Broncos top Vandals again

Derrick Marks scored a season-high 31 points to help the Boise State Broncos earn an 86-75 nonconference victory over the Idaho Vandals on Tuesday in Boise for their sixth straight victory against their instate rivals.

Nick Duncan scored 15 points, Anthony Drmic added 14 and Mikey Thompson 12 for Boise State (4-1).

Mike Scott scored 31 points on 11-of-17 shooting for Idaho (2-2), Bira Seck added 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Connor Hill scored 14.

Idaho (2-2) took a 19-17 lead on a 3-pointer by Hill at 11: 37 but only managed one field goal the rest of the first half. Marks netted 12 points in a 14-5 run the Broncos used to end the first half and take a 38-28 halftime lead.

After trailing 42-28 early in the second half, the Vandals nearly clawed back behind Scott. Idaho used an 18-5 run to pull within 47-46 on a layup by Seck with 11:19 remaining, but back-to-back second-chance 3-pointers by Igor Hadziomerovic and Marks pushed Boise State’s lead back to seven. The Vandals never got closer than four points in the final 8 minutes.

Vandals coach Don Verlin lost his sixth consecutive game to rival Boise State and was denied his 100th career victory at Idaho.

CC Spokane 89, Salish Kootenai 81: Jacob DeVries knocked down 6 of 8 shots from 3-point range and scored a game-high 31 points to power the Sasquatch to a season-opening victory over the Bison in Pablo, Montana.

Dean Richey had 14 points for CCS, while Dalton Patchen scored 10.

North Idaho 98, Columbia Basin 73: Kyle Guice came off the bench to score 22 points on 7-of-9 shooting and the Cardinals (8-1) rolled to a nonconference win over the visiting Hawks (0-2).

Lucas Antunez had 18 points and seven rebounds for NIC, while reserve Jordan King added 13 points and nine boards. Reserve Jamaal Robateau notched 15 points and Braian Angola scored 13.