Balanced Cardinal women beat Wenatchee Valley
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 8 years, 10 months AGO
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Whitney Meier led a balanced effort with 17 points as North Idaho College beat the Wenatchee Valley Knights 75-70 in an East Region game at Rolly Williams Court on Wednesday.
“Whitney really got it going,” NIC coach Chris Carlson said. “She had a couple of tough games and is starting to figure out when she gets her look, take it.”
Giavanna Sorn added 16 points and Lana Berg 15 points for NIC (9-8, 2-4 NWAC), which plays Blue Mountain on Saturday in Pendleton, Ore.
“Our posts were very efficient tonight,” Carlson said. “We’re getting better a little bit at at time. It was a good team effort.”
Whitney Sapp had 18 points for Wenatchee Valley (6-12, 2-4).
WENATCHEE VALLEY
Devenee Villareal 3-6 2-2 8, Makenna Faulkner 3-9 2-2 8, Karly Malcolm 5-7 0-0 10, Treasure Farmer 3-10 6-8 14, Marlee Malohi 1-5 0-0 2, Whitney Shapp 6-18 5-6 18, Talyssa Swan 4-8 1-1 9, Anna Ingraham 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 25-64 17-21 70.
NORTH IDAHO
Lana Berg 5-11 4-5 15, Cierra Dvorak 4-12 0-2 8, Kassin Hopkins 0-1 5-6 5, Eilish Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Shelby Jordan 1-2 1-2 3, Whitney Meier 6-11 1-2 17, Shayna Allert 0-2 1-2 1, Kaitlyn Christianson 0-0 1-2 1, Giavanna Sorn 7-9 2-2 16, Charity Marlatt 4-7 1-2 9. Totals 27-57 16-25 75.
Wen. Valley 14 19 12 25 — 70
North Idaho 12 23 19 21 — 75
3-point goals — WVC 3-17 (Villareal 0-1, Faulkner 0-2, Farmer 2-8, Shapp 1-5, Ingraham 0-1), NIC 5-17 (Berg 1-2, Dvorak 0-3, Hopkins 0-1, Smith 0-2, Jordan 0-1, Meier 4-6, Allert 0-2). Rebounds — WVC 34 (Swan 7), NIC 38 (Dvorak 9). Assists — WVC 12 (Swan 4), NIC 11 (Meier 3). Team fouls — WVC 20, NIC 19. Fouled out — Malohi, Swan, Dvorak.
• MEN’S BASKETBALL
North Idaho 86
Wen. Valley 77
COEUR d’ALENE — Markus Golder scored a team-high 23 points to lift the Cardinals (16-3, 4-2 NWAC) past the Knights (6-12, 2-4) in an East Region game at Rolly Williams Court.
NIC vists Blue Mountain Saturday.
WENATCHEE VALLEY
Jesse Armitstead 1-2 0-0 3, Avery Ames 3-10 2-3 9, Christian Solovey 0-5 0-0 0, Justin Martin 10-16 9-13 29, Chris Bell 2-5 0-0 4, Connor Dowdy 5-7 3-6 15, Trevor Shurtliff 4-11 4-4 15, Chance Williams 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 26-60 9-13 77.
NORTH IDAHO
Sam Dowd 5-14 3-3 13, Tyrus Hosley 2-7 0-0 6, Niko Bevens 4-14 0-0 12, Dylan Okoro 0-0 0-0 0, Adam Gotelli 2-4 0-0 6, Jalen Burkett 2-5 6-8 10, Markus Golder 10-14 3-4 23, Drew Sheridan 1-4 0-0 2, Zaequan Satterthwaite 7-14 0-0 14, Jordan Henderson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-77 12-15 86.
Halftime — NIC 35-28. 3-point goals — WVC 16-33 (Armitstead 1-2, Ames 1-2, Solovey 0-1, Martin 9-13, Bell 0-2, Dowdy 2-3, Shurtliff 3-10), NIC 8-32 (Dowd 0-6, Hosley 2-6, Bevens 4-13, Gotelli 2-3, Golder 0-3, Henderson 0-1). Rebounds — WVC 38 (Shurtliff 7), NIC 44 (Satterthwaite 9). Assists — WVC 10 (Bell 4), NIC 14 (Dowd 6). Team fouls — WVC 16, NIC 17. Fouled out — Satterthwaite.