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Matchups announced for NWAC hoop tourneys

| March 4, 2018 11:13 PM

- BASKETBALL

The North Idaho College women will open play Thursday, the Cardinal men Saturday, at the Northwest Athletic Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments at Everett Community College.

NIC’s women (19-9), the No. 3 seed from the East Region, will face Lower Columbia (22-8), the No. 2 seed from the West Region, on Thursday at noon.

The eight women’s Sweet 16 games are scheduled for Thursday, with winners advancing to Elite 8 games Friday.

NIC’s men (21-8), the No. 3 seed from the East, open vs. Lower Columbia (20-8), the No. 2 seed from the West, on Saturday at 10 p.m. (yes, 10 p.m.) in the last of eight men’s Sweet 16 games. Winners advance to Elite 8 games Sunday.

The Final 4 for the men’s and women’s tourneys are set for March 17-18 at Everett Community College.

- SOFTBALL

NIC finishes 6-0

at Florida tourney

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Cardinals beat Muskegon Community College 21-5 and Kalamazoo Valley Community College 19-5 on Sunday to finish 6-0 at a tourney in Florida.

NIC (9-1), which went 3-1 in Richland, Wash., the previous weekend, is scheduled to host the Eastern Washington club team on Saturday in a 1 p.m. doubleheader in Coeur d’Alene.