COEUR d'ALENE - Sophomore Idris Lasisi scored 28 points - his highest-scoring game in his two seasons at North Idaho College - on 6 of 8 from beyond the 3-point line as the Cardinals defeated Colorado Northwestern 96-78 in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court on Thursday.

"Idris finally got rolling a bit tonight," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "He'd been in a shooting slump for the last couple weeks. It looks he busted out of it tonight."

Coming into the weekend, NIC (21-8, 6-8 SWAC) was already guaranteed the No. 5 seed, and a matchup with No. 4 Snow in the first round of the Region 18 tournament next Thursday in Twin Falls.

Also Thursday, Southern Idaho defeated Eastern Utah 88-86 in double overtime to clinch the SWAC regular season title. NIC hosts Eastern Utah in the regular season finale Saturday at 3 p.m.

Jon Henderson scored 25 points for Colorado Northwestern (7-21, 0-14).

COLORADO NORTHWESTERN

Teddy Aegerter 0-1 0-0 0, Nick Gillett 3-8 1-2 8, Sean Edwards 1-2 0-0 2, Michael Russell 6-11 5-7 19, Adriane Rocha 1-5 1-2 4, Damian Salais 2-5 0-0 6, Dominic Tillmon 0-0 0-0 0, Yuriy Struzhinskiy 0-0 0-0 0, Brent Aga 3-5 0-0 6, Michael Willie 4-5 0-0 8, Jon Henderson 7-11 9-12 25. Totals 27-53 16-23 78.

NORTH IDAHO

DeAndre Taylor 3-7 1-2 8, Nate Clinton 1-2 0-0 2, Zach Peterson 1-1 0-0 2, Ameer Shamsud-din 0-0 0-2 0, Jake Owsley 3-6 0-0 6, Michael Hale 5-10 1-2 11, Charlie Gouin 1-3 0-0 2, Idris Lasisi 11-13 0-0 28, Nick Fromm 4-7 1-1 9, Conner White 1-2 3-4 5, Tyrone White 2-6 0-0 6, Abebe Dimissie 3-7 2-2 10, Petar Joksimovic 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 38-70 8-13 96.

Halftime - NIC 43-42. 3-point goals - CNWC 8-18 (Aegerter 0-1, Gillett 1-3, Russell 2-2 Rocha 1-5, Salais 2-4, Henderson 2-3). NIC 12-28 (Taylor 1-4, Clinton 0-1, Hale 0-3, Gouin 0-1, Lasisi 6-8, T. White 0-1, C. White 0-1, Dimissie 2-4, Joksimovic 1-2). Rebounds - CNWC 32 (Henderson 6). NIC 33 (Owsley, Hale 5). Assists - CNWC 0. NIC 11 (Hale 4). Team fouls - CNWC 13, NIC 21. Fouled out - none.

North Idaho 88

C. Northwestern 61

COEUR d'ALENE - Sophomores Tugce Canitez and Camille Reynolds scored 18 points apiece as the 15th-ranked Cardinals rolled past the Spartans in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court.

Chantel Divilbiss scored 16 points for NIC (25-3, 11-3 SWAC), which hosts Eastern Utah in the home finale on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Southern Idaho defeated Eastern Utah 82-72 in Twin Falls in Thursday's other SWAC game.

NIC has already secured the No. 2 seed to the Region 18 tournament next weekend in Twin Falls.

COLORADO NORTHWESTERN

Jaynelle Johnson 4-12 3-4 14, Tamekia Hunt 1-3 4-6 6, Maray Filfred 0-1 0-0 0, Jessica Madsen 4-5 2-4 10, Celenna Spurs 0-0 0-0 0, Aujanee Armstrong 0-1 0-0 0, Shameka Smith 9-18 0-0 19, Abrielle Davis 0-1 1-2 1, Jamie Bair 0-1 0-0 0, Da'Naiveia McDade 3-6 0-0 7, Jahnette Epperson 2-4 0-2 4. Totals 23-52 10-18 61.

NORTH IDAHO

Kama Griffitts 5-16 1-1 11, Chantel Divilbiss 7-10 0-0 16, Camille Reynolds 8-14 0-0 18, Timena Shebala 1-1 0-0 3, Tugce Canitez 8-12 0-1 18, Amy Warbrick 4-8 1-2 12, Korina Baker 1-2 0-0 2, Kiki Edwards-Teasley 0-5 1-6 1, Julia Salmio 0-2 3-4 3, Amanda Carlton 1-6 2-2 4. Totals 35-76 8-16 88.

Halftime - NIC 43-31. 3-point goals - CNWC 5-12 (Johnson 3-4, Hunt 0-2, Madsen 0-1, Smith 1-4, McDade 1-1). NIC 10-25 (Griffitts 0-6, Divilbiss 2-5, Reynolds 2-3, Shebala 1-1, Canitez 2-2, Warbrick 3-4, Baker 0-1, Carlton 0-3). Rebounds - CNWC 37 (Smith 6). NIC 45 (Carlton 10). Assists - CNWC 0. NIC 8 (Divilbiss, Warbrick, Baker 2). Team fouls - CNWC 15, NIC 12. Fouled out - none.