Anderson, Pryor spark Cardinal men
- MEN’S BASKETBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Alphonso Anderson, a recent Utah State signee, had 25 points, eight rebounds and four assists to lead North Idaho College to a 107-88 win over Grays Harbor in the Coeur d’Alene Inn-vitational at Rolly Williams Court on Friday.
Nate Pryor had 25 points five rebounds and four steals, Emmitt Taylor III had 18 points and two steals and RayQuan Evans had 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists for NIC (5-0), which lead 52-30 at halftime.
NIC finished the night 39 of 67 from the field and held Grays Harbor to 29-of-66 shooting.
NIC faces Medicine Hat to conclude the tournament today at 4 p.m.
GRAYS HARBOR
Sterling Barnes 0-0 3-4 3, Joseph Barranco 0-2 0-0 0, Trevor Ridgway 0-0 0-0 0, Dallin Spencer 5-11 1-2 12, Cornelius Holifield 6-8 1-3 18, Tristan Watson 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Garner 3-8 3-6 10, Zyare Ruffin 5-12 4-7 14, Michael Sampson 0-1 2-4 2, Carl Fischer 5-7 1-6 11, Cody Brimhall 5-17 3-4 18. Totals 29-66 18-36 88.
NORTH IDAHO
RayQuan Evans 6-8 4-5 16, Nate Pryor 10-18 4-4 25, Emmitt Taylor III 6-10 1-1 18, Phillip Malatare 0-2 1-2 1, Iain McLaughlin 2-2 0-0 5, Alphonso Anderson 11-18 2-2 25, Yusuf Mohammed 1-3 3-7 5, James Carlson 3-4 4-6 10, Jaden Dewar 0-0 0-0 0, Jarod Greene 0-0 1-2 1, Ismael Valdez 0-1 1-3 1, Drew Sheridan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 39-67 21-32 107.
Halftime — NIC 52-30. 3-point goals — GHC 12-28 (Spencer 1-3, Holifield 5-6, Garner 1-4, Ruffin 0-2, Brimhall 5-13), NIC 8-15 (Pryor 1-2, Taylor III 5-8, McLaughlin 1-1, Anderson 1-2, Mohammed 0-1, Carlson 0-1). Rebounds — GHC 38 (Garner, Ruffin, Fischer 7), NIC 41 (Anderson 8). Assists — GHC 9 (Spencer, Garner, Fischer 2), NIC 13 (Evans 5). Team fouls — GHC 25, NIC 30. Fouled out — Holifield, Garner, McLaughlin.
- WRESTLING
Duran, Parson notch wins for Cards at
Cliff Keen tourney
LAS VEGAS — Izaiah Duran (165 pounds) and Bryce Parson (149) of NIC each had wins in the consolation round, but were later eliminated at the Cliff Keen Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
NIC was one of the few two-year schools at the tourney, which attracts many of the top wrestlers from NCAA and NAIA schools.
Parson, which lost in the opening round to Josh Heil of Campbell, beat Jake Thompson of Western Wyoming by a 16-0 technical fall.
“Bryce went right out and got after things,” NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said. “He had a tough loss off the bat, bounced back, and took the Western kid down. He got after it right away, dominated and got some great confidence.”
Parson was later eliminated by Malik Amine of Michigan by technical fall.
Duran pinned Anthony Petrone of Northwestern in 4 minutes, 4 seconds in a consolation match. Duran was later eliminated by major decision by Clarion’s Evan DeLong.
“The Northwestern match was a real good match for Izaiah,” Whitcomb said. “He’s a heck of a talent, and that should give him some confidence going forward.”
All NIC wrestlers were eliminated on the first day of the two-day tourney.
NIC travels to Simon Fraser of Burnaby, British Columbia, next Friday.