NIC BASKETBALL: Santana leads Cardinal men past Walla Walla

| February 20, 2022 1:10 AM

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WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Sophomore guard Daniel Santana had 21 points, eight rebounds and four assists for North Idaho College in a 90-81 win over the Walla Walla Warriors in a Northwest Athletic Conference game on Saturday.

Freshman Cooper DeWitt had 18 points for NIC, which shot 32 of 59 and outrebounded Walla Walla 36-25.

NIC (15-6, 9-1 NWAC) hosts Wenatchee Valley on Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Covy Kelly scored 23 points for Walla Walla (7-13, 4-6).

NORTH IDAHO

Julius Mims 7-10 0-0 15, Daniel Santana 6-9 7-9 21, Cooper DeWitt 8-12 0-0 18, Taden King 1-9 4-4 7, Jalen Skalskiy 4-10 4-7 13, Aaron VonBruck 2-2 1-1 5, Brendan Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Jack Kiesbuy 0-0 0-0 0, Xavier Bailey 0-2 0-0 0, Gavin Gilstrap 4-5 3-4 1. Totals 32-59 19-25 90.

WALLA WALLA

Covy Kelly 8-11 0-0 23, Spencer Wright 3-10 1-3 8, Jake Poulton 2-5 0-0 5, Niko Robben 3-11 0-2 8, Jander Cline 8-13 4-4 20, Noah White 1-2 0-0 2, Nick Mason 0-0 0-0 0, Bryce Kelly 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Hymas 2-4 2-3 6, Jake Wells 3-5 0-0 7, Isaiah Zunic 1-1 0-0 2, Harrison Fletcher 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-62 7-12 81.

Halftime — WWCC 48-47. 3-point goals — NIC 7-12 (Mims 1-2, Santana 2-2, DeWitt 2-4, King 1-3, Skalskiy 1-1), WWCC 12-29 (C. Kelly 7-8, Wright 1-6, Poulton 1-1, Robben 2-9, Cline 0-2, Wells 1-3). Rebounds — NIC 36 (Santana 8), WWCC 25 (Robben 6). Assists — NIC 14 (Santana 4), WWCC 22 (Wright 8). Team fouls — NIC 13, WWCC 19. Fouled out — none.

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Walla Walla 90

North Idaho 61

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The Cardinals (11-7, 6-4 NWAC) slipped into fourth place in the East Region with a loss to the league leading Warriors (15-4, 8-2).

Freshman Payton Hagy scored 13 points off the bench for NIC, which shot 21 of 60.

Brie Holecek scored 19 points for Walla Walla.

NIC hosts Wenatchee Valley on Monday at 5:30 p.m.

NORTH IDAHO

Laney Smith 4-8 1-1 11, Catherine Uschmann 1-5 2-2 5, Maggie Graves 1-5 0-0 2, Kolby Pimperton 1-8 0-0 3, Mary Mpoyo 2-11 3-4 7, Payton Hagy 5-7 0-0 13, Paige Beem 0-0 0-0 0, Kaylee Banks 2-7 1-4 6, Ashlynn Shanley 0-1 0-0 0, Layla Beam 2-4 0-0 5, Xuriyah Harry 3-4 3-4 9. Totals 21-60 10-15 61.

WALLA WALLA

Kortney Trappett 4-5 1-2 10, Taycee Harper 4-6 3-3 12, Brie Holecek 7-13 3-4 19, Makayla DeBry 2-5 0-0 6, Miaja Mills 5-10 3-3 13, Darbi Avery 2-5 2-2 6, Alexis Russell 1-2 0-0 2, Annagail Smith 0-1 1-2 1, McKenzie Long 3-6, 1-1 7, Hollie Zingler 3-6 0-0 6, Emmie Ogden 2-2 0-0 4, Emma Scudder 2-4 0-2 4. Totals 35-65 14-19 90.

North Idaho 16 17 14 14 — 61

Walla Walla 22 19 26 23 — 90

3-point goals — NIC 9-29 (Smith 2-6, Uschmann 1-3, Pimperton 1-4, Mpoyo 0-3, Hagy 3-5, Banks 1-5, Shanley 0-1, Beam 1-2), WWCC 6-11 (Trappett 1-2, Harper 1-1, Holecek 2-3, DeBry 2-3, Ziegler 0-2). Rebounds — NIC 22 (Harry 6), WWCC 38 (Trappett 9). Assists — NIC 10 (Pimperton 3), WWCC 25 (DeBry 6). Team fouls — NIC 18, WWCC 12. Fouled out — Harry.