Cardinals roll to easy win over Gonzaga club team

COEUR d'ALENE - Mikey Hope scored a game-high 17 points to lead the North Idaho College Cardinals past the Gonzaga club team 108-52 in a men's college basketball game at Rolly Williams Court.

"I was really happy with our effort," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "We talked about getting better each game and I thought we were better tonight than the last time we played them."

NIC won its previous matchup 80-54 in Coeur d'Alene on Nov. 13.

Jalil-Abdul Bassit scored 14 points and Kaj Sherman 13 points for NIC (8-1), which hosts Edmonds Community College on Friday at 7:30 p.m. to open the Bigfoot/Cardinal Classic.

GONZAGA CLUB

Madu Cole 5-9 1-3 11, D.J. Williams 2-7 0-0 5, Dylan Salay 2-6 1-1 5, Jon Vimmerstedt 4-10 1-2 10, Mohammed Sambou 1-9 2-2 4, Bobby Sanders 0-6 1-2 1, Matt Beucherie 1-6 0-0 3, Robert Frame 3-3 3-3 11, Riley Wiggins 0-3 2-2 2, Pierce Hudson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-59 11-15 52.

NORTH IDAHO

Jalil Abdul-Bassit 5-6 2-2 14, Chris Sarbaugh 3-4 1-2 7, Keon Lewis 2-6 6-8 10, Michael Middlebrooks 2-4 1-2 5, Nathan Rathbun 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan McCloud 2-7 9-10 13, Jason Wheelock 1-1 1-2 3, Andrew Baracco 2-2 2-2 6, Mikey Hope 5-11 6-6 17, Dalen Erickson 4-6 0-0 11, James Webb 4-5 1-2 9, Kaj Sherman 6-8 1-1 13. Totals 36-60 30-37 108.

Halftime - NIC 56-24. 3-point goals - GC 5-18 (Williams 1-3, Salay 0-2, Vimmerstedt 1-2, Sambou 0-2, Sanders 0-3, Beucherie 1-4, Frame 2-2), NIC 6-10 (Abdul-Bassit 2-3, McCloud 0-1, Hope 1-2, Erickson 3-4). Rebounds - GC 17 (Sambou 6), NIC 44 (McCloud 8). Assists - GC 9 (Cole 3), NIC 17 (Sarbaugh, Wheelock, Hope 3). Team fouls - GC 16, NIC 11. Fouled out - none.