Cardinals fall at home to Big Bend
LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College guard Keegan Crosby dunks the basketball in front of Big Bend’s Blake Dittman during Wednesday night’s game at Rolly Williams Court.
North Idaho College forward Jarod Greene goes for a layup against Bend’s Miles Brown during Wednesday night’s game at NIC. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
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COEUR d’ALENE — Idaho transfer Tyler Brimhall had 16 points and 10 rebounds for North Idaho College in a losing effort, falling to the Big Bend Community College Vikings of Moses Lake 84-82 in Northwest Athletic Conference play at Rolly Williams Court on Wednesday.
NIC (19-6, 9-3 NWAC) had its six-game win streak snapped. The Cardinals remained tied with Walla Walla in first place in the East Region after the Warriors fell in other action on Wednesday.
Kolby Huerta had 20 points for Big Bend (14-11, 7-6), which lost to the Cardinals at home on Jan. 15.
NIC faces the Community Colleges of Spokane on Saturday at Spokane Falls Community College at 4 p.m. The Sasquatch, who lost at NIC 85-83 on Jan. 20, are third in the conference.
BIG BEND
Mauricio Smith 7-15 0-0 16, Kolby Huerta 6-13 5-5 20, Christopher Hawkins 1-2 0-2 2, Blake Dittman 3-11 4-4 12, Collin Ahmann 1-1 0-0 3, Parker Christensen 0-0 0-0 0, DeAngelo Stowers 4-13 7-10 17, Miles Brown 4-10 3-3 13. Totals 26-65 19-24 84.
NORTH IDAHO
RayQuan Evans 4-13 0-0 8, Milan Lester 1-1 0-0 2, Aushanti Potts-Woods 7-11 2-2 17, Iaian McLaughlin 2-8 0-0 4, Jalen Burkett 4-10 4-4 12, Charles Williams 2-4 0-0 4, Jarod Greene 5-10 0-0 10, Jacob Cowley 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Brimhall 6-13 2-4 16, Seth Christiaens 1-2 0-0 2, Keegan Crosby 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 35-79 8-10 82.
Halftime — BBCC 44-43. 3-point goals — BBCC 13-34 (Smith 2-6, Huerta 3-8, Hawkins 1-2, Dittman 2-7, Ahmann 1-1, Stowers 2-7, Brown 2-3), NIC 4-16 (Evans 0-3, Potts-Woods 1-4, McLaughlin 0-1, Williams 0-1, Brimhall 2-5, Crosby 1-2). Rebounds — BBCC 46 (Smith 12), NIC 40 (Brimhall 10). Assists — BBCC 16 (Huerta 9), NIC 16 (Evans 8). Team fouls — BBCC 16, NIC 19. Fouled out — Brimhall.
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Big Bend 88
North Idaho 85
COEUR d’ALENE — Redshirt freshman Shae Logozzo scored 23 points off the bench for the Cardinals in a Northwest Athletic Conference loss to the Vikings at Rolly Williams Court, snapping a six-game win streak.
Miranda Johnson scored 36 points for Big Bend (17-8, 7-6 NWAC), which finished the night 26 of 51 from the field.
Big Bend moves to within a half game of NIC for third in the East Region with four conference games remaining. NIC is on the road in three of its final four games this season, returning home on Feb. 28 to conclude the regular season against Wenatchee Valley.
Walla Walla (22-3, 12-0 NWAC) has clinched a playoff spot.
Whitney Meier and Sydney Hovde scored 14 points each for NIC (16-8, 7-5), which travels to face the Community Colleges of Spokane on Saturday at Spokane Falls Community College at 2 p.m.
BIG BEND
Sunnie Martinez 2-5 1-2 7, Brynn Dummond 0-0 0-0 0, Hailey Garrity 3-5 3-4 9, Emily Allan 2-7 4-4 8, Leah Dougherty 6-11 5-5 17, Miranda Johnson 10-16 8-9 36, Callie Gronning 3-7 2-4 11. Totals 26-51 23-28 88.
NORTH IDAHO
Lana Berg 1-6 0-0 3, Cierra Dvorak 3-12 2-2 9, Shae Logozzo 9-16 2-2 23, Shelby Jordan 3-4 0-0 6, Whitney Meier 6-14 2-2 14, Zosha Krupa 3-7 0-0 8, Gia Sorn 1-2 0-0 2, Kelsey Auer 2-5 1-1 6, Sydney Hovde 7-8 0-0 14. Totals 35-74 7-7 85.
Big Bend 20 28 22 18 — 88
North Idaho 16 22 22 25 — 85
3-point goals — BBCC 13-29 (Martinez 2-5, Allan 0-3, Dougherty 0-1, Johnson 8-13, Gronning 3-7), NIC 8-25 (Berg 1-3, Dvorak 1-3, Logozzo 3-7, Jordan 0-1, Meier 0-1, Krupa 2-6, Auer 1-4). Rebounds — BBCC 36 (Allan 11), NIC 31 (Hovde 6). Assists — BBCC 22 (Martinez 11), NIC 11 (Dvorak 7). Team fouls — BBCC 9, NIC 22. Fouled out — Meier.