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PRICE, Utah — The visiting North Idaho College Cardinals limited the Utah State-Eastern Eagles to 29.4% shooting in the fourth quarter in a 65-61 Scenic West Athletic Conference win at the Bunnell-Dmirtrich Athletic Center. 

“Utah State-Eastern is a good team and well coached,” NIC coach Nathan Covill said. “To come here and play the way we did in the fourth quarter, it’s exciting to see. Our kids followed the scout really well and had very little time to practice. The things we put in worked really good. This isn’t an easy place to play. They’re a good team and played CSI really tough (a 63-60 loss on Thursday).” 

Freshman Esmeralda Galindo scored 31 points, freshman Chloe Collin 11 points and sophomore Kylani Rookstool had eight points for NIC (11-8, 3-2 SWAC), which faces Colorado Northwestern In Rangely, Colo., on Thursday. 

“The kids are starting to play with more confidence, with Kylani usually on the other team’s best perimeter player,” Covill said. “We did a really good job of executing things down the stretch. I’m proud of them for getting a road sweep and finishing the way they did was something to be proud of.” 

Madison Anderson scored 18 points for Utah State-Eastern (10-9, 2-3). 

NORTH IDAHO 

Chloe Collin 4-8 3-3 11, Kylani Rookstool 2-3 4-4 8, Esmeralda Galindo 11-20 7-9 31, Iratxe Amorrortu 0-0 3-4 3, Summer Faleafa 3-10 0-0 7, Tiarnee Smith 1-1 0-0 3, Ripeka Edwards 0-1 0-0 0, Emmalee Secrest 0-1 0-0 0, Elisa Holakeituai 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 22-49 17-20 65. 

UTAH STATE-EASTERN 

Ellie Esplin 3-9 0-0 7, McKenzie Allen 1-5 0-0 3, Madison Anderson 8-11 1-2 18, Addasyn Scrivner 4-9 3-3 12, Marlee Pieper 2-8 0-0 4, Avery Sanders 3-9 0-0 8, Brynn Wagner 1-4 0-0 3, Aly Coombs 1-2 1-2 3, Addisyn Johnson 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 24-60 6-9 61. 

North Idaho        18    18    14    15    —    65 

Utah State-Eastern    18    14    16    13    —    61 

3-point goals — NIC 4-11 (Collin 0-1, Rookstool 0-1, Galindo 2-2, Faleafa 1-4, Smith 1-1, Secrest 0-1, Holakeituani 0-1), USUE 7-24 (Esplin 1-5, Allen 1-4, Anderson 1-1, Scrivner 1-2, Pieper 0-1, Sanders 2-8, Wagner 1-3). Rebounds — NIC 36 (Holakeituani 7), USUE 30 (Esplin, Scrivner, Pieper, Johnson 4). Assists — NIC 6 (Rookstool, Galindo 2), USUE 19 (Sanders 5). Team fouls — NIC 11, USUE 18. Fouled out — Allen. 

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Utah State-Eastern 87 

North Idaho 80 

PRICE, Utah — Sophomore Deng Diew hit a jumper with 12:04 to cut the deficit to 61-57 for the Cardinals, who were unable to fight back from a 17-point hole in a Scenic West Athletic Conference loss at the Bunnell-Dmirtrich Athletic Center. 

Deng finished with a team-high 18 points and 13 rebounds for NIC (11-9, 1-4 SWAC), which outrebounded Utah State-Eastern (11-6, 2-3) 40-37. 

Vaughn Weems, who leads the NJCAA in scoring at 28.3 points per game, was held to 10 points for NIC. 

Mark Huber and Mark Reichner scored 16 points each for Utah State-Eastern. 

NIC travels to Colorado Northwestern on Thursday. 

NORTH IDAHO 

Vaughn Weems 3-12 3-6 10, Deng Diew 7-19 4-7 18, Tayshawn Colvin 0-3 4-6 4, Bryce Henry 0-0 0-0 0, Ajayi Simmons 4-14 0-0 10, Ne’quan Brown 1-4 0-0 3, Dace Pleasant 4-9 2-2 13, Jeremiah Sibley 4-4 0-1 10, Sam Marbury 3-4 3-4 10, Jacori Ervin 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 27-70 16-26 80. 

UTAH STATE-EASTERN 

Ryker Richards 5-9 12, Mark Huber 5-11 5-6 16, Jaxon Heiden 2-3 0-0 5, Mark Reichner 6-10 1-4 16, Ike Palmer 4-8 4-4 12, Sevastian Rosado 3-5 4-4 13, Kayin Turner 0-1 3-4 3, Brooks Jones 5-5 0-0 10, Justin Anderson 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 30-52 19-27 87. 

Halftime — USUE 52-40. 3-point goals — NIC 10-26 (Weems 1-6, Diew 0-1 Colvin 0-1, Simmons 2-7, Brown 1-1, Pleasant 3-6, Sibley 2-2, Marbury 1-2), USUE 8-15 (Richards 0-1, Huber 1-3, Heiden 1-1, Reichner 3-5, Rosado 3-5). Rebounds — NIC 40 (Diew 13), USUE 37 (Palmer 8). Assists — NIC 15 (Marbury 4), USUE 18 (Richards, Huber, Palmer 5). Team fouls — NIC 20, USUE 25. Fouled out — Pleasant, Huber, Heiden, Palmer). Technical fouls — Simmons.