SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tyler Brimhall scored a team-high 16 points for North Idaho College, but Elijah Nesbit scored a game-high 19 points to lead Monterey Peninsula past the Cardinals 85-71 in the opening day of the San Jose City College tournament on Thursday afternoon.

RayQuan Evans, who was named Northwest Athletic Conference East Region Player of the Week, finished with 14 points for NIC (3-2), which faces the Community College of San Francisco today at 4.

MONTEREY PENINSULA

Elijah Nesbit 4-5 8-10 19, Marcus Wallace 4-8 1-2 12, Brad Sendell 3-6 4-7 12, DeShawnte Collins 1-3 5-6 7, Emani Scott 1-3 2-4 4, Isaiah Abdul-Basir 2-5 2-2 6, Isaiah King-Halsey 2-6 0-0 6, Jeremey Heltzman 1-1 0-0 2, Ifeanyi Udoh 2-5 1-1 9, Anthony Dennis 0-6 2-4 2, Talilli Lealea 2-2 2-3 6. Totals 23-50 27-39 85.

NORTH IDAHO

RayQuan Evans 3-10 8-11 14, Brody Lundblad 0-1 0-0 0, Milan Lester 3-5 1-3 8, Aushanti Potts-Woods 2-6 0-2 5, Conner Chapman 2-9 1-1 5, Kyrie McRaven 1-1 0-0 2, Jalen Burkett 1-3 4-7 6, Jarod Greene 4-5 0-0 8, Jacob Cowley 1-2 0-2 2, Tyler Brimhall 5-7 3-4 16, Seth Christiaens 0-0 0-0 0, Keegan Crosby 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 24-56 18-34 71.

Halftime — MPC 31-27. 3-point goals — MPC 12-24 (Nesbit 3-4, Wallace 3-5, Sendell 2-3, Collins 0-1, Scott 0-2, King-Halsey 2-5, Udoh 2-2, Dennis 0-2), NIC 5-17 (Evans 0-3, Lundblad 0-1, Lester 1-3, Potts-Woods 1-2, Chapman 0-1, Brimhall 3-5, Crosby 0-2). Rebounds — MPC 31 (Nesbit 5), NIC 45 (Brimhall 6). Assists — MPC 15 (Heitzman 3), NIC 9 (Chapman 3). Team fouls — MPC 24, NIC 28. Fouled out — Collins.