• WOMEN

COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho College women’s coach Korina Baker could sense good things watching her team warm up for Saturday’s game against Yakima Valley at Rolly Williams Court.

“We’ve added a little more shooting into our practices,” Baker said. “We were shooting the ball well during warmups, and it definitely helped.”

Laney Smith, who played at Post Falls High, scored a game-high 18 points for the Cardinals, who outscored the Yaks 24-6 in the first quarter of a 70-58 Northwest Athletic Conference win. Kaylee Banks, a freshman from Sandpoint, had 14 points and four assists off the bench for NIC (8-5, 3-2 NWAC).

“We came out with the idea that we’re going to pull the trigger a little more on offense and work on our shooting,” Baker said. “We’re a good shooting team and needed some kids to step up tonight. Laney really did that tonight and Kaylee played really well and contributed.”

NIC finished 10 for 27 from the 3-point line, 10 of 12 from the foul line and outrebounded Yakima Valley 41-31.

“We just found that rhythm that we’d been looking for,” Baker said. “Hopefully we can get on a little run from here.”

Haley Wammock had 16 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Yakima Valley (0-15, 0-6).

NIC is scheduled to host Big Bend on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

YAKIMA VALLEY

Taelyr Overby 5-11 0-0 10, Haley Wammock 3-18 9-16 16, Carla Cardenas 5-17 2-2 15, Ashland Campbell 1-5 1-2 4, Courtney Standley 1-4 3-4 5, Ilanna Ramos 0-4 0-0 0, Brianna Garfias 1-4 0-0 2, Macy Luhr 0-3 2-4 2, Tahlia Kiebaum 1-2 2-4 4. Totals 17-68 19-32 58.

NORTH IDAHO

Payton Hagy 2-9 0-0 4, Laney Smith 6-14 1-2 18, Catherine Uschmann 4-8 0-0 9, Maggie Graves 3-13 5-6 11, Layla Beam 1-7 2-2 4, Paige Beem 2-5 2-2 6, Kaylee Banks 5-10 0-0 14, Xuriyah Harry 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 25-71 10-12 70.

Yakima Valley 6 11 16 25 — 58

North Idaho 24 8 16 22 — 70

3-point goals — YVCC 5-17 (Wammock 1-3, Cardenas 3-7, Campbell 1-2, Ramos 0-3, Garfias 0-1, Luhr 0-1), NIC 10-27 (Hagy 0-6, Smith 5-11, Uschmann 1-2, Banks 4-8). Rebounds — YVCC 31 (Wammock 11), NIC 41 (Graves 9). Assists — YVCC 8 (Wammock 6), NIC 19 (Smith, Uschmann, Beem, Banks 4). Team fouls — YVCC 12, NIC 19. Fouled out — Beam.

• MEN

North Idaho 90

Yakima Valley 67

COEUR d’ALENE — Freshman Taden King had 25 points, hitting seven 3-pointers for the Cardinals in a Northwest Athletic Conference win over the Yaks at Rolly Williams Court.

Sophomore Julius Mims had 11 points and 16 rebounds, Daniel Santana 10 points and five assists and Gavin Gilstrap 10 points and seven rebounds for NIC (10-6, 4-1 NWAC), which shot 32 of 65.

Godwin Ilumoka had 16 points and seven rebounds for Yakima Valley (12-4, 4-2).

NIC hosts Big Bend on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

YAKIMA VALLEY

Trey Funk 0-2 0-0 0, Godwin Ilumoka 7-15 1-1 16, Quentin Raynor 4-12 0-0 11, Christian Murphy 1-3 2-9 4, Conner Turner 2-5 4-4 8, Mason Tinley 5-7 0-0 12, Erin Chamble 0-1 4-4 4, Bright Kari 2-6 0-2 4, Grey Braun 4-9 0-0 8, Mekhi Murphy 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-62 11-20 67.

NORTH IDAHO

Julius Mims 5-9 0-1 11, Daniel Santana 3-6 4-4 10, Cooper DeWitt 2-9, 2-2 7, Taden King 9-16 0-0 25, Jalen Skalskiy 4-6 1-3 9, Aaron Von Bruck 2-5 1-1 5, Brendan Johnson 1-2 0-0 3, Jack Kiesbuy 1-3 0-0 3, Trae Hugs 0-0 0-0 0, Xavier Bailey 1-3 5-6 7, Gavin Gilstrap 4-6 2-2 10. Totals 32-65 15-19 90.

Halftime — NIC 45-30. 3-point goals — YVCC 6-17 (Funk 0-1, Ilumoka 1-2, Raynor 3-8, Turner 0-1, Tinley 2-2, Braun 0-1, Murphy 0-2), NIC 11-25 (Mims 1-2, DeWitt 1-7, King 7-10, Skalskiy 0-1, Von Bruck 0-1, Johnson 1-1, Kiesbuy 1-3). Rebounds — YVCC 32 (Turner 9), NIC 42 (Mims 12). Assists — YVCC 1 (Raynor 1), NIC 11 (Santana 5). Team fouls — YVCC 18, NIC 16. Fouled out — none.