Cardinal men hold off Columbia Basin
LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College guard Whitney Meier, left, and Alexis Castro of Columbia Basin College go for a loose ball during Wednesday’s game at NIC.
North Idaho College guard Shelby Jordan shoots a two-pointer over Columbia Basin’s Aspen Fiander during Wednesday game at NIC. LOREN BENOIT/Press
Sydney Hovde of North Idaho College, center, goes for a rebound against Columbia Basin College Wednesday night at NIC. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Zosha Krupa shoots a three-pointer against Columbia Basin College Wednesday night at NIC. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Shae Logozzo of North Idaho College dribbles the ball near the edge of the court during Wednesday night’s game at NIC. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
North Idaho College player Ronnie Harris looks for a teammate to pass the ball to during Wednesday night’s game at NIC. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Sydney Hovde of North Idaho College goes for a layup against Columbia Basin College during Wednesday night’s game at NIC. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
North Idaho College guard Ronnie Harris fights for the ball during Wednesday night’s game at NIC. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
- MEN
COEUR d’ALENE — On the heels of a 27-3 run in the second half, North Idaho College pulled away from Columbia Basin College in a 90-59 win in a Northwest Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court on Wednesday.
Idaho transfer Tyler Brimhall scored a game-high 30 points for NIC (11-4, 1-1), which jumped to a 52-35 halftime lead.
Columbia Basin cut the deficit to 59-48 in the second half before the Cardinals blew the game open in the second half.
NIC travels to Treasure Valley on Saturday.
Columbia Basin is 2-13, 0-3.
COLUMBIA BASIN
Deontae Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Kason Blair 6-17 4-5 21, Justin Anderson 3-8 0-1 9, Seth Larson 0-0 0-0 0, Adrian Zaragoza 0-0 0-1 0, Cooper James 0-4 0-0 0, Cameron Shawl 0-4 0-0 0, Sean Weekes 0-2 0-0 0, Josh Brantley 3-6 0-0 7, Jeffrey Schumack 0-2 0-0 0, Levi Noethe 0-2 0-0 0, Gabe Smith 10-16 2-4 22. Totals 22-63 6-11 59.
NORTH IDAHO
RayQuan Evans 7-12 5-5 19, Brody Lundblad 0-0 0-0 0, Aushanti Potts-Woods 1-3 0-1 3, Conner Chapman 0-2 0-0 0, Iaian McLaughlin 1-4 2-4 5, Jalen Burkett 3-7 2-4 8, Charles Williams 1-6 0-0 2, Jarod Greene 6-9 0-0 12, Jacob Cowley 0-1 3-4 3, Tyler Brimhall 10-16 4-6 30, Seth Christiaens 4-5 0-0 8. Totals 33-65 16-24 90.
Halftime — NIC 52-35. 3-point goals — CBC 9-34 (Williams 0-2, Blair 5-13, Anderson 3-6, James 0-4, Shawl 0-2, Weekes 0-2, Schumack 0-1, Smith 0-1), NIC 8-17 (Evans 0-1, Potts-Woods 1-3, McLaughlin 1-1, Williams 0-3, Brimhall 6-9). Rebounds — CBC 29 (Smith 7), NIC 52 (Greene 11). Assists — CBC 18 (Weekes 5), NIC 18 (Evans 6). Team fouls — CBC 15, NIC 15. Fouled out — Noethe.
- WOMEN
Columbia Basin 76
North Idaho 61
COEUR d’ALENE — Sydney Hovde had 15 rebounds, including 11 on the offensive end for the Cardinals, who finished the night 20 of 70 shooting in a Northwest Athletic Conference loss to the Hawks of Pasco, Wash., at Rolly Williams Court.
NIC trailed 38-35 at the half, but was outscored 38-26 in the second half as Columbia Basin (12-4, 3-0 NWAC) pulled away for its 10th straight win.
“Our shooting percentage tells the entire story,” said NIC coach Chris Carlson, whose team hasn’t played at home since Nov 19. “We just didn’t have an edge and weren’t looking to score. We just looked to be happy to be home and didn’t compete like we needed to. We came out defensively and had a bunch of turnovers, but were missing some point blank shots than I just can’t explain. We’ve got to bounce right back and head to Treasure Valley and learn from this game quick and get on a roll again.”
Ronnie Harris scored a team-high 17 points for NIC (10-4, 1-1), which travels to Treasure Valley on Saturday.
Alexis Castro scored 17 points for Columbia Basin (12-4, 3-0).
COLUMBIA BASIN
Sabin Keo 1-5 1-1 3, Aspen Fiander 4-10 3-4 11, Alexis Castro 3-8 9-9 17, Sharlei Graham-Bernisto 2-4 5-6 11, Sara Ramirez 3-6 3-4 9, Monica Calzadillas 0-1 0-0 0, Nyalat Guich 1-3 2-2 4, Catherine Baham 6-11 1-4 14, Lyndell Wapsheli 0-0 0-0 0, Caitlyn Hossfeld 3-4 0-0 7. Totals 23-52 24-30 76.
NORTH IDAHO
Cierra Dvorak 1-6 0-1 2, Ronnie Harris 4-10 7-9 17, Zosha Krupa 3-14 0-2 9, Kelsey Auer 2-3 0-0 4, Sydney Hovde 3-10 2-4 8, Lana Berg 1-9 2-4 4, Shae Logozzo 0-6 0-0 0, Shelby Jordan 2-5 0-0 4, Whitney Meier 3-6 4-6 11, Gia Sorn 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 20-70 15-26 61.
Columbia Basin 16 22 17 21 — 76
North Idaho 16 19 12 14 — 61
3-point goals — CBC 6-18 (Keo 0-1, Fiander 0-3, Castro 2-7, Graham-Bernisto 2-3, Calzadillas 0-1, Baham 1-1, Hossfeld 1-2), NIC 6-32 (Dvorak 0-1, Harris 2-5, Krupa 3-12, Hovde 0-1, Berg 0-3, Logozzo 0-5, Jordan 0-2, Meier 1-3). Rebounds — CBC 45 (Ramirez 11), NIC 41 (Hovde 15). Assists — CBC 15 (Castro 5), NIC 11 (Harris 6). Team fouls — CBC 26, NIC 27. Fouled out — Graham-Bernisto, Dvorak. Technical fouls — Keo, Berg 2.