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COEUR d’ALENE — After escaping with a two-point win in Pendleton, Ore., some four weeks ago, the top-ranked North Idaho College men’s basketball team shot 43 of 78 from the field on Saturday in a 113-66 blasting of Blue Mountain in a Northwest Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court.

Sophomore Julius Mims had 18 points and 13 rebounds for NIC (23-0, 11-0 NWAC), which edged Blue Mountain 94-92 on Jan. 16.

Sophomore Taden King had 18 points and four assists for NIC, which travels to Wenatchee Valley on Monday.

Jaquone Gatling and Chad Napoleon scored 11 points for Blue Mountain (10-12, 3-8).

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Kyan Thompson 1-8 0-0 2, Kash Lang 0-6 4-5 4, Tyler Newsom 3-7 2-2 8, Jaquone Gatling 5-10 1-2 11, Chad Napoleon 5-11 1-3 11, Kenny Aubin 3-4 1-2 8, Misael Perez 1-3 0-0 3, Josiah Cruz 3-6 0-0 9, Mason Van Tine 4-6 0-0 10, Joseph Primas 0-0 0-0 0, Conrad Dudley 0-0 0-1 10. Totals 25-61 9-15 66.

NORTH IDAHO

Julius Mims 7-11 2-3 18, Xavier Bailey 3-6 0-0 6, Cobi Campbell 4-12 0-0 11, Brendan Johnson 3-5 0-0 8, Taden King 5-8 4-5 16, Vanti Erving 2-5 0-0 4, Jeremiah Sibley 3-7 1-2 9, Michael Durkin 2-5 0-0 4, Kamryn Thomas 6-9 1-2 15, Phil Holmes 303 3-4 9, Kyle Karstetter 5-7 0-0 113.

Halftime — NIC 59-33. 3-point goals — BMCC 7-23 (Thompson 0-3, Lang 0-5, Napoleon 0-3, Aubin 1-1, Perez 1-2, Cruz 3-6, Van Tine 2-3), NIC 16-35 (Mims 2-4, Bailey 0-1, Campbell 3-7, Johnson 2-4, King 2-4, Erving 0-2, Sibley 2-3, Durkin 0-2, Thomas 2-3, Karsetter 3-5). Rebounds — BMCC 24 (Thompson, Gatling, Dudley 4), NIC 48 (Mims 13). Assists — BMCC 9 (Aubin 3), NIC 25 (Bailey 5). Team fouls — BMCC 14, NIC 13. Fouled out — none.

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North Idaho 78

Blue Mountain 57

COEUR d’ALENE — Freshman Cami Harris scored 13 points off the bench for the Cardinals in a Northwest Athletic Conference win over the Timberwolves at Rolly Williams Court.

“She shot the ball really well for us,” NIC coach Nathan Covill said. “She was one of our top offensive players before she hurt her foot before conference started. Getting her back to 100% really helps on the offensive end.”

With the win, NIC (12-10, 6-5 NWAC) trails Wenatchee Valley (9-12, 6-4) by a half-game for fourth in the East Region. The Cardinals and Knights play Monday in Wenatchee.

Freshman Solei Elletson also scored 13 points and sophomore Laney Smith had 12 for NIC, which shot 28 of 57.

“It’s been a while since we’ve shot that well,” Covill said. “We played really well together. Our goal is to be peaking at the right time, but we don’t have time to waste. So we’ll see how it goes on Monday in Wenatchee.”

Jaelyn Brainard, a sophomore from Coeur d’Alene High, had 20 points, five rebounds and four steals for Blue Mountain (4-15, 2-9).

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Lexi Robertson 2-11 5-6 10, Jaelyn Brainard 7-18 5-6 20, Nadine French 0-3 0-0 0, Ellie Acord 1-10 3-4 5, Nane Lokotui 1-4 0-0 2, McKaylee Orton 4-5 0-0 11, Sydney Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Kayleigh Young 1-1 0-0 3, Taylor Bull 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 19-58 13-16 57.

NORTH IDAHO

Katie Blume 3-7 1-1 9, Laney Smith 3-9 6-8 12, Sorrell Aldendorf 3-6 1-3 8, Solei Elletson 5-7 2-2 13, Addie Kiefer 2-5 1-2 5, Adior Juang 1-2 1-3 3, Paige Beem 4-4 0-0 8, Meghan Calley 0-4 0-0 0, Kaylee Banks 3-7 0-0 7, Cami Harris 4-6 2-2 13, Anguau Makol 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-57 14-21 78.

Blue Mountain 13 16 9 19 — 57

North Idaho 21 20 17 20 — 78

3-point goals — BMCC 6-16 (Robertson 1-5, Brainard 1-3, French 0-2, Acord 0-1, Orton 3-3, Young 1-1, Bull 0-1), NIC 8-24 (Blume 2-5, Smith 0-4, Aldendorf 1-4, Elletson 1-2, Calley 0-1, Banks 1-3, Harris 3-5). Rebounds — BMCC 30 (Brainard, Orton 5), NIC 35 (Blume, Elletson 6). Assists — BMCC 6 (Robertson 3), NIC 11 (Elletson 3). Team fouls — BMCC 22, NIC 20. Fouled out — Lokotui, Juang.