Leavitt paces Cards in home opener
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 11 years, 2 months AGO
COEUR d'ALENE - Sophomore Bryce Leavitt, a 6-foot-5 transfer from Washington State, had 12 points, seven rebounds and two steals to lead the North Idaho College men's basketball team to a 94-50 win against the visiting Gonzaga club team at Rolly Williams Court on Thursday night.
"It was a really balanced effort tonight," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "I thought it was a good game for us since we're still trying to learn how to play with each other, but the guys played well tonight."
NIC (2-0) forced 18 turnovers, compared to two by the Gonzaga club.
"We want to put pressure on people this year and we started to create turnovers," Phay said. "We started to run and got into what we want to do offensively."
Freshman Will Dorsey scored 13 points, Braxton Tucker 12 for NIC, which hosts Central Wyoming next Friday at 7 p.m. in the Cardinal Classic.
GONZAGA CLUB
Matthew Beaucherie 4-8 0-0 11, Jordan Caudill 0-1 0-0 0, Joey McKay 27 2-3 6, Dylan Salay 3-5 0-0 6, Kevin Locascio 1-6 1-2 3, Jon Vimmerstedt 1-5 0-1 2, Mohammed Sambou 2-5 4-6 9, Matt Elmore 0-0 0-0 0, Max Mortenson 1-3 0-0 3, Conner Ness 0-0 0-0 0, Riley Wiggins 2-5 1-2 7, Conner Jensen 1-3 0-0 3, Pierce Hudson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-49 8-14 50.
NORTH IDAHO
Jason Wheelock 0-2 2-2 2, Braxton Tucker 6-10 0-0 12, Brad Wallace 4-4 0-0 10, Bryce Leavitt 2-6 8-10 12, Nathan Rathbun 2-6 2-5 6, Will Dorsey 3-7 6-6 13, Marquis Davis 5-11 4-4 15, Cole Kesler 3-6 0-0 7, Fuquan Niles 0- 1-2 1, Tatufu Nuku 2-4 2-2 6, Jordon King 3-5 2-3 8, Ty Higbie 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 30-66 29-36 94.
Halftime - NIC 45-22. 3-point goals - GC 8-22 (Beucherie 3-6, McKay 0-4, Locascio 0-2, Sambou 1-2, Mortenson 1-2, Wiggins 2-3, Jensen 1-3), NIC 5-14 (Wallace 2-2, Leavitt 0-1, Dorsey 1-1, Davis 1-2, Kesler 1-4, Niles 0-1, King 0-1, Higbie 0-2). Rebounds - GC 28 (Salay 7), NIC 43 (Leavitt, Niles 7). Assists - GC 3 (Salay, Locascio, Jensen 1), NIC 12 (Leavitt 5). Team fouls - GC 21, NIC 13. Fouled out - Sambou.