NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinal men fall to first-place Salt Lake
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TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — North Idaho College fell behind by 16 points at the half in an 87-73 loss to first-place Salt Lake Community College in Scenic West Athletic Conference play Saturday at Bruin Arena.
Salt Lake (23-3, 8-2 SWAC) hit eight 3-pointers in the first half in opening up a 51-33 halftime lead.
Dante Sawyer scored a game-high 21 points for NIC (20-7, 6-3), which is now in third place in the conference, behind Salt and second-place College of Southern Idaho (20-7, 7-2), which won at fourth-place Snow (20-6, 5-5) 85-71 on Saturday.
Vaughn Weems added 13 points for the Cardinals.
Zaon Collins hit 5 of 9 3s and scored 19 points, and Jordan Battle hit 4 of 8 3s and added 16 points for Salt Lake.
NIC plays at Colorado Northwestern on Thursday.
NORTH IDAHO
Austin Johnson 3-8 2-3 9, Cobi Campbell 4-7 1-2 10, Kyle Karstetter 2-6 0-0 5, Dante Sawyer 8-16 5-7 21, Jalen Skalskiy 3-7 3-3 9, Terin Johnson 0-0 2-4 2, Vaughn Weems 5-9 2-3 13, D’Andre Clermont 0-0 0-0 0, Tayshawn Colvin 0-1 2-2 2, Bryce Henry 0-0 0-0 0, Tanner Tollestrup 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 25-54 19-26 73.
SALT LAKE
Michael Folarin 3-3 2-3 8, Bryce Zephir 6-12 0-1 13, Zaon Collins 7-11 0-0 19, Preston Squire 1-3 0-0 3, Jordan Battle 5-12 2-2 16, CJ Luster 4-11 4-4 13, Luke Smellie 1-3 0-0 2, Coen Collier 1-4 0-0 2, Kevin Winsor 0-0 0-0 0, Mason Bendinger 4-7 0-0 9, Mikhail Abdul-Hamid 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 33-69 8-10 87.
Halftime — SLCC 51-33. 3-point goals — NIC 4-15 (A. Johnson 1-4, Campbell 1-2, Karstetter 1-4, Sawyer 0-2, Skalskiy 0-2, Weems 1-1), SLCC 13-34 (Zephir 1-3, Collins 5-9, Squire 1-3, Battle 4-8, Luster 1-4, Smellie 0-2, Collier 0-1, Bendinger 1-3, Abdul-Hamid 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 31 (Sawyer, Skalskiy 6), SLCC 39 (Collier 12). Assists — NIC 6 (Campbell, Skalskiy 2), SLCC 16 Battle 6). Fouled out — none. Total fouls — NIC 11, SLCC 19.
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Salt Lake 74
North Idaho 49
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — The visiting Cardinals fell behind 19-6 after one quarter and 63-25 after three quarters in the loss to the SWAC-leading Bruins at Bruin Arena.
Deniece Ryan scored 10 points for North Idaho (8-15, 1-7 SWAC).
Ines Gnahore scored 13 points off the bench for Salt Lake (21-4, 8-0).
NIC plays at Colorado Northwestern on Thursday.
NORTH IDAHO
Deniece Ryan 3-8 2-4 10, Maddie Williamson 1-4 0-0 2, Addie Kiefer 1-4 1-23, Faye Davis 0-5 0-0 0, Kendall Pickford 2-9 0-0 5, Anna Serret 1-1 0-0 3, Solei Elletson 4-10 0-0 9, Kalysta Troman 0-4 1-2 1, Diana Morales 2-5 1-1 5, Aaliyah Clemons 1-1 1-2 3, Iratxe Amorrortu 3-4 1-1 8. Totals 18-55 7-12 49
SALT LAKE
Heaven Samayoa-Mathis 3-8 2-3 9, Ana Oliveira Dias 2-5 1-1 5, Mia Tarver 2-5 1-1 6, Karina Grayer 4-5 0-0 9, Laura Di Stefano 1-6 0-0 2, Summer Larson 2-2 0-0 5, Cambree Tensmayer 2-3 0-0 5, Bati Assefa 2-5 4-4 8, Funmi Amode 1-2 0-0 2Ines Gnahore 4-6 4-4 13, Cecilia Olevao 1-3 0-0 2, Jeanne Rodriguez 4-7 0-0 8. Totals 28-57 12-13 74.
North Idaho 6 15 4 24 — 49
Salt Lake 19 22 22 11 — 74
3-point goals — NIC 6-18 (Ryan 2-3, Williamson 0-1, Pickford 1-5, Serret 1-1, Elletson 1-6, Troman 0-1, Amorrortu 1-1), SLCC — Samayoa-Mathis 1-2, Tarver 1-4, Grayer 1-1, Di Stefano 0-1, Larson 1-1, Tensmayer 1-2, Assefa 0-3, Gnaore 1-2). Rebounds — NIC 30 (Davis, Elletson 4), SLCC 39 (Samayoa-Mathis, Di Stefano 5). Assists — NIC 7 (Serret, Amorrortu 2), SLCC 17 (Samayoa-Mathis 6). Fouled out — none. Total fouls — NIC 14, SLCC 17.