Sasquatch women hold off Knights

Ren Mallory and reserve Kelsey Stillar each scored 11 points and Ashlee Michelson grabbed 11 rebounds to propel the Community Colleges of Spokane Sasquatch to a 53-50 victory over the visiting Wenatchee Valley Knights in Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges play Wednesday night.

Stillar added four steals for the Sasquatch (11-4, 2-0).

Kami Clark paced the Knights (8-8, 0-2) with 12 points.

•JoKeirra Sneed scored a game-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor and the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters rolled to a 61-39 victory over the Idaho Vandals in Western Athletic Conference play in Ruston, La.

Yinka Olorunnife paced the Vandals (1-13, 0-2) with 13 points and seven rebounds.

Sneed and Shanavia Dowdell each grabbed 10 rebounds for Louisiana Tech (7-8, 1-1).

Men

Kyle Turpin tossed in a game-high 16 points and Matthew Dorr and Jon Clift each scored 12 to lead the CC Spokane Sasquatch (15-1, 2-0) to a 78-36 romp over the visiting Wenatchee Valley Knights (4-10, 1-1) in NWAACC action.

NIC opens league play

The North Idaho College men and women open Scenic West Athletic Conference play tonight.

The Cardinals take on College of Eastern Utah at Rolly Williams Court. The women’s game is at 5:30 with the men following at 7:30.

Colorado Northwestern visits on Saturday. The women tip off at 1 p.m. and the men follow at 3.

Both the NIC men (14-1), who are ranked 19th in the latest NJCAA poll, and women (11-3) are coming off strong non-conference stretches.

Only two SWAC men’s teams have better records – second-ranked College of Southern Idaho (15-0) and No. 5 Salt Lake Community College (15-0). Just CSI’s women (14-1), who are ranked sixth, have a better record than NIC.

The NIC men’s lone loss was to Community Colleges of Spokane, 80-66 on Dec. 11 at Gonzaga.