Nic Scores Often, Wins Easily

Area college basketball

Chris Harrison scored 25 points and Andre McKanstry added 21 as North Idaho College breezed past Colorado Northwestern 109-87 in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game Friday night at Rangely, Colo.

The Cardinals (13-1, 5-1) carried a 56-41 lead into halftime and were never threatened in the second half.

NIC 109, Colorado Northwestern 87

North Idaho College (13-1, 5-1) - Myrick 1-7 0-0 2, Johnson 1-2 1-2 3, T.Myles 5-13 0-2 11, Rahming 1-2 0-0 2, Houston 3-5 2-2 8, McKanstry 7-12 6-8 21, Stack 2-5 2-2 7, Harrison 9-14 5-6 25, Banks 7-11 0-0 15, Bussell 0-1 0-2 0, Ryan 1-3 3-6 5, L.Myles 4-10 0-0 10, Totals 41-85 19-30 109.

Colorado Northwestern - Johnson 4-12 9-10 17, Bentz 5-13 2-2 14, Hernandez 0-2 0-0 0, J.Stackolitz 7-14 4-4 18, P.Stackolitz 3-11 4-9 10, Hart 8-15 1-2 18, Anderson 4-8 2-2 10, Totals 31-75 22-29 87.

Halftime North Idaho College 56, Colorado Northwestern 41. 3-point goals - Colorado Northwestern 3-11 (Johnson 0-2, Bentz 2-4, J.Stackolitz 0-2, P.Stackolitz 0-1, Hart 1-2), North Idaho College 8-27 (Myrick 0-5, T.Myles 1-5, McKanstry 1-2, Stack 1-3, Harrison 2-5, Banks 1-3, L.Myles 2-4). Total fouls - Colorado Northwestern 19, North Idaho College 23. Fouled out - Johnson. Rebounds - Colorado Northwestern 40 (P.Stackolitz 8) North Idaho College 45 (Harrison 10). Assists - Colorado Northwestern 25(J.Stackolitz 11), North Idaho College 29 (T.Miles 9) Technical - Bentz.

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NIC 83, Colorado Northwestern 66

Also at Rangely, NIC’s Jana Nearing scored 29 points and Shawna Rainier added 24 in the Cardinals’ win over Colorado Northwestern in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game.

NIC point guard Tammy Goyne chipped in with eight steals and did not commit a turnover as the Cardinals improved to 16-1, 6-1. The Spartans dropped to 3-12, 1-5.

North Idaho (16-1, 6-1) - Rehder 0-0 0-0 0, Goyne 2-8 0-0 5, Jacques 4-8 0-0 11, Richards 2-8 0-0 4, Dickson 2-7 0-0 4, Viebrock 0-2 0-0 0, Nearing 14-18 1-2 29, Rainier 11-15 2-3 24, Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Shepard 1-3 0-0 2, Jensen 1-3 0-0 2, Dowhy 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 38-74 3-5 83.

Colorado Northwestern (3-12, 1-5) - Black 1-4 2-4 4, Poll 5-10 3-6 13, Anderson 3-6 2-3 8, Horrocks 2-9 0-0 4, Graves 5-9 1-2 13, Alba 4-7 0-0 10, Werry 3-6 0-0 7, Wright 3-8 0-0 7. Totals 26-59 8-15 66.

Halftime-North Idaho 43, Colorado Northwestern 33. 3-point goals-North Idaho 4-12 (Jacques 3-5, Goyne 1-5, Dickson 0-1, Jensen 0-1), Colorado Northwestern 6-13 (Alba 2-2, Graves 2-6, Werry 1-2, Wright 1-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-North Idaho 33 (Nearing 9), Colorado Northwestern 30 (Black 6). Assists-North Idaho 33 (Goyne 10), Colorado Northwestern 21 (Poll, Anderson, Alba 4). Total fouls-North Idaho 15, Colorado Northwestern 12. Technicals-None. A-100 est.

Pacific 64, Idaho 54

At Moscow, Idaho, the Vandals couldn’t take advantage of their first home game in more than a month.

The Vandals have dropped four straight and slipped to 5-9, 0-2 in the Big West Conference.

The game featured 10 lead changes with neither team leading by more than three points until 4:33 remained in the second half when the Tigers (3-11, 2-1) jumped to a 53-48 lead. They never trailed after that.

Pacific (3-11, 2-1) - M.Yarbrough 1-1 0-2 2, Lauritzen 5-10 0-1 12, McAllister 6-13 7-10 19, Stevens 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 2-4 6-7 10, Luckey 0-0 0-0 0, Olsen 0-0 0-0 0, S.Yarbrough 2-7 10-12 14, Martella 0-0 0-1 0, Palacio 2-6 3-5 7. Totals 18-42 26-38 64.

Idaho (5-9, 0-2) - Ortner 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 4-11 0-0 9, Gussett 3-5 0-0 6, Woolf , Skorpik 4-9 1-2 11, McDaniel 0-2 0-0 0, Newman 0-2 2-2 2, Greenwood 3-6 0-0 6, Nieman 5-13 4-8 15, Lemm 0-2 1-2 1, Stone 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 21-54 8-14 54.

Halftime score - Idaho 32, Pacific 31. 3-point goals - Pacific 2-8 (Lauritzen 2-5, Stevens 0-1, Smith 0-1, Palacio 0-1), Idaho 4-14 (Nieman 1-1, Johnson 1-6, Skorpik 2-4, Ortner 0-1, McDaniel 0-2). Total fouls - Pacific 13, Idaho 25. Fouled out - none. Technical fouls - Gussett. Rebounds - Pacific 38 (McAllister, Smith 9), Idaho 30 (Nieman 9). Assists - Pacific 6 (M.Yarbrough, Smith 2), Idaho 7 (Skorpik 3). A-942.

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