NIC ROUNDUP: Brown, Ontiveros shine for Cardinal men

• MEN'S BASKETBALL

COEUR d’ALENE — Ne’quan Brown, a sophomore from Tacoma, Wash., had 23 points seven assists and six rebounds for North Idaho College, which held off Miles Community College of Miles City, Mont., 90-82 at Rolly Williams Court on Friday. 

Gage Ontiveros, a sophomore from Pocatello, had 20 points and six rebounds for NIC (7-2), which shot 10 of 31 from the 3-point line. 

Azenio Cossa scored 27 points for Miles (6-5). 

NIC faces Williston State today at 5 p.m. 

MILES COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

Jace Hill 2-9 1-2 7, Azenio Cossa 9-18 8-15 27, Uwami Chongo 5-10 2-2 12, Josh Gosar 2-7 3-4 8, Shad Boyce 4-6 4-6 12, Owen McPartland 0-1 0-0 0, Donnie Haney 2-8 4-5 10, Randy Otieno 2-3 0-0 6, Wyatt Wickens 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-62 22-34 82. 

NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE
Ne’quan Brown 8-15 6-10 23, Nyale Robinson 1-6 0-0 3, Ajayi Simmons 2-8 0-0 6, Austin Ouko 5-8 1-2 15, Gage Ontiveros 9-13 2-2 20, Ace Arnold 1-5 0-0 3, Cason Miller 1-3 3-4 6, Sawyr Hansen 1-1 0-0 2, Justus Haseley 1-5 0-0 2, Aly Toure 4-5 2-2 10, Jacori Ervin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-70 14-20 90. 

Halftime — NIC 36-34. 3-point goals — MCC (Hill 2-7, Cossa 1-3, Chongo 0-3, Gosar 1-4, Boyce 0-1, Haney 2-6, Otieno 2-2), NIC 10-31 (Brown 1-6, Robinson 1-4, Simmons 2-4, Ouko 4-7, Arnold 1-5, Miller 1-3, Haseley 0-2). Rebounds — MCC 25 (Boyce 7), NIC 40 (Simmons 11). Assists — MCC 11 (Cossa 3), NIC 20 (Brown 7). Team fouls — MCC 17, NIC 21. Fouled out — Robinson. Technical fouls — NIC team. 

• WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

North Idaho 81 

Miles 59 

COEUR d’ALENE — With just eight games on the season, NIC coach Nathan Covill is still looking for that right mix. 

For one night, going smaller seemed to work wonders. 

Freshman guard Karsyn Freeman scored a team-high 13 points, sophomore forward Chloe Collin added 12 points for the Cardinals in a win over the Pioneers of Miles City, Mont., at Rolly Williams Court. 

“I just felt like we needed to try something different,” said Covill, who opted to start freshman guard Liv Whitemarsh and have another post play a reserve role. “It’s still early and we’re looking for combinations. It really took us a while to get into a rhythm with our substitution patterns, but we wanted to give Liv a chance and see what we could do.” 

NIC (3-5) led Miles (8-7) 60-33 after three quarters. 

Sophomore Summer Falaefa had nine points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes and Diana Nelson, a freshman from Timberlake High, had eight points and three rebounds for NIC. 

“We wanted to give Summer a little more of a rest and didn’t play much in the second half,” Covill said. “We’ve been pleased with the production Diana has given us in the last two games.” 

NIC faces Williston State today at 3 p.m. 

MILES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Taylor McCarthy 1-6 0-0 3, Ebele Mbagwu 4-13 4-5 12, Matilda Sanz 8-19 0-0 18, Laynee Elness 7-16 6-9 21, Hailey Dennison 1-3 0-0 2, Jai Baumann 1-3 0-0 2, Kataya Kill Eagle 0-3 1-2 1, Pien Draisma 0-4 0-0 0, Aimilla Manousi 0-0 0-0 0, Alexia Finley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-67 11-16 59. 

NORTH IDAHO 

Chloe Collin 5-8 1-4 12, Karsyn Freeman 4-13 5-6 13, Ripeka Edwards 2-5 0-0 5, Liv Whitemarsh 2-4 0-0 5, Summer Faleafa 4-6 0-0 9, Diana Nelson 3-6 2-5 8, Molly Axell 3-4 0-0 8, Sari Murphy 3-4 3-4 11, Kaytie Aanstad 5-8 0-0 10. Totals 31-58 11-19 81. 

Miles    13    9    11    26    —    59 

North Idaho    18    25    17    21    —    81 

3-point goals — MCC 4-22 (McCarthy 1-6, Mbagwu 0-2, Sanz 2-4, Elness 1-7, Baumann 0-1, Draisma 0-2), NIC 8-18 (Collin 1-1, Freeman 0-3, Edwards 1-4, Whitemarsh 1-2, Faleafa 1-3, Axell 2-3, Murphy 2-3). Rebounds — MCC 26 (Sanz 7), NIC 38 (Faleafa 7). Assists — MCC 8 (Mbagwu 4), NIC 17 (Edwards 4). Team fouls — MCC 19, NIC 17. Fouled out — none. 

• WRESTLING

Cardinals go 1-1

in duals tourney

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Parker Ballantyne (141 pounds) and Dylan Block (174) each notched two pins for the Cardinals in dual wins over Snow College and the University of Providence in the Battle for the Rockies duals tournament. 

NIC beat Snow 54-6 before falling 31-21 to NAIA Providence. The Cardinals second team beat Idaho 35-15 and fell to Alberta 24-23. 

Both teams compete in the Battle for the Rockies today. 

NORTH IDAHO 54, SNOW 6 

125 — Owen Pritchard, NIC, p. Eugenio Perez, 0:00. 133 — Cole Ekerson, NIC, p. Antonio Huerta, :51. 141 — Parker Ballantyne, NIC, p. Ryker Maestas, 2:31. 149 — Joe Sullivan, NIC, p. Josiah Wickard, 4:48. 157 — Colton Tucker, NIC, p. Carter Dowding, 1:55. 165 — Colton Theobald, NIC, p. Rhyland Turner, 2:14. 174 — Dylan Block, NIC, p. Jacob Green, 1:34. 184 — Jackson Lougen, NIC, by forfeit. 197 — Braden Bowman, Snow, d. Rade Ostrander, 3:43. 285 — Ray Griffin, NIC, p. Robert (Porter) Wright, 1:02. 

PROVIDENCE 31, NORTH IDAHO 21 

125 — Kobi Johnson, Prov, md. Owen Pritchard, 10-1. 133 — Eli Abercrombie, Prov, p. Cole Ekerson, 1:16. 141 — Parker Ballantyne, NIC, p. Jesse Anson, 5:40. 149 — Korbin Churchran, NIC, p. Austin Ramirez, 3:54. 157 — Hunter Hobbs, Prov, p. Colton Tucker, 6:50. 165 — Aden Graves, Prov, d. Colton Theobald, 7-3. 174 — Dylan Block, NIC, p. McKennan Mayer, 1:44. 184 — Sawyer Hobbs, Prov, p. Jackson Lougen, 2:39. 197 — Brendan Lockart, Prov, p. Race Ostrander, 1:35.  285 — Ray Griffin, NIC, d. Ethan DeRoche, 10-5. 

ALBERTA 24, NORTH IDAHO 23 

125 — Ben Reid, Alberta, by forfeit. 133 — Benjamin Whitwright, NIC, by forfeit. 141 — Curtis Bartley, NIC, tf. Ben Reid, 19-0. 149 — Korbin Churchran, NIC, by forfeit. 157 — double forfeit. 165 — Joshua Lundin, Alberta, md. Gabe Lake, 17-5. 174 — Andre Leota, NIC, p. Eli Fines, 2:11. 184 — Elias Wile, Alberta, tf. Quentin Hornbeak, 21-6. 197 — Thomas Rousseau, Alberta, by forfeit. 285 — Bjorn Nelson, Alberta, d. Forest Howell, 7-5. 

NORTH IDAHO 35, IDAHO 15 

125 — Colson Johnston, Idaho, by forfeit. 133 — Keven Martinez, Idaho, d. Benjamin Whitwright, 6-5. 141 — Curtis Bartley, NIC, by forfeit. 149 — Joe Sullivan, NIC, tf. Nathan Vincler, 21-6. 157 — double forfeit. 165 — Gabe Lake, NIC, by forfeit. 174 — Beau Mares, NIC, p. Ridge Kehr, 4:51. 184 — Andre Leota, NIC, p. Avery Riggs, 2:45. 197 — Ryan Supizo, Idaho, by forfeit. 285 — Forest Howell, NIC, p. Finnegan Moon, 3:52.