PABLO, Mont. - Keon Lewis scored a game-high 21 points as the North Idaho Cardinals defeated the Salish-Kootenai Bison 80-71 in a nonconference men's basketball game on Thursday night.

"Keon just attacked the rim tonight," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "He got a lot of easy buckets that way tonight."

Before the start of the game, Salish-Kootenai honored the memory of Marvin Lewis, a Bison player who drowned in South Dakota over the summer.

"It was a pretty emotional night for them," Phay said. "Those guys came out and played hard."

Michael Middlebrooks had 13 points and 12 rebounds for NIC (4-0), which hosts Salish-Kootenai again next Friday in the North Idaho College Thanksgiving tournament at 7:30 p.m. at Christianson Gym.

"It was a tough win for us," Phay said. "Any win on the road is tough, but it was good for us to grow as a team."

NORTH IDAHO

Jordan McCloud 4-9 3-4 11, Antoine Hosley 4-10 0-0 10, Connor White 2-3 0-0 5, Kwame Bates 3-5 0-1 7, Keon Lewis 8-12 4-4 21, Michael Middlebrooks 5-6 3-8 13, Edrico McGregor 3-8 0-0 6, Tyrell Lewis 2-5 22 6, Kaj Sherman 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 31-58 13-21 80.

SALISH-KOOTENAI

Peter Aragon 0-2 0-0 0, Ralston Moore 5-9 7-8 19, Dennis Sangrey 4-11 0-0 11, Sonny Eppinette 1-7 0-0 2, Kevin Wroblewski 0-3 0-0 0, James Bible 2-6 1-2 6, Trent Ashley 1-2 0-2 2, Isaiah Martin 5-9 2-3 12, D.J. Fish 6-13 0-0 15, Jonathan Allen 0-1 1-2 1, Marvin Hudson-Lewis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-64 11-17 71.

Halftime - NIC 38-29. 3-point goals - NIC 5-13 (McCloud 0-2, Hosley 2-5, White 1-2, Bates 1-2, Lewis 1-1, Lewis 0-1), SKC 10-32 (Aragon 0-2, Moore 2-5, Sangrey 3-9, Eppinette 0-1, Wroblewski 0-2, Bible 1-4, Martin 0-1, Kemmer 1-1, Fish 3-7). Rebounds - NIC 47 (Middlebrooks 12), SKC 25 (Fish 10). Assists - NIC 14 (Lewis 6), SKC 7 (Fish 3). Team fouls - NIC 16, SKC 23. Fouled out - none.