NIC MEN'S BASKETBALL: Cards fall to Green River

AUBURN, Wash. — Freshman Taden King hit a 3-pointer with 45 seconds remaining to pull North Idaho College within one point, but the Green River Gators held on to beat the Cardinals 67-65 in a nonconference game on Thursday night.

NIC missed the front end of a one-and-one with eight seconds remaining that would have tied the game, then Green River’s Nate Berg made the second of a two-shot foul to stretch the advantage to 67-65. NIC then turned the ball over.

Sophomore Julius Mims had 24 points and 19 rebounds for NIC (3-5), which faces Shoreline of Seattle tonight. Xavier Bailey scored 17 points off the bench for the Cardinals.

Trey Anderson hit 4 of 5 from the 3-point line, finishing with 24 points for Green River (5-5).

NORTH IDAHO

Julius Mims 11-18 1-3 24, Cooper DeWitt 3-12 0-0 8, Taden King 3-11 0-0 9, Jalen Skalskiy 0-3 2-2 2, Gavin Gilstrap 0-0 0-0 0, Brendan Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Daniel Santana 0-0 0-0 0, Jack Kiesbuy 0-2 0-0 0, Trae Hugs 0-0 2-2 2, Xavier Bailey 6-17 5-7 17, Akeyse Rice 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 24-70 11-18 65.

GREEN RIVER

JC Humphrey 4-11 0-0 10, Hank Bushell 1-5 0-2 3, Tanner Wallen 3-10 0-0 8, Zane Foster 3-6 2-4 8, Trey Anderson 9-14 2-3 24, Nate Berg 5-9 1-3 14, Cam Vaughn 0-2 0-0 0, Anthony McDade 0-4 0-0 0, Tyler Cronk 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-62 5-12 67.

Halftime — NIC 33-31. 3-point goals — NIC 6-26 (Mims 1-3, DeWitt 2-7, King 3-8, Skalskiy 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Kiesbuy 0-2, Hugs 0-2, Bailey 0-1), GRC 12-29 (Humphrey 2-3, Bushell 1-3, Wallen 2-9, Anderson 4-5, Berg 3-6, McDade 0-3). Rebounds — NIC 49 (Mims 19), GRC 42 (Foster 12). Assists — NIC 11 (Bailey 4), GRC 15 (Wallen 3). Team fouls — NIC 17, GRC 16. Fouled out — Bushell, Foster.