Second-half rally leads NIC past Central Arizona

| December 29, 2019 11:44 PM

TUCSON, Ariz. — Four Cardinals scored in double figures as North Idaho College rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat Central Arizona College 89-82 on Sunday afternoon at the Aztec Winter Classic at Pima Community College.

Jaden Dewar sank 3-of-6 three-point attempts to lead NIC with 21 points. Phillip Malatare added 18 points with five assists for the Cardiinals, while Lake City High graduate James Carlson added 15 points and eight rebounds.

Coeur d’Alene High product Joey Naccarato snared 13 rebounds to help lead the Cardinals to a 53-33 rebounding edge in the game. NIC (11-1) also made 21-of-26 free throws in the contest. The Cardinals conclude the tourament today at 11 a.m. against Cochise College.

Brenton Woods scored 23 points to lead Central Arizona.

CENTRAL ARIZONA

Jalen Menzies 0-5 0-0 0, Brenton Woods 8-16 5-6 23, J.C. Canahuate 3-13 1-2 9, Shakeil Bertrand 4-5 1-3 9, D.J. Hawkins 8-21 1-1 21, Catch Robles 2-2 0-0 6, Ryan Pate 3-6 2-2 10, Adboul Ndao 1-2 2-2 4, Alan Tchatchouang 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 29-72 12-16 82.

NORTH IDAHO

Nate Pryor 5-10 1-1 13, Phillip Malatare 6-11 5-6 18, James Carlson 7-10 0-1 15, Joey Naccarato 0-7 4-6 4, Jaden Dewar 8-15 2-2 21, Tyler Tanner 0-0 4-4 4, Emmitt Taylor III 1-3 0-0 3, Yusuf Mohamed 2-3 5-6 9, Marcus Austin 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 30-64 21-26 89.

Halftime — Central Arizona 39-38. 3-point goals — Central Arizona 12-33 (Hawkins 4-9, Robles 2-2, Pate 2-4, Woods 2-7, Canahuate 2-7, Menzies 0-2, Tchatchouang 0-2), NIC 8-21 (Dewar 3-6, Pryor 2-5, Carlson 1-1, Taylor 1-2, Malatare 1-3, Naccarato 0-1, Austin 0-3). Rebounds — Central Arizona 33 (Bertrand 7), NIC 53 (Naccarato 13). Assists — Central Arizona 15 (Canahuate 8), NIC 13 (Malatare 5). Team fouls — Central Arizona 21, NIC 18. Fouled out — none.