* WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

PRICE, Utah - Freshman Panisessi Taimani had 25 points and 19 rebounds to lead the North Idaho College women's basketball team past the host Utah State-Eastern Golden Eagles 86-73 in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game on Saturday afternoon.

"She just had a monster game," said NIC coach Chris Carlson of Taimani, who made 11 of 13 attempts.

Renae Mokrzycki had 24 points and eight rebounds and Georgia Stirton had eight points, nine rebounds and 12 assists for NIC (20-7, 6-6 SWAC), which hosts Salt Lake on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

"I thought Georgia was really solid tonight," Carlson said. "She had a terrific game and our high/low game really hurt them. It was a great win and we're ready to get back home."

NIC outrebounded Utah State-Eastern 58-52.

NIC had lost its previous two games against Utah State-Eastern by a combined 10 points.

Maddy Murphy scored 14 points for Utah State-Eastern (11-15, 5-7).

In other SWAC play, Snow (11-13, 4-7) beat sixth-ranked Salt Lake (21-5, 10-1) 56-46 in Ephraim, Utah, and 10th-ranked Southern Idaho (24-3, 10-2) whipped Colorado Northwestern (5-20, 0-12) 97-48 in Rangely, Colo.

NORTH IDAHO

Renae Mokrzycki 12-20 0-1 24, Georgia Stirton 3-11 1-3 8, Jansen Butler 2-7 0-0 6, Kara Staggs 3-13 3-4 11, Panisessi Taimani 11-13 3-6 25, Bailey Schroeder 1-10 2-2 5, Ryleigh Swagerty 1-5 0-1 3, Sabrina Earle 0-7 0-0 0, Caitlyn Behymer 2-7 0-0 4. Totals 35-93 9-17 86.

UTAH STATE-EASTERN

Maddy Murphy 4-8 3-3 14, Bryanna Adams 3-12 3-4 11, Shantaya Strebel 1-7 0-1 3, Morganne Madsen 3-6 0-0 8, Isaela Costa 0-1 2-4 2, Harley Earl 0-0 0-0 0, Jamie Smith 0-4 0-0 0, Rachel Scoggins 2-2 0-0 , Caroline Fisher 2-8 0-0 6, Larissa Quintana 4-11 7-9 15, Abby Call 0-0 0-0 0, Lejila Hadzialijagie 3-5 1-4 7, Shayla Hancock 1-1 0-2 2, Faith Garish 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 16-27 73.

Halftime - NIC 51-34. 3-point goals - NIC 7-28 (Mokrzycki 0-1, Stirton 1-3, Butler 2-7, Staggs 2-9, Schroeder 1-5, Swagerty 1-3), USUE 11-38 (Murphy 3-6, Adams 2-6, Strebel 1-5, Madsen 2-5, Smith 0-4, Scoggins 1-1, Fisher 2-8, Quintana 0-3). Rebounds - NIC 58 (Taimani 19), USUE 52 (Hadzialiganie 10). Assists - NIC 23 (Stirton 12), USUE 15 (Adams 3). Team fouls - NIC 19, USUE 22. Fouled out - none.

* MEN'S BASKETBALL

North Idaho 78

Utah State-Eastern 65

PRICE, Utah - Shikei Blake had 17 points and nine rebounds in 12 minutes as the Cardinals held off the Golden Eagles in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.

"Shikei played really well for us," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "We pressed them a little bit and just defended really well and I think it kept them out of their rhythm."

Jordon King scored 13 points, Braxton Tucker 11 for NIC (18-9, 5-7 SWAC), which moves into third place in the conference with three games remaining.

NIC hosts Salt Lake on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

"I think our guys figured it out a little bit about how hard they need to play in this conference," Phay said. "And they did it for 40 minutes tonight."

Trahmier Burrell scored 13 points for Utah State-Eastern (18-8, 5-7), which has lost two straight to NIC since beating the Cardinals to open conference play on Dec. 12.

In other SWAC play, second-ranked Southern Idaho (25-2, 11-1) beat Colorado Northwestern (8-18, 2-10) 68-56 in Rangely and Snow (13-12, 4-7) topped 20th-ranked Salt Lake (21-5, 8-3) 70-63 in Ephraim, Utah.

NORTH IDAHO

Braxton Tucker 4-7 3-3 11, Bryce Leavitt 0-3 7-8 7, Cole Kesler 3-7 0-0 8, Jordon King 4-6 4-7 13, Shikei Blake 7-9 3-4 17, Nathan Rathbun 0-2 2-6 2, Will Dorsey 2-6 3-5 8, Fuquan Niles 1-6 1-2 3, Tatafu Nuku 2-4 1-2 5, Ty Higbie 1-2 1-2 4. Totals 24-52 25-39 78.

UTAH STATE-EASTERN

Trahmier Burrell 5-8 3-4 13, Nafis Walker 2-5 0-0 4, Travon Langston 1-2 2-4 4, Kendahl Amerson 4-11 4-7 12, Teotino Do 2-8 2-4 6, Vitor Machado 1-3 1-3 3, Jaleni Neely 1-3 0-0 3, Alioune Tew 2-3 1-2 5, Josh Van Weezep 2-4 0-0 6, Todd Helgesen 4-5 1-1 9, Leland Miller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-52 14-25 65.

Halftime - NIC 39-32. 3-point goals - NIC 5-13 (Leavitt 0-1, Kesler 2-5, King 1-2, Dorsey 1-3, Higbie 1-2), USEU 3-13 (Langston 0-1, Amerson 0-6, Neely 1-3, Van Weezep 2-3). Rebounds - NIC 39 (Leavitt 12), USUE 32 (Burrell 8). Assists - NIC 12 (Leavitt 5), USUE 13 (Amerson 6). Team fouls - NIC 19, USUE 24. Fouled out - Tucker, Blake.

* SOFTBALL

Salt Lake 11-4

North Idaho 8-3

ST. GEORGE, Utah - One day after sweeping Salt Lake Community College, the Cardinals dropped a pair of games to the 16th-ranked Bruins in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.

In the first game, Hayden Fields, Allison Paladeni, Kylene Hatton and Miranda Powless each homered for NIC, with Hatton and Powless driving in two runs apiece.

NIC trailed 4-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning in the second game before Paladini and Hatton had RBI singles to pull the Cardinals within 4-3.

Powless hit a solo home run in the second game for NIC (6-5, 2-2 SWAC), which faces Southern Nevada next Friday and Saturday in Las Vegas.

Box scores were not available.