NIC beats CCS for Bigfoot Classic championship

Kyle Guice scored 18 points and Djuan Piper added 17 to help North Idaho defeat CC Spokane 84-80 in the championship game of the Bigfoot Classic at Spokane Community College.

Jordan King added 14 points, Jamaal Robateau 11 points, and Fuquan Niles 12 rebounds for the Cardinals (9-1), who led 44-28 at halftime.

Race Martin scored 30 points and had nine rebounds for the Sasquatch (6-2). Jacob DeVries added 13 points and Dean Richey 11. CCS made only 9 of 35 shots, including 1 of 11 from the 3-point arc, in the first half. The Sasquatch shot 53.6 percent in the second half and hit 8 of 16 3-pointers. The Cardinals outrebounded CCS 49-33.

King was selected as the tournament MVP with Guice, Piper, Richey, Martin all named to the all-tournament team.

Swimming

Junior Presley Wetterstrom set a school record in the 200 breaststroke, as the Washington State swim team concluded competition at the Hawkeye Invitational. Wetterstrom’s time of 2:12.96 in the prelims of the event shaved 0.40 seconds off the previous record held by Elyse Peterson (2:13.36, Feb. 28, 2009).

The record was the second school record to fall at Iowa’s annual event, as the Cougars also set a program record in the 200 free relay (1:31.56) in the opening day of competition.

WSU swimmers set 12 personal bests in the final day of the invite, adding to 37 personal bests set in the opening two days of the meet.

Hockey

The Spokane Braves (15-13-0-3, 33 points) rallied from a two-goal deficit to take a 4-2 victory over the host Castlegar Rebels (18-9-1-3, 40) in a KIJHL game. Kyle Davis, Tanner Stolz, Emilio Trujillo and Garrett Graham scored for the Braves.