NIC men’s and women’s basketball schedules adjusted

The North Idaho College men’s and women’s basketball games that were originally scheduled for the two upcoming weeks have been rescheduled.

The Northwest Athletic Conference decided last week that pushing the basketball season back two weeks is in the best interest of the league, the players, and the community considering the current COVID-19 climate. The decision was made after discussion among the NWAC Executive Board, men’s and women’s basketball committee members, and representatives from the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.

The NWAC plans to take the games from the first two weeks of January and move them to the end of the season to reduce the number of changes to the schedule. The NWAC Championship tournament has therefore been pushed back to mid- to late March. The tourney will now be March 17-20 and March 26-27 at Everett Community College.

League play for North Idaho College will start on Saturday, Jan. 15 as they host Walla Walla Community College.

Updated schedules: nicathletics.com

Another Zags men's basketball game postponed

Gonzaga has announced that Thursday's men's basketball game home game vs. San Francisco will not be played as scheduled due to a COVID-19 related protocol in the Bulldogs’ program.

Gonzaga is working with the West Coast Conference and USF to reschedule the impacted game.

Gonzaga's next scheduled game is Saturday at home vs. Pepperdine.

The Zags had last week's WCC games at San Diego and at Loyola Marymount postponed due to COVID issues.

Zags' Hickman named WCC Freshman of the Week

Gonzaga’s Nolan Hickman was named the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

Hickman helped Gonzaga to a 93-63 win over North Alabama, scoring 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field and 3-of-4 from 3-point range.

For the season, he is averaging 7.2 points and shooting 50.0 percent from the field.

Lakeland girls still scheduled to play tonight, though foe has changed

RATHDRUM — After Shadle Park had to cancel tonight's girls basketball game at Lakeland, the Hawks were able to pick up a varsity-only game vs. Freeman tonight at 6.