TAYLORSVILLE, Utah - North Idaho College shot just 34.4 percent from the field, losing 71-62 to the 15th-ranked Salt Lake Community College Bruins in Scenic West Athletic Conference play on Thursday.

"The biggest thing is we had a really poor shooting night," NIC coach Corey Symons said. "We shot 5 of 22 from the 3-point line. A lot of those were wide-open shots and we missed probably a half-dozen lay-ins. We couldn't find a way to score."

Djuan Piper scored 12 points and Austin Pope added 11 points for North Idaho (15-3, 2-2 SWAC).

DeSean Parsons scored 20 points for the Bruins (16-2, 4-0), who is tied with Southern Idaho for first place in the conference.

NIC travels to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, on Saturday.

NORTH IDAHO

D'Adrian Allen 0-1 1-2 1, Charlie Lockwood 1-4 0-0 2, Djuan Piper 4-9 3-3 12, Braian Angola-Rodas 2-7 2-4 7, Austin Pope 4-10 3-4 11, Jamaal Robateau 3-7 2-2 9, Lucas Antunez 0-2 0-1 0, Marcus Harris 1-3 0-0 3, Fuquan Niles 1-4 2-2 4, Jordan King 2-10 2-2 6, Kyle Guice 3-4 0-0 7, Ty Higbie 0-0, 0-0 0. Totals 21-61 15-20 62.

SALT LAKE

Larry Okhomina 0-3 0-0 0, Blake Wilkinson 5-10 4-7 14, DeSean Parsons 6-12 7-8 20, CJ Spjute 5-6 0-0 14, Tad Dufelmeier 1-2 0-0 3, Gibson Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, LaBrian Shiflet 0-3 0-0 0, Marcus White 2-3 0-0 4, Zerrion Payton 5-12 3-3 14, Brandon Morley 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 25-56 14-18 71.

Halftime - SLCC 37-34. 3-point goals NIC 5-22 (Piper 1-3, Angola-Rodas 1-3, Pope 0-2, Robateau 1-5, Harris 1-3, King 0-4, Guice 1-2, Higbie 0-0), SLCC 7-17 (Wilkinson 0-1, Parsons 1-4, Spjute 4-4, Dufelmeier 1-1, Johnson 0-2, Shiflet 0-2, Payton 1-3). Rebounds - NIC 42 (Angola-Rodas 11), SLCC 35 (Wilkinson, Parsons 8). Assists - NIC 9 (Pope 3), SLCC 16 (Payton 6). Team fouls - NIC 18, SLCC 16. Fouled out - none.

* WOMEN

Salt Lake 73

North Idaho 47

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah - Sophomore guard Kara Staggs scored 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field for the Cardinals, who lost to the 15th-ranked Bruins in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game.

NIC was held to 16 of 43 shooting from the field. Gracie Varcoe scored seven points and former Post Falls High standout Katie King had six points and six assists for NIC (14-6, 1-3 SWAC), which travels to Snow on Saturday.

Raushan Gultekin scored 17 points for Salt Lake (15-4, 3-1), which hosts Southern Idaho on Saturday.

NORTH IDAHO

Maci Benedict 0-2 0-0 0, Bailey Schroeder 2-4 2-5 7, Kara Staggs 8-16 3-4 24, Monica Landdeck 1-5 0-0 3, Sabrina Earle 0-2 0-0 0, Katie King 2-6 0-0 6, Mariah Swanson 0-2 0-0 0, Gracie Varcoe 3-4 1-2 7, Panisesi Taimani 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 16-43 6-11 47.

SALT LAKE

Raushan Gultekin 7-16 2-3 17, Cassidy Whitney 4-6 1-3 9, Clarissa Sabedra 4-8 0-0 9, Shelby Richards 6-11 2-4 15, Taysia Daniels 5-6 4-6 14, Rachel VanderToolen 0-1 0-0 0, Caroline Lantor 0-1 0-0 0, Elsa Paulsson Glantz 0-1 1-2 1, Ashlynn Smith 0-0 0-1 0, Ma'ata Epenisa 1-1 0-0 2, Tara Goldman 2-4 2-3 6. Totals 29-55 12-22 73.

Halftime - SLCC 34-26. 3-point goals - NIC 9-24 (Benedict 0-2, Schroeder 1-2, Staggs 5-11, Landdeck 1-4, King 2-5), SLCC 3-7 (Gultekin 1-1, Sabedra 1-2, Richards 1-2, Vandertoolen 0-1, Paulsson Glantz 0-1). Rebounds - NIC 32, SLCC 47. Assists - NIC 11 (King 6), SLCC 19 (Sabedra). Team fouls - NIC 21, SLCC 18. Fouled out - none.