Cardinal men rally over Columbia Basin
n MEN
PASCO, Wash. — Trailing by three points at halftime, North Idaho College turned it on in the second half and ran away from Columbia Basin College 81-55 in a rescheduled Northwest Athletic Conference East Region men’s basketball game Monday night.
Markus Golder scored 18 points to lead NIC (18-3, 6-2 NWAC), leading five Cardinals into double figures. Jalen Burkett added 13 points and eight rebounds, Sam Dowd scored 13, Ziggy Satterthwaite had 11 points and eight boards, and Niko Bevans scored 11 for NIC, which trailed 30-27 at halftime.
NIC plays host to Yakima Valley on Saturday.
Gabe Vorheis led CBC (1-18, 0-8) with 15 points, and Lakeland High product Jake Ram had seven rebounds.
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 3-9 5-6 13, Tyros Hosley 3-6 0-0 8, Niko Bevans 4-13 0-0 11, Adam Gotelli 1-5 0-0 3, Jalen Burkett 5-11 3-6 13, Markus Golder 7-9 4-4 18, Drew Sheridan 0-1 1-2 1, Zaequan Satterthwaite 4-10 3-4 11, Dalen Erickson 1-2 1-2 3, Jordan Henderson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-68 17-24 81.
COLUMBIA BASIN
David Torres 1-9 0-0 2, John Wuol 4-8 2-2 11, Kason Blair 0-4 0-0 0, Jake Ram 1-6 0-0 3, Gae Vorheis 5-7 5-6 15, Cody Wilmoth 1-4 0-0 2, Sean Weekes 1-1 0-0 2, Chris Kelly 0-1 0-0 0, Scott Larson 0-1 0-0 0, Michael Mann 4-5 0-0 8, Levi Noethe 0-1 0-0 0, Brad Scott 4-13 0-0 8, Gabe Smith 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 23-63 7-8 55.
Halftime — CBC 30-27. 3-point goals — NIC 8-22 (Dowd 2-3, Hosley 2-2, Bevans 3-11, Gotelli 1-4, Burkett 0-1, Erickson 0-1), CBC 2-19 (Torres 0-5, Wuol 1-2, Blair 0-3, Ram 1-4, Vorheis 0-1, Wilmoth 0-3, Scott 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 39 (Burkett, Satterthwaite 8), CBC 46 (Ram, Weekes 7). Assists — NIC 10 (Dowd 5), CBC 10 (Scott 3). Fouled out — none. Total fouls — NIC 15, CBC 25.
n WOMEN
Columbia Basin 83
North Idaho 67
PASCO, Wash. — Cierra Dvorak had 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists and Whitney Meier scored 17 points in the Cardinals’ 83-67 Northwest Athletic Conference loss to the Hawks.
Emily Botkin (22 points, 11 rebounds, three assists) and Cayla Jones (21 points) paced Columbia Basin to the win.
Shayna Allert added 12 points for North Idaho (10-9, 3-5 NWAC), which plays next at Yakima on Saturday.
Columbia Basin held a 21-8 advantage in free throws, and the Hawks made 12, while NIC could only sink three.
NORTH IDAHO
Berg 0-6 0-0 0, Dvorak 5-11 2-4 13, Hopkins 3-9 0-1 6, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan 2-3 0-1 4, Meier 6-14 0-0 17, Allert 4-8 0-0 12, Christianson 1-3 0-0 2, Sorn 2-5 1-2 5, Floerchinger 0-0 0-0 0, Marlatt 4-10 0-0 8. Totals 27-69 3-8 67.
COLUMBIA BASIN
Perez 4-14 0-0 10, Keo 1-4 0-0 2, Higginbotham 3-7 2-2 8, Fangonilo 4-6 1-1 10, Fiander 1-5 1-2 3, Garcia 03 0-0 0, Botkin 10-18 2-3 22, Jones 7-14 7-9 21, Sage 2-3 2-4 7. Totals 32-74 15-21 83.
Halftime — 39-19. 3-point goals — NIC 10-27 (Meier 5); CBC 4-14 (Perez 2). Rebounds — NIC 43 (Dvorak 8); CBC 47 (Botkin 11). Assists — NIC 12 (Dvoark 5); CBC 11 (Botkin, Higginbotham 3). Team fouls — NIC 19; CBC 12. Fouled out — none.