NIC BASKETBALL: Sawyer helps Cardinal men defeat Northwest
• MEN
POWELL, Wyo. — Dante Sawyer, a transfer from San Francisco City College, scored 23 points on 9 of 14 shooting to send North Idaho College to an 81-76 win over Northwest College on Thursday.
Jalen Skalskiy, a redshirt sophomore from Lakeland High, had 15 points and five rebounds for NIC (6-2), which shot 30 of 54.
Milton Rodriguez Santana scored 20 points for Northwest (2-8).
NIC faces Frank Phillips College of Borger, Texas, tonight in Casper, Wyo.
NORTH IDAHO
Cobi Campbell 3-7 3-5 11, Kyle Karstetter 1-4 1-2 3, Tayshawn Colvin 2-6 6-7 10, Dante Sawyer 9-14 3-3 23, Jalen Skalskiy 7-9 1-2 15, Terin Johnson 3-3 3-4 10, Austin Johnson 2-6 0-0 5, Vaughn Weems 3-4 0-0 7, D’Andre Clermont 0-0 0-0 0, Bryce Henry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-54 17-23 84.
NORTHWEST
Milton Rodriguez Santana 9-15 0-0 20, Will Hemme 7-16 0-0 18, Krue Stubbs 1-6 0-0 3, Kolter Merritt 4-11 4-7 13, Drew Larson 4-8 0-0 12, Carter Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Max Postiglione 0-2 0-0 0, Preston Condie 4-6 0-0 8, Colin Hayes 2-4 0-0 4, Kaden Christensen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-69 4-7 78.
Halftime — NIC 46-35. 3-point goals — NIC 7-24 (Campbell 2-6, Karstetter 0-2, Colvin 0-1, Sawyer 2-6, Skalskiy 0-2, T. Johnson 1-1, A. Johnson 1-4, Weems 1-1, Henry 0-1), NWC 12-32 (Rodriguez Santana 2-3, Hemme 4-10, Stubbs 1-6, Merritt 1-3, Larson 4-4, Clark 0-1, Postiglione 0-2, Condie 0-2, Hayes 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 31 (Karstetter 6), NWC 30 (Merritt 11). Assists — NIC 12 (Campbell 5), NWC 17 (Hemme 6). Team fouls — NIC 9, NWC 18. Fouled out — none.
• WOMEN
Northwest 75
North Idaho 66
POWELL, Wyo. — Deniece Ryan, a sophomore guard from Albuquerque, had 24 points and three steals for the Cardinals in a loss to the Trappers.
NIC (4-6), which led 47-41 after three quarters, was outscored 34-19 in the fourth quarter by the Trappers (7-3).
“The fourth quarter just did us in,” said NIC coach Nathan Covill, who was down to nine players after losing reserve Tayler Adams to a broken foot last week. “We just couldn’t get stops and had a moment where we couldn’t score. Right now, we’ve got to be better defensively and find ourselves. I’ve been telling the girls that we’ve got to roll through the mud to find ourselves. Right now, we’re dirty and sloppy.”
Carolina Ruiz scored 21 points for Northwest, which hosts NIC again on Saturday.
Maddie Williamson, a freshman from Malta, Mont., had 18 points, six steals and five rebounds and sophomore Addie Kiefer from Lakeland High had 14 points and four rebounds for NIC, which faces the Carroll JV today in Powell, Wyo.
“Maddie’s a heck of a competitor,” Covill said. “We know she’s going to work hard and going to be engaged every day. She’s one of those kids that I can count on to give me her all each day.”
NORTH IDAHO
Deniece Ryan 8-11 6-11 24, Maddie Williamson 6-11 6-8 18, Iratxe Amorrortu 2-4 0-0 4, Addie Kiefer 7-14 1-2 15, Kendall Pickford 0-7 0-0 0, Anna Serret 0-2 0-0 0, Diana Morales 0-2 0-0 0, Aaliyah Clemons 1-1 2-2 5, Faye Davis 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-54 15-23 66.
NORTHWEST
Tayva Phillips 0-1 0-0 0, Roxanne Rogers 4-10 10-10 20, Kamalani Anitielu 2-5 0-0 6, Carolina Ruiz 7-11 5-8, Isabella Gurie 0-2 0-0 0, Tyne Killip 0-1 0-0 0, Anna Knight 2-3 6-6 10, Brayli Reimer 2-5 0-0 4, Jai’La Porter 0-3 0-0 0, Kelsi Nicholson 4-5 0-0 8, Selen Ucak 0-0 0-0, Bianca Silva 3-11 0-0 6. Totals 24-57 21-24 75.
North Idaho 15 21 11 19 — 66
Northwest 16 16 9 34 — 75
3-point goals — NIC 3-15 (Ryan 2-3, Williamson 0-4, Amorrortu 0-1, Pickford 0-4, Serret 0-2, Morales 0-2, Clemons 1-1), NWC 6-15 (Phillips 0-1, Rogers 2-4, Anitielu 2-3, Ruiz 2-3, Porter 0-1, Silva 0-3). Rebounds — NIC 27 (Amorrortu 6), NWC 35 (Reimer 10). Assists — NIC 9 (Pickford 4), NWC 13 (Ruiz 3). Team fouls — NIC 23, NWC 21. Fouled out — none.