NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinals close out Arizona tourney with win

• MEN'S BASKETBALL

THATCHER, Ariz. — It took a few minutes, but North Idaho College got it going when it mattered most on Saturday. 

Ace Arnold, a freshman from Simi Valley, Calif., scored 14 points off the bench for the Cardinals, who beat Cochise College of Douglas, Ariz., 70-58 on the final day of the Eastern Arizona Gila Monster Shootout on Saturday. 

Cason Miller, a freshman from Lake City High, had eight points, six rebounds and six assists in his first college start for NIC. Jacori Ervin, a sophomore from North Central High in Spokane, had nine points and 10 rebounds for NIC (6-1). 

“We had a couple of guys late for the bus, so I benched them,” NIC coach Corey Symons said. “Cason stepped in and had an unbelievable game. They were pressing him and it took us a while to get used to that lineup, but we got settled in and pushed away in the second half.” 

NIC outscored Cochise 38-28 in the second half. 

NIC (6-2) hosts Miles Community College on Dec. 5.

Cochiese is 6-2. 

NORTH IDAHO 

Ne’quan Brown 3-8 1-2 7, Ajayi Simmons 2-4 1-2 7, Cason Miller 2-6 2-2 8, Justus Haseley 2-6 0-0 4, Jacori Ervin 4-5 1-1 9, Nyale Robinson 4-5 0-0 10, Ace Arnold 5-10 0-0 14, Austin Ouko 2-5 0-0 5, Sawyr Hansen 0-4 0-0 0, Gage Ontiveros 0-1 0-0 0, Aly Toure 3-5 0-1 6. Totals 27-59 5-8 70. 

COCHISE  

Jhace Johnson 4-15 0-0 9, Naeem Colston 1-2 2-2 4, Emmanuel Jo Samuel 3-15 3-3 10, Gabriel Grant 3-5 0-0 6, Teron Murray 4-8 2-3 10, Deandre Hawthorne 0-1 0-0 0, Davon Jones 2-7 1-2 5, Jeremy Caliixte-Bea 1-1 0-0 2, Devin Falk-Ramirez 2-7 0-0 6, Gabriel Toribio 2-3 0-1 6. Totals 22-64 8-11 58. 

Halftime — NIC 32-30. 3-point goals — NIC 11-30 (Brown 0-3, Simmons 2-4, Miller 2-5, Haseley 0-2, Robinson 2-3, Arnold 4-8, Ouko 1-4, Hansen 0-1), CC 6-27 (Johnson 1-6, Samuel 1-7, Murray 0-3, Jones 0-3, Falk-Ramirez 2-5, Toribio 2-3). Rebounds — NIC 43 (Ervin 10), CC 26 (Colston 7). Assists — NIC 13 (Miller 6), CC 14 (Johnson 6). Team fouls — NIC 11, CC 7. Fouled out — none. 

• WRESTLING

Cardinals pin down 

wins in duals tourney

COEUR d’ALENE — Colton Tucker, a freshman from Coeur d’Alene High, had two pins on the day for the 11th ranked Cardinals, who swept duals against Colorado Northwestern and Northwest of Powell, Wyo., in the Cardinal Duals at Christianson Gymnasium. 

NIC beat Colorado Northwestern 57-0, then handled Northwest 38-9. 

Owen Pritchard (125 pounds) also had two pins for NIC, which competes in the Spokane Open today at The Podium in Spokane at 10 a.m. 

NORTH IDAHO 57, COLORADO NORTHWESTERN 0 

125 — Owen Pritchard, NIC, p. Jaysen Skeen, :34. 133 — Cole Ekerson, NIC, p. Chad Yellow, 3:34. 141 — Curtis Bartley, NIC, by forfeit. 149 — Korbin Churchran, NIC, p. Jordan Irwin, :58. 157 — Colton Tucker, NIC, p. Kooper Burk, 1:01. 165 — Colton Theobald, NIC, p. Tony Passetti, 2:57. 174 — Gabe Lake, NIC, p. Avery Dippold, :30. 184 — Jackson Lougen, NIC, by forfeit. 197 — Rade Ostrander, NIC, by forfeit. 285 — Forest Howell, NIC, d. Tyler Rawlings, 9-3. 

NORTH IDAHO 38, NORTHWEST 9 

125 — Owen Pritchard, NIC, p. Dylan Sorensen, 1:10. 133 — Hoyt Hvass, NIC, tf. Ryan Nutt, 17-0. 141 — Parker Ballantyne, NIC, d. Zachary Covolo, 11-9. 149 — Korbin Churchran, NIC, d. Devin Grossman, 15-0. 157 — Colton Tucker, NIC, p. Sunny Espinoza, 3:33. 165 — Dylan Block, NIC, tf. Porter Olson, 18-3. 174 — Beau Mares, NIC, d. Dustin Rhodes, 9-8. 184 — Asadbek Fayzullaev, North, d. Seth Martin, 7-3. 197 — Rade Ostrander, NIC, tf. Race Moxley, 21-6. 285 — Austin Richens, North, p. Ray Griffin, 5:50.