* WOMEN

RANGELY, Colo. - Sophomore Renae Mokrzycki had 21 points and seven rebounds to lead the North Idaho College women's basketball team past Colorado Northwestern 74-55 in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game on Thursday night.

Georgia Stirton and Caitlyn Behymer had 13 points apiece, Kara Staggs 12 for NIC (19-7, 5-6 SWAC).

"We really came out aggressive on defense and I thought Renae did a good job," NIC coach Chris Carlson said. "Caitlin did a great job posting up on the block and playing well down there. Georgia had some nice drives in the second half and got loose."

Kayla Strobel scored 18 points for Colorado Northwestern (5-19, 0-11).

In other SWAC play, 10th-ranked Southern Idaho (23-3, 9-2) held off Utah State-Eastern (11-14, 5-6) 95-88 in Price, Utah - pulling NIC into a third-place tie in the SWAC with Utah State-Eastern heading into Saturday's showdown at Price.

NORTH IDAHO

Renae Mokrzycki 8-17 5-9 21, Panisessi Taimani 2-3 0-0 4, Georgia Stirton 5-7 0-0 13, Jansen Butler 1-7 0-0 2, Kara Staggs 4-10 2-2 12, Bailey Schroeder 1-5 0-0 3, Ryleigh Swagerty 1-3 0-0 2, Caitlyn Behymer 5-9 3-3 13, Mariah Swanson 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 29-65 10-14 74.

COLORADO NORTHWESTERN

Emoney Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Ana Trost 0-0 0-2 0, Kayla Strobel 6-14 4-4 18, Julie Harless 2-9 0-0 6, Kendra Martin 1-4 1-2 3, Jasmine Thomas 1-3 1-2 4, Kehana Gray 2-3 2-3 7, Nyahok Bile 1-4 5-14 7, Attirah Munir 3-3 4-4 10. Totals 16-41 17-31 55.

Halftime - NIC 40-30. 3-point goals - NIC 6-17 (Mokrzycki 0-1, Stirton 3-3, Butler 0-2, Staggs 2-7, Schroeder 1-2, Swagerty 0-1, Behymer 0-1), CNCC 6-16 (Strobel 2-6, Harless 2-6, Thomas 1-2, Gray 1-1, Bile 0-1). Rebounds - NIC 28 (Mokrzycki 7), CNCC 43 (Bile 7). Assists - NIC 12 (Stirton 5), CNCC 9 (Thomas 4). Team fouls - NIC 23, CNCC 18. Fouled out - Brown.

Colorado Northwestern 64

North Idaho 63

RANGELY, Colo. - Chris Spotser scored on a jumper with under five seconds remaining to lift the Spartans past the Cardinals in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game.

Braxton Tucker gave NIC a 63-62 lead with 12.6 remaining.

"Braxton got a good look and was able to give us the lead," NIC assistant coach Thane Jackson said. "We drew up a zone and they were expecting man and he (Spotser) drove into four or five guys and threw up a shot and got it to go."

It was NIC's second loss in three years at Colorado Northwestern. Before that, the Cardinals hadn't lost in Rangely since 1998.

Shikei Blake had 15 points and five rebounds and Tatafu Nuku had 10 rebounds for NIC (17-9, 4-7 SWAC).

Leonard Hurst scored 16 points for Colorado Northwestern (8-17, 2-9).

In other SWAC play on Thursday, No. 2 Southern Idaho (24-2, 10-1) slipped past Utah State-Eastern (18-7, 5-6) 77-75 in Price, Utah. NIC travels to Utah State-Eastern on Saturday.

NORTH IDAHO

Shikei Blake 7-12 1-1 15, Fuquan Niles 0-0 0-0 0, Bryce Leavitt 3-8 7-9 13, Cole Kesler 4-8 0-0 12, Jordon King 2-4 0-0 5, Jason Wheelock 0-0 0-0 0, Braxton Tucker 3-5 2-3 8, Nathan Rathbun 1-1 0-0 2, Will Dorsey 0-3 2-2 2, Tatafu Nuku 2-3 2-2 6, Ty Higbie 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-45 14-17 63.

COLORADO NORTHWESTERN

Brandon Pasker 4-7 3-6 11, William Van Deren 0-2 0-0 0, Ivan Sifuentes 4-6 3-5 11, Leonard Hurst 5-7 5-6 16, Adrian Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Terrylee Wedgeworth 1-2 0-0 2, Jay Bradley 3-9 0-0 8, Thomas Ervin 0-1 0-0 0, Chris Spotser 2-7 3-5 8, Ty Johnson 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 23-49 14-24 64.

Halftime - CNCC 35-27. 3-point goals - NIC 5-12 (Leavitt 0-2, Kesler 4-5, King 1-2, Dorsey 0-2, Higbie 0-1), CNCC 4-14 (Sifuentes 0-1, Hurst 1-3, Wedgeworth 0-1, Bradley 2-6, Ervin 0-1, Spotser 1-2). Rebounds - NIC 32 (Nuku 10), CNCC 28 (Pasker 5). Assists - NIC 10 (Dorsey, Leavitt 3), CNCC 11 (Sifuentes 4). Team fouls - NIC 20, CNCC 17. Fouled out - none.