Taylor for 3 ... 12 times!
LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College guard Emmitt Taylor III shoots a 3 in a game against Fairchild AFB Tuesday night at NIC. Taylor hit 12 3s and scored 46 points in the Cardinals’ 135-70 win over the Falcons.
North Idaho College forward Jarod Greene scores a layup against Fairchild’s Treion Davis in Tuesday night’s game at NIC. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
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COEUR d’ALENE — Emmitt Taylor III, a freshman from Lapwai High, scored a game-high 46 points, hitting a school-record 12 3-point field goals, powering North Idaho College to a 135-70 win over Fairchild Air Force Base on Tuesday at Rolly Williams Court.
NIC led 70-31 at halftime, shooting 62.5 percent (25 of 40) in the first half. Taylor’s 46 points were one off the school record set by RayQuan Evans in the Northwest Athletic Conference semifinals in March.
RayQuan Evans had 26 points and seven assists, James Carlson 13 points and six rebounds and Drew Sheridan 13 points and five rebounds for NIC (9-1), which competes in the Fiesta Bowl Junior College Shootout at Mesa Community College Dec. 27-29. NIC opens against host Mesa on Dec. 27 at 6 p.m.
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE
Destry Mays 0-2 1-2 1, Treion Davis 3-5 7-8 16, Alex Myer 3-7 2-4 9, Spencer Paul 3-8 1-2 7, Kyle Hillian 3-8 2-2 10, Malik Woodford 5-6 2-4 12, Alston Leake 3-7 0-0 7, Shawn Fielder 1-6 0-0 2, Qunicee Greenwood 1-3 3-4 6. Totals 22-52 18-26 70.
NORTH IDAHO
RayQuan Evans 7-111 10-13 26, Emmitt Taylor III 15-20 4-4 46, Phillip Malatare 5-8 0-0 10, Iain McLaughlin 2-4 0-1 5, Yusuf Mohammed 2-5 3-4 8, James Carlson 4-8 3-3 13, Jaden Dewar 4-5 0-1 8, Jarod Greene 2-3 2-2 6, Ismael Valdez 0-2 0-0 0, Drew Sheridan 5-5 3-4 13. Totals 46-81 25-32 135.
Halftime — NIC 70-31. 3-point goals — FAFB 8-13 (Davis 3-3, Myer 1-2, Hillian 2-4, Leake 1-2, Greenwood 1-2), NIC 18-40 (Evans 2-5, Taylor III 12-27, McLaughlin 1-3, Mohammed 1-2, Carlson 2-3). Rebounds — FAFB 34 (Woodford 12), NIC 40 (Malatare 8). Assists — FAFB 9 (Davis 3), NIC 24 (Evans 7). Team fouls — FAFB 20, NIC 21. Fouled out — none.
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North Idaho 87
Fairchild 31
COEUR d’ALENE — Halle Eborall had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinals in a win over Fairchild Air Force Base at Rolly Williams Court.
Keara Simpson and Anna Schrade had 14 points and eight rebounds each, Madison Lommen 12 points on 4-of-4 from beyond the 3-point line for NIC (4-1), which hosts Umpqua on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Rolly Williams Court.
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE
Jennifer Cervi 1-5 0-0 3, Teslyn Tyner 2-14 2-2 7, Whitney Laughey 1-3 0-0 3, Rita Parker 3-12 0-0 6, Katie Martin 1-3 0-0 2, Natalie Annas 3-13 4-4 10, Jayleen Godoy 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 11-52 6-6 31.
NORTH IDAHO
Zosha Krupa 3-11 0-0 7, Halle Eborall 4-9 3-4 12, Alex Carlton 3-11 1-2 8, Keara Simpson 6-9 0-0 14, Heidi Sellman 5-10 2-2 12, Sydnie Peterson 3-10 0-0 8, Anna Schrade 6-11 1-4 14, Madison Lommen 4-4 0-0 12. Totals 34-75 7-12 87.
Fairchild 5 11 8 7 — 31
North Idaho 24 24 15 24 — 87
3-point goals — FAFB 3-13 (Cervi 1-2, Tyner 1-3, Laughey 1-3, Parker 0-3, Martin 0-1, Annas 0-1), NIC 12-37 (Krupa 1-9, Eborall 1-3, Carlton 1-7, Simpson 2-3, Peterson 2-9, Schrade 1-2, Lommen 4-4). Rebounds — FAFB 33 (Parker 12), NIC 52 (Eborall 9). Assists — FAFB 6 (Tyner 2), NIC 25 (Eborall, Peterson 5). Team fouls — FAFB 11, NIC 12. Fouled out — none.