NIC BASKETBALL: King’s late 3 caps comeback as NIC men top Blue Mountain

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PENDLETON, Ore. — Taden King hit a go-ahead 3-point shot with 10 seconds to play and the North Idaho College Cardinals, who trailed for much of the game, rallied to beat the Blue Mountain Community College Timberwolves 96-95 in Northwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball Monday afternoon.

NIC (8-5, 2-0 NWAC) trailed by 14 points when Jacob Holling of Blue Mountain (3-8, 0-2) hit a 3-pointer with 15:34 remaining in the game.

Daniel Santana scored 16 points off the bench to lead NIC. King, a freshman from Madison High in Rexburg who was 3 of 4 from beyond the arc, added 15.

Former Lewiston High standout Kash Lang hit 4 of 7 from deep and scored a game-high 28 for Blue Mountain.

NIC plays host to Treasure Valley on Saturday.

NORTH IDAHO

Jack Kiesbuy 1-4 2-2 5, Cooper DeWitt 5-9 0-0 11, Taden King 4-8, 4-4 15, Jalen Skalskiy 5-11, 2-4 12, Gavin Gilstrap 5-8 3-5 13, Daniel Santana 7-12 2-6 16, Trae Hugs 2-2 2-2 8, Xavier Bailey 4-13 6-6 14. Totals 33-67 2129 96.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Jacob Holling 6-13 0-0 17, Byron Patt 6-11 0-0 17, AJ Floyd 3-5 2-2 8, Kash Lang 1116 2-2, 28, Chad Napoleon 6-18, 11-14 23, Casey Wright 0-1 0-0 0, Kyan Thompson 1-2 0-0 2, Dawson Durham 0-0 0-0 0, Keegan Glenn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-66 15-18 95.

Halftime: Blue Mountain 61-50. 3-point goals: NIC 7-15 (Kiesbuy 1-4, DeWitt 1-4, King 3-4, Santana 0-1, Hugs 2-2), BM 14-29 (Holling 5-11, Patt 5-9,Lang 4-7, Napoleon 0-2). Rebounds: NIC 32 (Santana 8), BM 39 (Lang, Napoleon 10). Assists: NIC 7 (DeWitt 3), BM 12 (Holling, Lang 4). Fouled out: Holling. Total fouls: NIC 17, BM 23.

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Blue Mountain def.

NIC, forfeit

PENDLETON, Ore. — The Cardinals (6-4. 1-1 NWAC), hoping to play for the first time since Dec. 18, forfeited to the Timberwolves (7-5. 1-1) due to COVID-19 protocols within the NIC program.

NIC is next scheduled to play Saturday at home vs. Treasure Valley.