Cardinals put clamps on Big Bend
- WOMEN
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Halle Eborall, a sophomore from Lake City High, had 17 points, four rebounds and three steals for North Idaho College, which tighted a grip on a Northwest Athletic Conference playoff spot with a 64-41 win over the Big Bend Vikings at the DeVries Activity Center on Wednesday.
NIC (13-8, 7-3 NWAC) leads Treasure Valley (10-9, 4-6) and Spokane (10-9, 4-7) by three games with six games remaining in the regular season. The top four teams in each region advance to the NWAC Championships starting March 5 at Everett Community College.
Sydnie Peterson had 13 points and three steals for NIC, which hosts East-leading Walla Walla (21-1, 10-0) at Rolly Williams Court on Saturday.
Big Bend is 11-13, 3-8.
NORTH IDAHO
Sydnie Peterson 6-13 0-3 13, Demi Randall 2-7 2-2 7, Anna Schrade 3-6 2-2 9, Halle Eborall 7-9 1-1 17, Alex Carlton 3-10 0-0 9, Jordyn Higgins 0-2 0-0 0, Brooke Stevens 0-1 0-0 0, Rilee Mangun 2-3 0-0 4, Cheyenne Green 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 25-57 5-8 64.
BIG BEND
Savana Stephenson 4-9 2-2 10, Kaitlyn Callahan 2-8 2-2 6, Maelyn Mace 4-13 3-4 13, Anna Yarbro 3-8 3-4 9, Emily Gorrell 0-4 0-0 0, Madi Fillmore 0-2 1-2 1, Xuriyah Harry 1-6 0-1 2. Totals 14-50 11-15 41.
North Idaho 16 19 17 12 — 64
Big Bend 12 7 15 7 — 41
3-point goals — NIC 9-22 (Peterson 1-4, Randall 1-5, Schrade 2-3, Carlton 3-7, Higgins 0-1, Green 1-1), BBCC 2-12 (Stephenson 0-1, Callahan 0-2, Mace 2-7, Gorrell 0-1, Fillmore 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 16 (Eborall 4), BBCC 34 (Yarbro 10). Assists — NIC 4 (Eborall 2), BBCC 2 (Stephenson 2). Team fouls — NIC 11, BBCC 12. Fouled out — none. Technical fouls — Yarbro.
- MEN
North Idaho 85
Big Bend 47
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — The Cardinal defense clamped down on the Vikings, limiting the home team to 15 field goals in a Northwest Athletic Conference romp.
Christian Guess scored 26 points for NIC (22-1, 10-0 NWAC), which led 42-22 at halftime.
Phillip Malatare had 14 oints and seven steals for NIC, which hosts Walla Walla on Saturday.
Big Bend is 8-17, 2-9.
NORTH IDAHO
Christian Guess 11-19 4-8 26, Nate Pryor 1-9 2-2 4, Phillip Malatare 6-8 2-2 14, James Carlson 3-6 2-3 9, Joey Naccarato 0-2 0-0 0, Tyler Tanner 2-3 1-2 6, Emmit Taylor III 1-5 0-0 3, Yusuf Mohamed 3-4 1-2 8, Marcus Austin 2-6 0-0 4, Terrance Marigney 2-6 0-0 4, Ismael Valdez 0-1 0-0 0, Jaden Dewar 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 34-76 12-19 85.
BIG BEND
Jaden Brown 2-3 0-0 6, Jonathan Thomas 3-13 4-6 12, Payton Nielsen 1-3 0-0 3, Jahvontae’ Jones 1-9 0-2 2, Landon Harrington 3-14 0-0 8, Ben Biddle 1-3 0-0 2, Payton Sobotta 2-5 0-1 5, Jack McClary 1-6 1-1 3, Gage Wilson 0-3 0-0 0, Joshua Benthem 1-4 4-5 6. Totals 15-63 9-15 47.
Halftime — NIC 42-22. 3-point goals — NIC 5-21 (Guess 0-3, Pryor 0-3, Malatare 0-1, Carlson 1-3, Tanner 1-1, Taylor III 1-5, Mohamed 1-1, Austin 0-2, Dewar 1-2), BBCC 8-36 (Brown 2-3, Thomas 2-5, Nielsen 1-2, Jones 0-1, Harrington 2-10, Biddle 0-1, Sobotta 1-4, McClary 0-4, Wilson 0-3, Benthem 0-3). Rebounds — NIC 42 (Guess, Carlson, Dewar 6), BBCC 30 (Nielsen, Jones, Benthem 6). Assists — NIC 7 (Pryor 3), BBCC 1 (Thomas 1). Team fouls — NIC 14, BBCC 14. Fouled out — none.