Cardinal men top Snow; women to title game
- MEN’S BASKETBALL
MESA, Ariz. — Nate Pryor had 27 points for North Idaho College in a 68-58 win over Snow College in a consolation game in the Fiesta Bowl Junior College Shootout on Friday at Mesa Community College.
Alphonso Anderson and RayQuan Evans scored 13 points each for NIC, which held Snow to 22-of-74 from the field, and 4-of-39 from beyond the 3-point line.
NIC (10-2) will face Central Arizona in the consolation championship game tonight at 5 p.m.
Brayden Johnson scored 13 points for Snow (13-2).
SNOW
Jake Walker 3-10 1-2 7, Logan Hokanson 3-8 0-0 8, Nick Huston 5-13 1-3 12, Brayden Johnson 5-13 3-3 13, Truman Moore 2-4 0-0 4, McLean Goulding 0-0 1-2 1, Darrian Nebeker 0-5 2-2 2, Taj Regans 0-7 0-0 0, Stockton Shorts 3-5 2-2 9, Roman Behrens 1-5 0-0 2, Culen Highbe 0-0 0-0 0, Brantzen Blackner 0-4 0-0 0, Trevor Alder 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-74 10-14 58.
NORTH IDAHO
RayQuan Evans 5-15 2-4 13, Nate Pryor 11-19 2-2 27, Phillip Malatare 3-6 3-4 9, Jarod Greene 0-1 0-0 0, Ismael Valdez 0-1 1-4 1, Emmitt Taylor III 0-2 0-0 0, Iain McLaughlin 2-2 0-0 5, Alphonso Anderson 4-10 4-4 13, James Carlson 0-1 0-0 0, Drew Sheridan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 12-18 68.
Halftime — NIC 26-23. 3-point goals — Snow 4-39 (Walker 0-6, Hokanson 2-6, Huston 1-9, Johnson 0-2, Moore 0-1, Nebeker 0-2, Regans 0-6, Shorts 1-1, Behrens 0-3, Blackner 0-3), NIC 6-15 (Evans 1-4, Pryor 3-5, Taylor III 0-2, McLaughlin 1-1, Anderson 1-3). Rebounds — Snow 43 (Huston, Johnson, Moore 7), NIC 37 (Malatare, Anderson 9). Assists — Snow 15 (Huston 5), NIC 9 (Evans 3). Team fouls — Snow 18, NIC 16. Fouled out — none.
- WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
North Idaho 70
Yakima Valley 63
LONGVIEW, Wash. — Lake City High product Keara Simpson had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the Cardinals in a semifinal win over the Yaks in the Lower Columbia Holiday Classic at Myklebust Gymnasium.
Trailing 49-37 after three quarters, NIC outscored Yakima Valley 33-14 in the fourth quarter to rally for the win.
“We played so good in the fourth quarter, it was awesome to see,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “Our defense was flying around and just played great basketball. They jumped on us early, but we found a way. It was a great win. We had a couple of nice steals that led to some transition baskets. We just made some plays down the stretch.”
Halle Eborall, also a Lake City product, scored 13 points and Alivia Williams added 15 points for NIC (9-2), which faces host Lower Columbia College in the championship game today.
Nicole Rasmussen scored 17 points for Yakima Valley (9-2).
NORTH IDAHO
Alivia Williams 6-13 3-3 15, Halle Eborall 5-12 3-4 13, Alex Carlton 0-6 0-0 0, Keara Simpson 4-13 6-6 14, Heidi Sellman 5-7 2-5 12, Sydnie Peterson 2-4 0-0 6, Zosha Krupa 0-2 0-0 0, Anna Schrade 4-6 2-2 10, Madison Lommen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-63 16-20 70.
YAKIMA VALLEY
Nicole Rasmussen 7-16 0-0 17, Kalli Willett 0-8 0-0 0, Kamri Von Oelhoffen 6-21 1-2 15, Trista Takes Enemy 1-7 0-0 2, Chehalis Aleck 2-5 0-0 4, Shiniah Holt 1-1 1-1 3, Sydney Layaoen 1-1 0-0 2, Wiwnu Mills 2-3 1-2 5, Jenni Johnson 7-15 0-0 15, Kali Kruger 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-77 3-5 63.
North Idaho 12 11 14 33 — 70
Yakima Valley 6 20 23 14 — 64
3-point goals — NIC 2-9 (Williams 0-2, Carlton 0-1, Peterson 2-3, Krupa 0-2, Schrade 0-1), YVCC 6-25 (Rasmussen 3-9, Willett 0-1, Von Oelhoffen 2-9, Johnson 1-6). Rebounds — NIC 43 (Simpson 16), YVCC 32 (Von Oelhoffen, Aleck, Johnson 6). Assists — NIC 16 (Eborall 5), YVCC 15 (Von Oelhoffen 7). Team fouls — NIC 12, YVCC 16. Fouled out — none.