Card men edge Portland

| November 17, 2019 12:00 AM

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PORTLAND — Phillip Malatare had 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists as North Idaho College held off the host Portland Panthers in the Harold Williams Invitational on Saturday.

Yusuf Mohammed had 16 points and 12 rebounds off the bench for NIC (2-0), which returns to action in the Best Western Coeur d’Alene Inn-vitational on Nov. 29 against West Coast Prep.

Daniel Horbuckle scored 13 points for Portland (1-1).

NORTH IDAHO

Emmit Taylor III 3-10 1-2 10, Phillip Malatare 5-14 5-6 16, James Carlson 3-5 3-6 9, Joey Naccarato 2-6 2-2 6, Jaden Dewar 3-8 0-0 8, Tyler Tanner 1-2 1-2 3, Yusuf Mohammed 4-8 6-6 16, Terrance Marigney 0-0 0-0 0, Ismael Valdez 4-4 2-4 10. Totals 25-57 20-28 76.

PORTLAND

Nathanel Boyer 3-4 3-4 9, Ethan Channel 4-7 3-4 11, Darius Gary 5-7 2-3 15, Alfonso Parnell 3-7 2-2 11, Daniel Horbuckle 5-14 2-2 13, Taylor Howard 0-0 0-0 0, Dwight Jones 3-8 0-0 8, Terran Scruggs 0-2 2-2 2, Jorge Texta-Crawford 0-3 0-0 0, Travion Weiss 2-5 1-2 6. Totals 25-57 15-19 75.

Halftime — NIC 38-31. 3-point goals — NIC 6-18 (Taylor III 3-10, Malatare 1-2, Carlson 0-1, Naccarato 0-1, Dewar 0-1, Mohammed 2-3), PCC 10-26 (Channel 0-1, Gary 3-4, Parnell 3-6, Horbuckle 1-8, Jones 2-5, Weiss 1-2). Rebounds — NIC 34 (Mohammed 12), PCC 26 (Gary 6). Assists — NIC 12 (Malatare 5), PCC 11 (Horbuckle 5). Team fouls — NIC 19, PCC 26. Fouled out — Naccarato.

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NIC 60

North Idaho

All-Stars 44

COEUR d’ALENE — Lake City High product Keara Simpson scored 18 points for the Cardinals in a win over the North Idaho All-Stars at Rolly Williams Court.

Alex Carlton scored 10 points for North Idaho in its season opener. NIC returns to action in the Coca-Cola Invitational next Friday in Twin Falls, facing Utah State-Eastern at 12:30 p.m.

Natalie Nichols, the Lakeland High product who played at NIC from 2007-09, scored 10 points for the North Idaho All-Stars.

North Idaho A.S. 11 10 11 12 — 44

North Idaho 19 10 19 12 — 60

NORTH IDAHO ALL-STARS — Jansen Butler 3, Felicia Kolb 1, Jordan Schoening 5, Natalie Nichols 10, Korina Baker 7, Sydney Smyly 6, Jenna Griffits-Leggat 6, Jordan Adams 2, Mariam Mark 4.

NORTH IDAHO — Sydnie Peterson 5, Jordan Higgins 0, Brooke Stevens 4, Demi Randall 3, Anna Schrade 2, Halle Eborall 4, Alex Carlton 10, Aureila Ellenwood 0, Rilee Mangun 8, Keara Simpson 18, Cheyenne Green 6.