Pryor leads NIC to Crossover tourney win

North Idaho College’s Joey Naccarato drives towards the basket during Friday night’s game against Bellevue College. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)

LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho College’s Yusuf Mohamed scores a layup basket against South Puget Sound on Friday night.

| December 14, 2019 12:00 AM

LOREN BENOIT/Press North Idaho Colleges Yusuf Mohamed scores a layup basket against South Puget Sound on Friday night.

- MEN’S BASKETBALL

COEUR d’ALENE — Nate Pryor had 32 points and six assists to lead North Idaho College to a 111-82 win over the South Puget Sound Clippers of Olympia, Wash., in a Northwest Athletic Conference Crossover tournament game at Rolly Williams Court on Friday.

Yusuf Mohamed had 17 points and seven rebounds, Coeur d’Alene High product Joey Naccarato eight points and 10 rebounds and Emmit Taylor III 14 points for NIC (8-0), which hosts Bellevue tonight at 7:30.

Bellevue lost to Chemeketa 91-88 earlier Friday at NIC.

Ben Janssen had 21 points and seven rebounds for South Puget Sound (6-2), which faces Chemeketa today at 5:30 at NIC.

South Puget Sound shot 40 3-pointers vs. NIC, hitting 15.

SOUTH PUGET SOUND

Anthony Braggs 2-5 1-2 5, Cacoa Chatman 4-9 4-4 15, Ben Janssan 8-17 0-1 21, Branden Bunn 7-15 0-1 18, Dogukan Kara 0-2 0-0 0, Santiago Paz 1-1 0-0 2, Pharaoh Williams 0-0 0-0 0, James Husband 1-4 2-3 5, Westin Wallace 2-2 2-2 6, Jelani Jones 1-1 0-0 3, Eric Russell 0-0 0-0 0, Torin Tinnin 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 29-62 9-13 82.

NORTH IDAHO

Nate Pryor 12-19 5-6 32, Phillip Malatare 3-7 3-3 10, James Carlson 4-8 1-2 10, Yusuf Mohamed 5-7 6-6 17, Joey Naccarato 3-9 2-4 8, Tyler Tanner 0-0 0-0 0, Emmit Taylor III 5-8 0-0 14, Marcus Austin 1-5 2-2 4, Terrance Marigney 0-0 0-0 0, Ismael Valdez 2-5 5-6 9, Jaden Dewar 3-6 1-2 7. Totals 38-74 25-31 111.

Halftime — NIC 57-37. 3-point goals — SPS 15-40 (Braggs 0-1, Chatman 3-7, Janssan 5-14, Bunn 4-9, Kara 0-1, Husband 1-3, Jones 1-1, Tinnin 1-4), NIC 10-21 (Pryor 3-5, Malatare 1-1, Carlson 1-2, Mohamed 1-3, Taylor III 4-7, Austin 0-2, Dewar 0-1). Rebounds — SPS 34 (Janssan 7), NIC 41 (Naccarato 10). Assists — SPS 7 (Bunn 2), NIC 16 (Pryor, Malatare 6). Team fouls — SPS 24, NIC 19. Fouled out — none.

• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

North Idaho 59

Skagit Valley 44

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Lake City High product Halle Eborall had team-high 15 points, six rebounds, seven steals and four assists for the Cardinals of Coeur d’Alene in a win over the Cardinals in an Northwest Athletic Conference Crossover tournament win.

Sydnie Peterson scored 10 points for NIC (2-2), which faces Highline at Skagit Valley today at 4 p.m.

Melissa Frein scored 11 points for Skagit Valley (3-3).

NORTH IDAHO

Sydnie Peterson 4-10 0-0 10, Anna Schrade 3-9 1-4 7, Halle Eborall 7-12 0-0 15, Alex Carlton 4-10 0-2 8, Rilee Mangun 4-7 0-0 8, Jordyn Higgins 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Stevens 1-2 0-0 2, Demi Randall 1-5 0-0 2, Aureila Ellenwood 0-0 0-0 0, Cheyenne Green 3-11 0-0 7. Totals 27-66 1-6 59.

SKAGIT VALLEY

Samantha Cox 2-7 2-2 6, Josie Bocci 1-2 0-0 3, Emily Toycen 4-7 0-0 8, McKenzie Yost 4-12 2-2 10, Melissa Frein 4-13 3-5 11, Nakiya Edwards 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 17-46 7-9 44.

North Idaho 16 15 15 13 — 59

Skagit Valley 11 7 13 13 — 44

3-point goals — NIC 4-20 (Peterson 2-7, Eborall 1-6, Carlton 0-3, Randall 0-3, Green 1-1), SVC 3-7 (Bocci 1-1, Yost 0-1, Edwards 2-5). Rebounds — NIC 26 (Eborall 6), SVC 32 (Yost 10). Assists — NIC 13 (Eborall 4), SVC 10 (Cox 6). Team fouls — NIC 11, SVC 4. Fouled out — none.