falls High product Shayna Allert scored a game-high 16 points and Charity Marlatt had 10 points and seven rebounds, leading the Cardinals past the Timberwolves in an NWAC East Region game.
“Our defense played really strong the entire night,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “We just kept fighting and I thought Charity played a nice game tonight. Gia (Sorn) hit a couple of 3-pointers and Shayna played a big game. We just had to grind everything out.”
Lana Berg scored 13 points, Sorn 10 points for NIC (10-8, 3-4 NWAC), which has won two straight games.
Brook Haringa scored 13 points for Blue Mountain (2-13, 0-8).
NORTH IDAHO
Lana Berg 2-8 9-12 13, Cierra Dvorak 1-6 2-2 4, Kassin Hopkins 1-5 0-0 2, Eilish Smith 1-5 0-0 2, Shelby Jordan 0-1 0-0 0, Whitney Meier 1-2 0-0 3, Shayna Allert 6-13 1-2 16, Kaitlyn Christianson 0-0 0-0 0, Giavanna Sorn 3-6 2-4 10, Charity Marlatt 5-8 0-2 10. Totals 20-54 14-22 60.
BLUE MOUNTAIN
Akira McGee 1-11 5-8 7, Ammarae Broncheau 1-1 0-0 2, Erin Ramsey 1-8 0-0 2, Micah Bisbee 3-13 0-0 8, Sydney Wammock 2-8 1-3 5, Miah Slater 2-7 1-2 5, Brook Haringa 5-10 2-2 13, Mazy Boyer 0-1 2-4 2.
North Idaho 14 16 16 14 — 60
Blue Mountain 14 10 14 6 — 44
3-point goals — NIC 6-19 (Berg 0-2, Hopkins 0-1, Smith 0-2, Jordan 0-1, Allert 3-9, Sorn 2-2), BMCC 3-20 (McGee 0-2, Ramsey 0-5, Bisbee 2-10, Haringa 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 45 (Marlatt, Dvorak). BMCC 40 (Wammock 8). Assists — NIC 17 (Dvorak 5), BMCC 11 (Ramsey 5). Team fouls — NIC 16, BMCC 21. Fouled out — none.