• MEN'S BASKETBALL

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Brendan Johnson hit a pair of free throws with seven seconds remaining for North Idaho College, which fought off a furious rally to beat the Columbia Basin Hawks 80-76 in a Northwest Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court on Wednesday.

Johnson’s free throws extended the lead to 80-76 for NIC, which led 78-61 with 3:37 remaining. Columbia Basin used a 15-0 run in the next 3:30 before Johnson’s free throws sealed the win.

Sophomore Julius Mims had 22 points and seven rebounds for NIC (18-7, 12-2 NWAC), which shot 30 of 56. Jalen Skalskiy, a freshman from Lakeland High, had 12 points and six rebounds for NIC, which plays at Spokane on Saturday.

TJ Smith scored 16 points for Columbia Basin (15-10, 8-6).

COLUMBIA BASIN

Amar Rivers 2-7 2-3 7, Jase Edwards 5-12 0-0 12, Tyler Kurtz 2-11 0-0 4, Garrett Streufert 1-3 2-2 4, Carson Cloaninger 3-9 5-5 13, Malakai Munoz 0-0 0-0 0, Leo Gerardo 1-3 0-0 2, Donovan Cooper 2-4 2-2 7, TJ Smith 6-11 0-0 16, Nick Gutierrez 3-4 0-0 6, Christian Cross 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 27-70 11-12 76.

NORTH IDAHO

Julius Mims 9-11 3-4 22, Daniel Santana 3-5 0-1 6, Cooper DeWitt 3-14 1-2 7, Taden King 0-3 0-0 0, Jalen Skalskiy 4-8 4-6 12, Aaron Von Bruck 0-0 2-2 2, Brendan Johnson 8-9 4-5 23, Jack Kiesbuy 0-0 0-0 0, Xavier Bailey 3-5 1-2 8, Gavin Gilstrap 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-56 15-22 80.

Halftime — NIC 48-35. 3-point goals — CBC 11-33 (Rivers 1-2, Edwards 2-4, Kurtz 0-6, Streufert 0-1, Cloaninger 2-4, Gerardo 0-2, Cooper 1-2, Smith 4-7, Gutierrez 0-1, Cross 1-4), NIC 5-13 (Mims 1-2, DeWitt 0-5, King 0-1, Johnson 3-3, Bailey 1-2). Rebounds — CBC 32 (Rivers 7), NIC 37 (Mims 7). Assists — CBC 9 (Streufert 3), NIC 11 (Santana, DeWitt, Johnson, Bailey 2). Team fouls — CBC 17, NIC 17. Fouled out — none. Technical fouls — Edwards.

• WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

North Idaho 63

Columbia Basin 45

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Xuriyah Harry had 20 points and five rebounds for the Cardinals in a Northwest Athletic Conference win over the Hawks at Rolly Williams Court.

With the win, NIC (13-8, 8-6 NWAC) remains a game ahead of Blue Mountain (13-12, 7-8) for the fourth and final playoff spot from the East Region to the conference championship tournament. Blue Mountain beat Spokane 64-51 in other conference play on Wednesday in Pendleton, Ore.

Sophomore Maggie Graves scored 10 points for NIC, which beat Columbia Basin 65-42 in Pasco, Wash., on Feb. 9.

Kiana Lizardo scored 10 points for Columbia Basin (9-15, 5-9).

NIC travels to the Community Colleges of Spokane on Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN

Kiana Lizardo 3-9 4-4 10, Ali May 3-14 0-0 7, Matteah Felix 2-5 0-0 4, MaKenna Brandner 3-5 0-0 7, Emma Maxwell 3-11 0-0 7, Hailey Barker 1-3 0-0 2, Jenn Jacobo 2-7 0-0 5, Jada Liulamaga 1-2 0-0 2, Mercedes Zavala 0-0 1-2 1, Megan Holm 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-56 5-6 45.

NORTH IDAHO

Payton Hagy 2-7 0-0 5, Maggie Graves 4-9 2-4 10, Layla Beam 3-5 0-0 6, Kolby Pimperton 1-4 0-0 2, Xuriyah Harry 9-12 2-2 20, Laney Smith 2-7 0-0 6, Catherine Uschmann 0-1 0-0 0, Paige Beem 2-4 0-0 4, Kaylee Banks 3-6 2-2 9, Ashlynn Shanley 0-0 0-0 0, Mary Mpoyo 0-2 1-1 1. Totals 26-57 7-9 63.

Columbia Basin 16 8 9 12 — 45

North Idaho 17 12 12 22 — 63

3-point goals — CBC 4-19 (May 1-9, Brandner 1-1, Maxwell 1-5, Jacobo 1-3, Liulamaga 0-1), NIC 4-12 (Hagy 1-4, Pimperton 0-1, Smith 2-3, Banks 1-4). Rebounds — CBC 27 (Brandner 10), NIC 34 (Beam 9). Assists — CBC 5 (Lizardo, Brandner 2), NIC 13 (Pimperton 4). Team fouls — CBC 9, NIC 7. Fouled out — none.

• SOFTBALL

Southern Idaho 10-7

North Idaho 0-1

TWIN FALLS — Addison Riobordy hit a solo home run in the fourth inning of the nightcap for the Cardinals, who fell to the Golden Eagles in their season opener at First Fed Field.

The games marked the first time the teams had played since April 25, 2014, when both programs were part of the NJCAA's Scenic West Athletic Conference. NIC moved to the Northwest Athletic Conference following the 2014 season.

Aleskya Batoon had two hits in the opener and added another in the second game for NIC, which faces Olympic and Everett on Saturday at Kiwanis Park and Gateway Sports Complex in Yakima.

FIRST GAME

North Idaho 000 00 — 0 2 3

Southern Idaho 311 5x — 10 6 1

Game called in fifth inning due to 8-run rule.

Abbey Brooks, Hattie Imbler-Bremner and Kylee Gerstl; Brooke Merrill and Sophia Stoddard. W — Merrill. L — Brooks (0-1)..

HITS: NIC — Batoon 2. CSI — Turner, Baumert, Stoddard, Nielsen, Whipple 2. 2B — Batoon, Nielsen, Whipple. HR — Stoddard.

SECOND GAME

North Idaho 000 100 0 — 1 5 3

Southern Idaho 132 100 x — 7 9 0

Abbey Brooks, Hattie Imbler-Bremner (4), Megan Dobrev (5) and Kylee Gerstl; Kenzie Waters, August Cowan (5) and Rachel Brown. W — Waters. L — Brooks (0-2).

HITS: NIC — Riobordy 2, Batoon, Gerstl, Todhunter. CSI — Taylor, Stoddard 3, Tentinger 2, Nielsen, Brown, Clark. 2B — Batoon, Gerstl, Stoddard, Nielsen, Brown. HR — Riobordy (1), Tentinger.