Cardinal men cap unbeaten conference slate
- MEN
PASCO, Wash. — Nate Pryor scored 28 points and Phillip Malatare had 10 assists for North Idaho College in a 125-76 win over Columbia Basin College on Wednesday to cap a perfect 16-0 season in Northwest Athletic Conference play.
RayQuan Evans scored 15 points for NIC (27-2, 16-0 NWAC), which is off until the NWAC Championships at Everett Community College next weekend. NIC will find out its first-round opponent on Sunday during the NWAC Selection Show starting at 7:30 p.m. at www.nwacsports.org.
Columbia Basin (5-22, 2-13) wraps up the season tonight at Treasure Valley.
NORTH IDAHO
RayQuan Evans 7-10 0-0 15, Nate Pryor 13-19 2-4 28, Phillip Malatare 1-4 0-0 2, Alphonso Anderson 5-8 5-8 15, Jarod Greene 7-10 1-3 15, Emmitt Taylor III 7-11 0-0 19, Iaian McLaughlin 5-6 1-2 12, Yusuf Mohammed 2-6 0-0 5, James Carlson 1-3 3-4 5, Jaden Dewar 2-2 0-0 4, Ismael Valdez 1-1 0-0 2, Drew Sheridan 1-1 1-1 3. Totals 52-81 13-22 125.
COLUMBIA BASIN
Kaden Hassett 5-11 0-0 14, Christopher Cheatham 0-0 0-0 0, Adrian Zaragoza 3-9 0-0 9, Gabe Vorheis 6-13 4-5 17, Josh Brantley 1-4 1-2 3, Sergio Pineda 2-6 2-2 7, Ryan Wolf 2-7 1-2 6, Victor Clarke 3-5 0-2 8, Matthew Sundling 2-4 0-0 5, Fernando Huerta 0-2 0-0 0, Kevin King 0-0 0-0 0, Gustavo Contreras 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 27-68 8-13 76.
Halftime — NIC 60-39. 3-point goals — NIC 8-19 (Evans 1-1, Pryor 0-2, Malatare 0-2, Anderson 0-1, Taylor III 5-9, McLaughlin 1-1, Mohammed 1-3), CBC 14-38 (Hassett 4-8, Zaragoza 3-9, Vorheis 1-3, Brantley 0-3, Pineda 1-4, Wolf 1-4, Clarke 2-3, Sundling 1-2, Contreras 1-2). Rebounds — NIC 46 (Carlson 8), CBC 38 (Clarke, Pineda 6). Assists — NIC 24 (Malatare 10), CBC 12 (Cheatham, Brantley, Pineda 3). Team fouls — NIC 10, CBC 20. Fouled out — Cheatham.
- WOMEN
Columbia Basin 67
North Idaho 60
PASCO, Wash. — Heidi Sellman had 20 points for the Cardinals in a loss to the Hawks (14-13, 5-10 NWAC) in Northwest Athletic Conference play.
NIC (20-8, 10-6) wrapped up a playoff berth with a win last Saturday at Yakima Valley. NIC will find out its first-round opponent for the NWAC Championships during the conference’s selection show on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at www.nwacsports.org. Columbia Basin (14-13, 5-10) travels to Treasure Valley tonight to conclude the season.
NORTH IDAHO
Sydnie Peterson 0-5 2-4 2, Alivia Williams 4-7 4-7 12, Alex Carlton 1-9 3-4 5, Keara Simpson 4-13 1-3 9, Heidi Sellman 8-11 4-4 20, Zosha Krupa 0-0 0-0 0, Anna Schrade 1-2 5-6 7, Madison Lommen 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 20-50 19-28 60.
COLUMBIA BASIN
Abigayle Myers 4-9 1-2 12, Ali Martineau 8-15 3-3 22, Alexis Castro 4-15 6-9 15, Sara Ramirez 5-16 0-0 11, Caitlyn Hossfeld 0-2 0-0 0, Isabelle Gutierrez 0-3 0-0 0, Allexus Montelongo 1-3 3-4 6, Megan Haugen 0-0 1-2 1, Alexandra Morfin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-63 14-20 67.
North Idaho 6 16 16 22 — 60
Columbia Basin 14 19 11 23 — 67
3-point goals — NIC 1-15 (Peterson 0-3, Williams 0-1, Carlton 0-4, Simpson 0-3, Sellman 0-1, Schrade 0-1, Lommen 1-2), CBC 9-26 (Myers 3-5, Martineau 3-5, Castro 1-7, Ramirez 1-6, Hossfeld 0-1, Montelongo 1-2). Rebounds — NIC 48 (Carlton 12), CBC 38 (Ramirez 8). Assists — NIC 7 (Simpson, Sellman 2), CBC 15 (Castro 8). Team fouls — NIC 18, CBC 20. Fouled out — Williams, Castro.