NIC MEN'S BASKETBALL: Robinson leads four in double figures for NIC in opener
JASON ELLIOTT/Press North Idaho College freshman guard Braylon Haman drives to the basket during the first half of Wednesday's game against Pacific Northwest Christian of Kennewick, Wash., at Rolly Williams Court.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press North Idaho College sophomore guard Nyale Robinson drives off a screen from sophomore Aly Toure (32) during the first half of Wednesday's game against Pacific Northwest Christian of Kennewick, Wash., at Rolly Williams Court.
COEUR d'ALENE — Sophomore guard Nyale Robinson led four North Idaho College players in double figures in a 113-79 win over Pacific Northwest Christian of Kennewick, Wash., in the season opener for both programs on Wednesday at Rolly Williams Court.
Robinson, from Rainer Beach High in Seattle, shot 5 of 7 from the 3-point line for the Cardinals, who led 67-32 at halftime.
Freshman Braylon Haman from Lansing, Mich., had 17 points and five assists, sophomore Aly Toure of Mali 11 points and 10 rebounds and sophomore Austin Ouko of Switzerland 10 points and four rebounds for NIC.
Carson Decker scored 18 points for Pacific Northwest Christian.
NIC faces McCook Community College in the Battle for the Boot Tournament at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls next Thursday.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN
Randy Johnson 4-9 2-2 11, Adrian Ceja-Flores 1-4 1-2 4, Jay Coats 2-7 2-2 6, Anthony Gatlin 1-4 5-6 7, Carson Decker 6-10 0-1 18, Kwesi Smith 0-0 2-2 2, Xavier Devereaux 0-1 0-0 0, Dalin Cortes 2-4 3-3 8, Connor Allen 1-7 0-0 3, Kaiden Devereaux 1-2 0-0 3, Christian Saldana 5-8 6-6 17. Totals 23-56 21-24 79.
NORTH IDAHO
Nyale Robinson 8-12 0-0 21, Austin Ouko 3-10 3-4 10, Gelonni Ervin 4-4 1-2 9, Braylon Haman 7-12, 3-5 17, Aly Toure 5-8 1-1 11, Jayce Swanson 1-7 0-0 2, Messiah Springer 3-5 3-5 9, George Price 0-1 0-0 0, Cason Miller 1-2 0-0 3, Remy Albrecht 2-5 0-0 5, Gage Ontiveros 2-2 0-0 4, Logan Roos 2-2 2-2 6, Chidera Ukachukvu 6-11 0-0 12, Hunter Cordell 2-7 0-0 4.
Halftime — NIC 67-32. 3-point goals — PNCC 12-27 (Johnson 1-6, Ceja-Flores 1-2, Coats 0-1, Decker 6-9, Cortes 1-1, Allen 1-6, Devereaux 1-1, Saldana 1-1). NIC 8-30 (Robinson 5-7, Ouko 1-6, Haman 0-2, Swanson 0-3, Springer 0-1, Price 0-1, Miller 1-2, Albrecht 1-4, Ukachukvu 0-4). Rebounds — PNCC 24 (Gatlin 6), NIC 49 (Toure 10). Assists — PNCC 15 (Gatlin 6), NIC 21 (Haman 5). Team fouls — PNCC 12, NIC 24. Fouled out — none.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press North Idaho College sophomore guard Nyale Robinson drives off a screen from sophomore Aly Toure (32) during the first half of Wednesday's game against Pacific Northwest Christian of Kennewick, Wash., at Rolly Williams Court.