NIC BASKETBALL: Soph DeWitt goes off for 40 points in Cards overtime win
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YAKIMA, Wash. — Cooper DeWitt, a sophomore from Chiawana High in Pasco, Wash., scored a career-high 40 points to lead North Idaho College to a 92-83 overtime win over the Yakima Valley Yaks in a Northwest Athletic Conference game on Saturday.
DeWitt shot 15 off 22, including 6 of 9 from the 3-point line, and also had six rebounds and four assists for NIC (17-7, 11-2 NWAC).
Freshmen Taden King and Jalen Skalskiy scored 15 points each for NIC, which outscored Yakima Valley 14-5 in overtime.
NIC has won eight of its last nine games.
Yakima Valley is 15-9, 7-7.
NIC hosts Columbia Basin on Wednesday.
NORTH IDAHO
Julius Mims 4-9 3-3 11, Daniel Santana 3-4 1-2 7, Cooper DeWitt 15-22 4-4 40, Taden King 4-11 4-4 15, Jalen Skalskiy 6-12 3-5 15, Riley Sloan 0-1 0-0 0, Brendan Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Jack Kiesbuy 0-0 0-0 0, Xavier Bailey 1-5 0-0 2, Gavin Gilstrap 1-4 0-0 2.
YAKIMA VALLEY
Trey Funk 2-6 0-0 5, Quentin Raynor 12-20 2-2 34, Alexzander Delgado 6-14 0-0 13, Bright Kari 3-5 0-1 6, Conner Turner 2-10 2-2 6, Mason Tinley 0-3 0-0 0, Godwin Ilumoka 2-5 0-0 4, Grey Braun 0-2 0-0 0, Christian Murphy 6-9 3-4 15. Totals 33-74 7-9 83.
Halftime — YVCC 37-34. End of regulation — tied 78-78. 3-point goals — NIC 9-21 (Santana 0-1, DeWitt 6-9, King 3-9, Skalskiy 0-1, Johnson 0-1), YVCC 10-24 (Funk 1-3, Raynor 8-12, Delgado 1-5, Tinley 0-3, Braun 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 35 (Mims 9), YVCC 34 (Turner 7). Assists — NIC 17 (Santana 6), YVCC 13 (Turner 6). Team fouls — NIC 10, YVCC 15 (none). Fouled out — none.
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North Idaho 65
Yakima Valley 55
YAKIMA, Wash. — Kaylee Banks, a freshman from Sandpoint, scored 14 points off the bench for the Cardinals in a Northwest Athletic Conference win over the Yaks.
Laney Smith, a freshman from Post Falls had 12 points and sophomore Layla Beam 10 points for NIC (12-9, 7-6 NWAC), which outscored Yakima Valley 23-12 in the fourth quarter.
“Kaylee created that spark that we needed in the second half,” NIC coach Korina Baker said. “Laney had a nice night and Layla played really consistently as well. Defensively, we played pretty good, but didn’t come out with much energy after the long drive. We really got things going in the second half, but we need to play with a little more energy the next time we get off the bus.”
NIC hosts Columbia Basin on Wednesday.
Yakima Valley is 1-22, 1-13.
NORTH IDAHO
Payton Hagy 3-10 2-2 8, Laney Smith 5-9 0-0 12, Maggie Graves 2-5 0-0 4, Layla Beam 5-12 0-0 10, Kolby Pimperton 2-8 0-0 5, Catherine Uschmann 1-1 0-0 3, Paige Beem 1-2 0-0 2, Kaylee Banks 4-9 2-2 14, Ashlynn Shanley 0-0 0-0 0, Mary Mpoyo 0-2 1-2 1, Xuriyah Harry 2-2 2-2 6. Totals 25-60 7-8 65.
YAKIMA VALLEY
Taelyr Overby 4-7 2-2 10, Haley Wammock 7-13 2-2 16, Ashland Campbell 1-5 0-0 3, Courtney Standley 1-7 0-0 2, Macy Luhr 1-6 0-2 2, Iliana Ramos 3-10 2-2 10, Carla Cardenas 3-11 2-2 8, Tahlia Kiebaum 1-4 2-5 4. Totals 21-63 10-15 55.
North Idaho 9 14 19 23 — 65
Yakima Valley 14 12 17 12 — 55
3-point goals — NIC 8-27 (Hagy 0-7, Smith 2-4, Beam 0-1, Pimperton 1-5, Uschmann 1-1, Banks 4-8, Mpoyo 0-1), YVCC 3-15 (Wammock 0-2, Campbell 1-5, Ramos 2-5, Cardenas 0-3). Rebounds — NIC 33 (Harry 8), YVCC 38 (Wammock 8). Assists — NIC 18 (Beem 4), YVCC 8 (Luhr 3). Team fouls — NIC 14, YVCC 15. Fouled out — none.