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PRICE, Utah - North Idaho College overcame an injury to a starter the day before the game and a scary injury to a key reserve during the game to beat Utah State-Eastern 58-54 in Scenic West Athletic Conference play Saturday afternoon.

Katie Buskey, NIC's leading scorer, rolled her ankle in practice Friday and did not play. Reserve guard Tori Davenport struck her head on the floor in the first half when she was knocked down on a drive to the basket. She complained of neck pain, and was taken to the hospital, but NIC coach Chris Carlson said after the game she was OK, aside from a headache.

"We played most of the game with eight kids, and one point guard, and man, did they pull together - it was an outstanding victory," Carlson said.

Angela Woods and reserve Mollie Kramer scored 12 points each for NIC (13-0, 2-0 SWAC), ranked No. 1 in the NJCAA. Hannah Love had 11 rebounds, Kabri Emerson had eight points and 10 boards, and Georgia Stirton played the point with minimal rest.

"It seemed like everybody made one or two big plays when we needed them," Carlson said. "We battled like crazy, pulled together, made big plays, and gutted out a great Scenic West win."

USU-Eastern dropped to 3-11, 0-2.

NIC plays host to the North Idaho All-Stars on Thursday.

Elsewhere in the SWAC, Colorado Northwestern defeated Southern Idaho 74-68.

NORTH IDAHO

Angela Woods 3-13 4-5 12, Kabri Emerson 3-7 2-4 8, Georgia Stirton 1-7 5-6 7, Aimee Durbidge 2-14 4-8 8, Hannah Love 0-2 2-5 2, Tori Davenport 0-2 0-0 0, Renae Mokrzycki 1-2 1-4 3, Mollie Kramer 5-9 1-2 12, Danika Johnson 2-2 2-5 6. Totals 17-58 21-39 58.

USU-EASTERN

Hailee Parry 3-15 0-0 6, Whitney Fieldstead 2-8 3-6 11, Amy Arbon 4-8 0-0 9, Abby Call 3-6 0-2 7, Brooke Slade 1-2 0-0 2, Gabriela Borges 0-2 0-0 0, Harley Earl 0-2 0-0 0, Shantaya Strebel 1-1 0-0 2, Sarah Fletcher 0-0 0-0 0, Kathleen Collette 1-1 0-0 2, Rachel Scoggins 0-1 0-0 0, Isabela Costa 2-6 0-1 4, Larissa Quintana 2-7 2-3 6, Tandy Thackeray 3-5 0-0 9, Faith Garrish 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-64 5-12 54.

Halftime - USUE 24-23. 3-point goals - NIC 3-14 (Woods 2-8, Stirton 0-2, Durbidge 0-2, Kramer 1-2), USUE 5-17 (Parry 0-3, Arbon 1-3, Call 1-2, Borges 0-1, Earl 0-2, Costa 0-1, Thackeray 3-5). Rebounds - NIC 50 (Love 11), USUE 45 (Fieldstead 11). Assists - NIC 10 (Stirton 4), USUE 8 (Parry, Arbon 3). Fouled out - Fieldstead. Total fouls - NIC 16, USUE 29.

North Idaho 65

Utah State-Eastern 52

PRICE, Utah - Keon Lewis led the Cardinal attack with 15 points, but Chris Sarbaugh knocked down a big 3-pointer to put the game away as the 13th-ranked Cardinals topped the Golden Eagles in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.

"(Sarbaugh) played with the flu and a banged-up knee, but he was able to give us 16 solid minutes," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "We were up nine, and Sarbaugh hit a 3 to put the game away.

"It was a gutsy effort by Chris."

Miles Gatewood led Utah State-Eastern (9-4, 1-1 SWAC) with 13 points.

Kaj Sherman finished with nine points and 10 rebounds for NIC (14-1, 2-0), which hosts Portland Community College on Friday.

Also in the SWAC, Southern Idaho beat Colorado Northwestern 83-62.

NORTH IDAHO

Jalil Abdul-Bassit 3-0 3-3 9, Keon Lewis 5-14 5-7 15, Michael Middlebrooks 0-1 0-0 0, Mikey Hope 5-10 0-1 10, James Webb III 4-8 2-2 11, Jordan McCloud 0-1 2-2 2, Chris Sarbaugh 2-3 1-2 6, Jason Wheelock 0-0 0-0 0, Dalen Erickson 1-3 1-2 3, Kaj Sherman 4-7 1-5 9.

USU-EASTERN

Jeff Perkins 3-7 0-2 8, Miles Gatewood 5-14 0-0 13, Machado Vitor 2-8 4-4 10, Jason Timpf 4-9 0-0 8, Dytanya Johnson 2-6 6-6 10, Michael Stroud 0-1 0-0 0, Igor Dias 1-4 0-0 2, Todd Helgeson 0-3 1-3 1.

Halftime - North Idaho 30-24. 3-point goals -NIC 3-9 (Abdul-Bassit 0-3, Lewis 0-1, Webb III 1-2, Sarbaugh 1-1, Erickson 1-2), USUE 7-20 (Perkins 2-5, Gatewood 3-7, Machado 2-6, Timps 0-1 Stroud 0-1). Rebounds - NIC 36 (Sherman 10), USUE 39 (Johnson 11). Assists - NIC 7 (Lewis, Middlebrooks, Sherman 2), USUE 12 (Machado 4). Team fouls - NIC 15, USUE 20. Fouled out - none.