North Idaho Men Remain Unbeaten With Easy Victory

Kevin Byrne grabbed 11 rebounds and scored 14 points to lead the visiting North Idaho College Cardinals (6-0) past the Wenatchee Valley Knights 98-68 Tuesday night in a non-conference basketball game.

With the game knotted at 10, NIC proceeded to outscore Wenatchee Valley 21-2. Rob Kruiswyk scored 17 points to lead the Cardinals.

Wenatchee Valley is 1-2.

NIC 98, Wenatchee Valley 68

NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE

Hall 5-6 2-4 12, Dial 1-2 2-2 4, Schultz 1-2 0-0 3, Helm 3-5 1-2 7, Cunningham 3-8 0-0 6, Stack 0-0 2-2 2, Thompson 4-7 0-0 8, Rapier 0-0 1-2 1, McCoy 3-5 2-2 8, Byrne 6-10 2-2 14, Barth 0-1 0-0 0, Robertson 4-7 0-0 8, Kruiswyk 7-8 2-2 17, Sanchez 3-5 2-4 8. Totals 40-66 16-22 98.

WENATCHEE VALLEY

Kanell 5-14 0-3 11, Mott 5-12 1-2 11, Newhouse 2-6 0-2 5, Brager 3-9 0-0 6, McClure 3-4 0-1 6, Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Preppernau 6-10 0-0 14, Darnell 3-4 0-0 7, Heyen 1-1 0-1 2, Kerns 0-2 0-0 0. Peterson 0-1 0-0 0, Vance 2-5 0-2 4. Totals 31-70 1-11 68.

Halftime-NIC 51, WV 27. 3-point goals-NIC 2-9 (Schultz 1-1, Kruiswyk 1-1). WV 5-15 (Preppernau 2-5). Total fouls-NIC 16, WV 17. Rebounds-NIC 36 (Byrne 11), WV 27. Assists-NIC 23 (Helm 5), WV 22 (Brager 7).

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