Nic Women Put Away Colorado Northwestern

College women

When he returned to the court following the halftime break, North Idaho College women’s basketball coach Greg Crimp was informed by official statistician Bob Ely that he had four timeouts remaining - and a broken hand.

The remark about the hand was a joke. But needless to say, Crimp was not a happy man despite a 44-23 lead. Just before the half he slammed his hand down on the scoring table in frustration over his team’s poor play.

He had watched his Cardinals play a lethargic 4 minutes during which NIC was outscored 10-6 by lowly Colorado Northwestern (0-12 in Scenic West Athletic Conference play).

The Cardinals and Crimp’s hand got better - NIC’s scoring table will feel it in the morning.

NIC (6-7 SWAC, 10-12 overall) recovered from the doldrums to post a 90-54 win over the Spartans at Christianson Gym in Coeur d’Alene, Saturday night.

NIC picked up its defensive intensity and ran the Spartans out of the game with a 17-6 spurt midway through the second half to make it 72-36.

“I wasn’t too happy at times with our offensive execution,” said Crimp. “We were trying to get some people points.

“We had several goals before the game and we reached most of those. We still had too many turnovers, but it’s hard to keep up that level of intensity.”

NIC was led in scoring by Michelle Greenwood with 17 points and Rebecca Suter with 15, but Crimp was especially pleased with the play of his bench - particularly Angie Dickson and Brandy Ross. The two combined for 20 points and Ross contributed eight rebounds.

NIC had a 55-31 rebounding advantage.

NIC 90, Colorado NW 54

COLORADO NW (0-12 Scenic West, 2-18)

Arroyo 0-4 1-6 1, Baird 0-1 0-0 0, Burbridge 0-2 2-6 2, Ehmann 1-4 0-0 3, Evans 2-8 0-0 4, Liverman 2-5 0-2 4, Mickelsen 6-17 2-3 14, Nisson 2-6 4-5 8, Rogers 7-13 4-5 18. Totals 20-60 13-27 54. NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (6-7, 10-12)

McCullough 3-7 0-0 6, Howerton 2-5 2-2 7, Wilkins 0-4 0-0 0, Tollin 5-10-5-6 15, Dickson 3-4 2-2 10, Palmer 3-7 0-0 6, Suter 2-5 0-0 4, Phillips 2-5 0-0 4, Schraufnagel 1-3 0-0 2, Ross 4-8 2-6 10, Greenwood 7-14 3-4 17, Zrnic 4-6 1-3 9. Totals 36-78 15-23 90.

Halftime score-NIC 44, CNCC 23. 3-point goals-CNCC18 (Mickelsen 0-3, Nisson 0- 2, Ehmann 1-3), NIC3-9 (Howerton 1-4, Wilkins 0-1, Tollin 0-1, Dickinson 2-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-CNCC 31 ( Rogers 11), NIC 55 (Suter 10, Tollin 8, Ross 8). Assists-CNCC 15 (Arroyo 5), NIC 27 (Howerton 7, Dickson 6). Total fouls-CNCC 20, NIC 21. A-100.

Montana St. 71, Idaho 58

Sam Fluss scored 20 points and Brooke Svendsen added 14 as the Bobcats pulled away from the Vandals for a Big Sky victory in Bozeman, Mont.

Montana State (5-2 Big Sky, 10-9 overall) got a big lift from Blythe Hommes late in the contest as she scored nine straight MSU points. She finished with 11.

Idaho (2-5, 4-15) got a 27-point performance form Ari Skorpik, which included four 3-pointers.

IDAHO (2-5, 4-15)

Ortner 1-1 0-0 3, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, James 0-1 0-0 0, Morris 0-1 0-0 0, Skorpik 8-16 7-9 27, McDaniel 4-8 0-0 8, McDaniel 4-8 0-0 8, Rice 6-13 2-4 14, Wykes 3-3 0-1 6, Payne 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 22-50 9-14 58.

MONTANA STATE (5-2, 10-9)

Svendsen 5-9 4-4 14, Brown 3-6 0-0 9, Zikmund 0-0 0-0 0, Hommes 4-7 3-4 11, N. Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Fluss 6-16 4-6 20, Wheeler 2-3 1-2 5, Wood 2-9 3-4 7, S. Smith 0-1 0-2 0, Nickelson 0-2 0-0 0, Beil 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 24-58 16-24 71.

Halftime-Montana St. 30, Idaho 30. 3-point goals-Idaho 5-15 (Skorpik 4-6, Ortner 1-1, Johnson 0-1, McDaniel 0-2, Rice 0-1, Payne 0-4), Montana St. 7-16 (Brown 3-3, Fluss 4-11, Svendsen 0-2). Fouled out-Anderson, S. Smith. Rebounds-Idaho 32 (Rice 10), Montana St. 39 (Wood, Beil 6). Assists- Idaho 11 (Skorpik 3), Montana St. (Svendsen 3). Total fouls-Idaho 23, Montana St. 17. A-1,316.

Whitworth 88, Linfield 49

The only significant opponent the Pirates had to overcome was complacency. And they smashed it along with the Wildcats (3-5, 7-13) at the Whitworth Fieldhouse.

Whitworth (7-2 NCIC, 13-11) never trailed in the game. The Pirates held a 21-4 lead with 9:36 left in the first half and put it on cruise control from there.

LINFIELD (3-5 NCIC, 7-13)

Wagner 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 2-7 2-3 7, Mckee 0-2 0-00, Rice 1-2 0-0 2, Dinsdale 1-3 1-1 3, Burris 1-10 6-8 9, Evans 1-1 0-0 2, Cummings 5-8 2-3 12, Bogle 0-3 0-00, Lefevre 0-1 0-1 0, Sampson 4-12 2-2 10, Beer 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 16-52 15-20 49.

WHITWORTH (7-2, 13-11)

Bloom 5-7 3-3 15, McFadden 0-3 0-0 0, Sherer 3-9 1-2 8, Roberts 5-9 3-4 13, Sweeney 7-15 9-11 27, Tissue 6-12 1-2 13, Northington 4-6 0-0 8, Elliott 1-3 0-1 2, Dehn 1-2 0-1 2. Totals 32-66 17-24 88.

Halftime score - Whitworth 39, Linfield 22. 3-point goals - Linfield 2-10 (Johnson 1-4, Burris 1-6), Whitworth 7-18 (Bloom 2-4, McFadden 0-2, Sherer 1-2, Sweeney 4-10). Total fouls - Linfield 16, Whitworth 21. Fouled out - Johnson. Technical fouls - None. Rebounds - Linfield 41 (Sampson 12), Whitworth 41 (Roberts 8). Assists - Linfield 6 (Johnson 2), Whitworth 25 (McFadden 15).

CCS 73, Blue Mountain 44

The Sasquatch (7-1, 15-5) used an 8-0 run to open the second half to break open a close game and cruise past the visiting Timberwolves (1-7, 5-14) in an NWAACC game.

BLUE MOUNTAIN (1-7, 5-14)

Shaffer 4-12 0-0 12, McCleod 2-10 0-0 4, Moses 1-5 0-2 3, Nash 0-0 0-0 0, Eckman 5-16 0-0 11, Hathway 4-13 0-0 8, Norton 1-2 0-0 2, Bolin 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 19-62 1-4 44.

CCS (7-1, 15-5)

Hurlberg 5-12 0-1 11, Field 1-3 0-0 3, Shepherd 0-3 0-0 0, Johnson 5-8 6-8 16, Fralich 4-8 0-1 11, Holder 2-3 3-5 7, Brown 2-2 0-1 4, Gaines 1-6 2-6 4, Boston 0-1 0-0 0, Davies 9-13 0-0 18. Totals 30-59 11-22 73.

Halftime-CCS 33, Blue Mountain 23. 3-point goals-Blue Mountain 5-16 (Shaffer 4-12, McCleod 0-2, Moses 1-2), CCS 2-11 (Hurlberg 1-6, Field 0-1, Shepherd 0-1, Fralich 1-2). Fouled out-Bolin. Rebounds-Blue Mountain 29 (Eckman 9), CCS 41 (Davies 13). Assists-Blue Mountain 12 (Eckman 4), CCS 19 (Fralich 7). Total fouls-Blue Mountain 19, CCS 7. A-N/A.

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