North Idaho Christian boys rally for win

| January 9, 2018 12:32 AM

SPANGLE, Wash. — North Idaho Christian School had to rally in the second half to earn a 66-62 road win at Upper Columbia on Monday night.

The Royals’ one-two punch of Garrett White (33 points, 17 rebounds) and Cross Pilgrim (17 points, five steals) helped NICS overcome a first-half deficit.

Davis Wiggins led the host Lions with 22 points.

North Idaho Christian (14-1) returns to action tonight at Covenant Christian School in Spokane.

NI Christian 11 12 17 26 — 66

U. Columbia 16 10 13 23 — 62

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — D. Kelly 3, Benzinger 2, Conley 0, Deak 0, Winde 0, C. Pilgrim 17, Holmes 0, Thorsness 0, J. Kelly 1, W. Pilgrim 10, White 33.

UPPER COLUMBIA — Wange 0, Johnson 12, Contreras 3, Tucker 1, Daley 9, Urbin 0, Wilkinson 0, Wiggins 22, Terry 11, Pierce 4.

Girls: NICS 61, Upper Columbia 27

SPANGLE, Wash. — The inside duo of Mary Schlader and Imelda Bresee helped the Royals breeze to a road win at Upper Columbia.

Schlader had 16 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks, while Bresee added eight points, 14 rebounds and two blocked shots.

Savannah Seeley added 15 points for North Idaho Chrisitan (10-7), which travels to Covenant Christian School in Spokane tonight.

NI Christian 14 15 22 10 — 61

U. Columbia 5 8 6 8 — 27

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hines 2, Parks 7, Gwin 7, Anderson 2, Malinauskas 2, Bresee 8, Schlader 16, Seeley 15.

UPPER COLUMBIA — Taylor 11, Han 0, Bordeaux 0, Threadgill 0, Clark 10, Stephens 6, Shim 0.