Simpson's double-double leads NIC women to win

| December 18, 2018 12:45 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Former Lake City High standout Keara Simpson had a team-leading 17 points and 11 rebounds as North Idaho College rebounded from a tough overtime loss and defeated South Puget Sound 71-43 on Monday evening in the Holiday Inn Express Cardinal Crossover event at Rolly Williams Court.

The Cardinals (6-2) scored the first seven points of the game, taking a 7-0 lead on Alex Carlton’s 3-pointer. Mikayla Collins finally scored for the Clippers (1-8) midway through the period, but two 3-pointers from Simpson and another from Madison Lommen put the hosts ahead 16-5 at the end of the first quarter. NIC led by double-digits the rest of the way.

Anna Schrade (11 points, three steals) and Lommen (10 points) helped NIC’s bench outscore South Puget Sound’s reserves 26-5. The Cardinals also held the Clippers to 24.1 percent shooting (14-for-58) in the game.

Heidi Sellman added 12 points and Halle Eborall grabbed 11 rebounds for NIC, which faces Bellevue at 1 p.m. today in its final game of the Cardinal Crossover.

SOUTH PUGET SOUND

Rianna Whitehead 0-5 0-0 0, Mikayla Collins 2-6 0-0 4, Trinity Betoney 5-18 4-8 15, Myranda Northrop 3-3 3-4 10, Lainee Grose 3-15 0-0 9, Kennedi Wilkerson 0-0 0-0 0, Devyn Holden 1-9 0-0 2, Hannah Gifford 0-2 3-3 3. Totals 14-58 10-15 43.

NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE

Zosha Krupa 0-3 0-2 0, Halle Eborall 3-8 0-0 6, Alex Carlton 4-11 0-0 10, Keara Simpson 7-12 0-2 17, Heidi Sellman 5-12 2-2 12, Sydnie Peterson 2-5 0-0 5, Anna Schrade 5-7 1-1 11, Madison Lommen 4-6 0-0 10. Totals 30-64 3-7 71.

South Puget Sound 5 17 13 8 —43

North Idaho College 16 18 18 19 —71

3-point goals — SPS 5-22 (Grose 3-9, Northrop 1-1, Betoney 1-4, Whitehead 0-3, Holden 0-5), NIC 8-21 (Simpson 3-5, Lommen 2-3, Carlton 2-5, Peterson 1-3, Schrade 0-1, Krupa 0-2, Sellman 0-2). Rebounds — SPS 40 (Betoney 12), NIC 43 (Simpson, Eborall 11). Assists — SPS 4 (Betoney 2), NIC 13 (Simpson, Eborall 4). Steals — SPS 4 (Collins, Betoney 2), NIC 8 (Schrade 3). Team fouls — SPS 6, NIC 11. Fouled out — none.