Cardinals go 3-0 in hoops tourney at CSI
- MEN’S BASKETBALL
TWIN FALLS — Two local products were among five North Idaho College players in double figures as the Cardinals beat Snow College 80-73 on Saturday to finish 3-0 at the Wright PT/Physician’s Immediate Care Invitational at the College of Southern Idaho.
James Carlson, a sophomore from Lake City High, hit two 3-pointers and tallied 14 points for NIC (7-0).
“He does everything,” Cardinals coach Corey Symons said. “He rebounds the ball, he’s long and athletic. He can stretch you and shoot the 3. He’s more of a stretch ‘4’; he just plays that role really well.”
Joey Naccarato, a sophomore from Coeur d’Alene High who played one season at NCAA Division I UMass-Lowell, added 13 points and 11 rebounds.
“He’s our best defender,” Symons said. “He rebounds the ball really well, really attacks the offensive glass. He’s hard to take off the floor.”
Yusuf Mohamed led NIC with 16 points, and Nate Pryor had 15 points, four assists and three steals.
Two of NIC’s wins over the weekend came over teams the Cardinals formerly faced when they were NJCAA members in the Scenic West Athletic Conference. In addition to beating Snow, NIC edged rival CSI on Thursday.
“We played well, all the way deep into our bench,” Symons said.
NIC plays host to South Puget Sound on Friday in the Cardinals’ opener in an NWAC crossover tournament at Rolly Williams Court.
NORTH IDAHO
Nate Pryor 7-17 1-2 15, Joey Naccarato 5-8 3-4 13, Jaden Dewar 1-7 0-0 2, Phillip Malatare 5-11 4-4 15, James Carlson 6-11 0-0 14, Yusuf Mohamed 4-8 8-10 16, Marcus Austin 2-5 0-0 4, Tyler Tanner 0-0 0-0 0, Ismael Valdez 0-0 1-2 1, Emmit Taylor III 0-7 0-0 0. Totals 30-74 17-22 80.
SNOW
Taylor Miller 0-6 0-0 0, Matt Norman 1-9 0-2 2, Brantzen Blackner 5-10 0-0 15, Brayden Johnson 3-11 4-6 11, Darrian Nebeker 9-20 6-8 25, Tyler Boyack 0-2 0-0 0, Jonah Roth 0-2 0-0 0, Trey Farrer 0-0 0-0 0, Tredyn Christensen 2-6 0-0 4, Nate Duckworth 1-4 0-0 3, Logan Sorensen 2-6 2-3 6, Tzu-Hsuan Chiu 3-5 0-0 7, Nikola Dakovic 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-82 12-19 73.
Halftime — NIC 37-24. 3-point goals — NIC 3-22 (Pryor 0-2, Naccarato 0-1, Dewar 0-2, Malatare 1-2, Carlson 2-5, Mohamed 0-1, Austin 0-2, Taylor III 0-7), Snow 9-41 (Miller 0-3, Norman 0-6, Blackner 5-9, Johnson 1-7, Nebeker 1-7, Boyach 0-1, Christensen 0-1, Duckworth 1-1, Sorensen 0-3, Chiu 1-2, Dakovic 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 53 (Naccarato 11), Snow 53 (Nebeker 11). Assists — NIC 15 (Pryor, Malatare 4), Snow 13 (Johnson 3). Team fouls — NIC 23, Snow 19. Fouled out — none.
- WRESTLING
Nanpuya, Feliciano win at Battle of
the Rockies
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — North Idaho College sent four wrestlers of the finals of the Battle of the Rockies, with Navarro Nanpuya (165 pounds) and Cohle Feliciano (285) claiming titles at the University of Providence.
Nanpuya beat Devin Crawford of Montana State-Northern by a 7-5 decision. Feliciano pinned Zach Myers from Dickinson State in 1:33.
“Both Navarro and Cohle had big days for us on Friday and came up big for us,” NIC coach Mike Sebaaly said. “Navarro is so tough on top and scrambles really well, and just kept wrestling hard all weekend. Cohle wrestled hard and smart, and scored points when he needed to.”
Salvador Silva was second at 149, Alan Badley second at 174, Conner Koch fifth at 157, Isaac Gomez fourth at 184 and Samuel Peterson sixth at 285 for NIC.
NIC will compete in the Reno Tournament of Champions on Dec. 15 at the Reno Events Center.