If you were to hang out at Rolly Williams Court long enough, chances are you’d see a game or two that stand out as one to remember.

Last year’s regular season finale, when the North Idaho College men’s basketball team capped a 30-0 regular season, the 75-foot buzzer-beater hit by Melvin Jones against CSI on Jan. 31, 2009, just to name a couple.

ANOTHER GAME was added to that long list on Friday as the Cardinal men beat Elite Prep of Issaquah, Wash., by a score of 112-81 in the championship game of the Coeur d’Alene Inn-vitational.

The game had a combined 32 3-point field goals by the teams, with NIC hitting 22 of 34 attempts. Freshman Niko Bevens hit a school record 11 of 15 attempts and finished with a season-high 36 points.

“It was pretty crazy and Niko shot the lights out,” NIC men’s basketball coach Corey Symons said. “He’s one of the best shooters I’ve coached, and tonight, he got hot and the guys did a good job of finding him. I’ve never seen anything like that and he made the most of his chances. It was just contagious.”

Bevens leads the Northwest Athletic Conference in 3-point percentage at 55.6 percent (55 of 99). But it wasn’t just Bevens, as Adam Gotelli made 5 of 6 attempts from beyond the 3-point line. Sam Dowd finished 9 of 14 from the field for 22 points, earning MVP honors in the tournament.

“Sammy played unbelievable and was sick with the flu,” Symons said. “He missed practice, but just played unreal. That team was really good. It was a hard game, but every time they made a run, those guys led us to the championship.”

Mike Cater, Tre Ary-Turner and Garrett Kingman, all Division I prospects, combined to score 65 of Elite Prep’s 81 points. Ary-Turner is receiving interest from Washington State, Idaho, Washington, Utah State and Montana, but is still undecided. Kingman is being recruited by San Francisco.

“I was really worried about them coming into the game,” Symons said. “They’ve got a good, talented group of players. Our guys were amped to play them and just stepped on the throttle.”

NIC enters conference play this Saturday with a 12-1 record.

“We’re playing really good basketball right now, but know that we can’t peak too early,” said Symons, whose team has won 10 straight games. “But it’s good to go into league with a little bit of a head of steam.”

AS THE playoffs begin in the NFL this weekend, some fans might have liked to see the Seattle Seahawks build a little momentum heading into a postseason matchup with the Detroit Lions this weekend.

That didn’t happen last weekend when the team escaped a loss against San Francisco and struggled — at home — against Arizona on Christmas Eve.

In recent years, the Seahawks have seemed invincible on defense, but they’re not quite the same these days. Offensively, the team finds a way to win games instead of putting teams away.

Hopefully they find that head of steam soon. Otherwise the offseason could get here sooner than later.

Jason Elliott is a sports writer for the Coeur d’Alene Press. He can be reached by telephone at (208) 664-8176, Ext. 2020 or via email at jelliott@cdapress.com. Follow him on Twitter @JEPressSports.