Cardinal men, women take conference openers
- MEN
COEUR d’ALENE — It all came together nicely in the Northwest Athletic Conference opener for North Idaho College on Thursday at Rolly Williams Court.
Guess (is) why.
Christian Guess, a sophomore transfer who played as a freshman at Missouri, had 22 points and three rebounds for the Cardinals in a 107-74 win over the Big Bend Vikings.
Guess transferred to Tallahassee Community College before coming to NIC in the fall and became eligible at semester.
Nate Pryor had 18 points and five assists and Yusuf Mohamed 15 points and five rebounds for NIC (12-1), which travels to Treasure Valley on Saturday.
Jaden Brown and Denis Ulyanchuk scored 14 points each for Big Bend (6-8).
BIG BEND
Jaden Brown 3-8 5-7 14, Payton Nielsen 0-1 1-1 1, Jahvontae’ Jones 9-15 0-0 19, Jack McClary 1-3 2-2 5, Denis Ulyanchuk 5-12 2-4 14, Ben Biddle 0-0 1-2 1, Payton Swobotta 1-3 2-4 5, Kaeler Kahana 1-1 0-0 2, Gage Wilson 2-5 2-2 7, Joshua Benthem 0-1 0-0 0, Landon Harrington 1-7 4-5 6. Totals 23-56 19-27 74.
NORTH IDAHO
Nate Pryor 8-9 1-2 18, Phillip Malatare 3-6 2-2 8, James Carlson 4-7 0-0 9, Yusuf Mohamed 5-11 3-6 15, Joey Naccarato 2-5 0-0 4, Christian Guess 11-14 0-3 22, Tyler Tanner 1-1 0-0 2, Emmit Taylor III 2-9 4-4 9, Marcus Austin 3-6 2-2 8, Terrance Marigney 0-0 0-0 0, Ismael Valdez 0-2 0-0 0, Jaden Dewar 5-8 1-3 12. Totals 44-78 13-22 107.
Halftime — NIC 62-35. 3-point goals — BBCC 9-29 (Brown 3-6, Nielsen 0-1, Jones 1-2, McClary 1-3, Ulyanchuk 2-7, Sobotta 1-3, Wilson 1-3, Benthem 0-1, Harrington 0-3), NIC 6-19 (Pryor 1-1, Malatare 0-1, Carlson 1-2, Mohamed 2-4, Guess 0-1, Taylor III 1-7, Austin 0-2, Dewar 1-1). Rebounds — BBCC 34 (Ulyanchuk 12), NIC 40 (Naccarato 6). Assists — BBCC 6 (Brown 3), NIC 21 (Pryor 5). Team fouls — BBCC 18, NIC 25. Fouled out — Jones. Technical fouls — Brown, Big Bend team.
- WOMEN
North Idaho 67
Big Bend 62
COEUR d’ALENE — Sydnie Peterson scored a game-high 18 points, hitting 4 of 10 from the 3-point line to lead the Cardinals past the Vikings in the Northwest Athletic Conference opener for both at Rolly Williams Court.
Anna Schrade had 15 points, eight steals and seven rebounds for NIC (7-5), which outscored Big Bend 18-13 in the fourth quarter.
Anna Yarbro scored 17 points for Big Bend (8-6).
NIC travels to Treasure Valley on Saturday.
BIG BEND
Madi Filmore 4-7 4-4 14, Kaitlyn Callahan 2-5 3-4 9, Kayla Luke 5-12 0-1 12, Maelyn Mace 1-4 2-4 4, Anna Yarbro 7-13 3-3 17, Savana Stephenson 2-5 0-0 6, Emily Gorrell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 12-16 62.
NORTH IDAHO
Sydnie Peterson 6-18 0-0 16, Anna Schrade 6-8 2-2 15, Halle Eborall 3-10 2-2 9, Alex Carlton 2-8 5-6 10, Rilee Mangun 5-8 1-2 11, Brooke Stevens 0-0 0-0 0, Demi Randall 2-7 0-2 4, Cheyenne Green 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 25-63 10-12 67.
Big Bend 15 16 18 13 — 62
North Idaho 21 13 15 18 — 67
3-point goals — BBCC 8-20 (Filmore 2-4, Callahan 2-4, Luke 2-6, Mace 0-2, Stephenson 2-3, Gorrell 0-1), NIC 7-21 (Peterson 4-10, Schrade 1-1, Eborall 1-2, Carlton 1-6, Randall 0-2). Rebounds — BBCC 41 (Yarbro 13), NIC 25 (Schrade 7). Assists — BBCC 9 (Mace 4), NIC 12 (Carlton 4). Team fouls — BBCC 14, NIC 17. Fouled out — Schrade.