Sawyer helps Cardinal men defeat Northwest

POWELL, Wyo. — Dante Sawyer, a transfer from San Francisco City College, scored 23 points on 9 of 14 shooting to send North Idaho College to an 81-76 win over Northwest College on Thursday.

Jalen Skalskiy, a redshirt sophomore from Lakeland High, had 15 points and five rebounds for NIC (6-2), which shot 30 of 54.

Milton Rodriguez Santana scored 20 points for Northwest (2-8).

NIC faces Frank Phillips College of Borger, Texas, tonight in Casper, Wyo.

NORTH IDAHO 

Cobi Campbell 3-7 3-5 11, Kyle Karstetter 1-4 1-2 3, Tayshawn Colvin 2-6 6-7 10, Dante Sawyer 9-14 3-3 23, Jalen Skalskiy 7-9 1-2 15, Terin Johnson 3-3 3-4 10, Austin Johnson 2-6 0-0 5, Vaughn Weems 3-4 0-0 7, D'Andre Clermont 0-0 0-0 0, Bryce Henry 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-54 17-23 84.

NORTHWEST

Milton Rodriguez Santana 9-15 0-0 20, Will Hemme 7-16 0-0 18, Krue Stubbs 1-6 0-0 3, Kolter Merritt 4-11 4-7 13, Drew Larson 4-8 0-0 12, Carter Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Max Postiglione 0-2 0-0 0, Preston Condie 4-6 0-0 8, Colin Hayes 2-4 0-0 4, Kaden Christensen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-69 4-7 78.

Halftime — NIC 46-35. 3-point goals — NIC 7-24 (Campbell 2-6, Karstetter 0-2, Colvin 0-1, Sawyer 2-6, Skalskiy 0-2, T. Johnson 1-1, A. Johnson 1-4, Weems 1-1, Henry 0-1), NWC 12-32 (Rodriguez Santana 2-3, Hemme 4-10, Stubbs 1-6, Merritt 1-3, Larson 4-4, Clark 0-1, Postiglione 0-2, Condie 0-2, Hayes 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 31 (Karstetter 6), NWC 30 (Merritt 11). Assists — NIC 12 (Campbell 5), NWC 17 (Hemme 6). Team fouls — NIC 9, NWC 18. Fouled out — none.

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North Idaho 86

Frank Phillips 72

CASPER, Wyo. — Jalen Skalskiy, a sophomore from Lakeland High, scored 22 points and the Cardinals rallied from 10 points down in the first half to beat the Plainsmen of Borger, Texas, at Casper College.

NIC (7-2) trailed by 10 with 10:24 left in the first half, and was down 42-37 at halftime. The Cardinals outscored Frank Phillips 49-30 in the second half.

Phillips shot 57% from the field in the first half, including 8 of 13 from 3-point range. NIC held the Plainsmen to 37% shooting in the second half, including 4 of 14 from behind the arc.

NIC, which shot just 12 of 27 in the first half, hit 18 of 25 in the second half, including 6 of 9 from deep.

Austin Johnson, a transfer from College of Southern Idaho, hit 4 of 5 3-pointers and added 18 points off the bench for NIC. Dante Sawyer had 15, and Vaughn Weems had 11 points and seven rebounds off the bench.

Thompson Camara led Frank Phillips with 18 points.

NIC plays Colorado Northwestern today in Casper.

FRANK PHILLIPS

Odanis Done 2-6 0-0 4, Filip Mamic 2-5 0-0 5, Cashim Miller 2-4 0-0 6, Benny Kazidi 4-7 1-1 9, Thompson Camara 6-12 2-2 18, Jabari Harris 3-8 0-1 8, Anthony Walters 4-6 3-4 13, Amar Kadic 3-7 2-29. Totals 26-55 8-10 72.

NORTH IDAHO

Cobi Campbell 4-8 0-0 8, Kyle Karstetter 0-3 0-0 0, Tayshawn Colvin 1-3 0-0 3, Dante Sawyer 5-9 4-4 15, Jalen Skalskiy 7-13 7-9 22, Terin Johnson 1-3 6-68, Austin Johnson 7-8 0-0 18, Vaughn Weems 5-5 0-0 11, Tanner Tollestrup 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-52 17-19 86.

Halftime — FP 42-37. 3-point goals — FP 12-27 (Done 0-1, Mamic 1-2, Miller 2-2, Kazadi 0-3, Camara 4-7, Harris 2-4, Walters 2-4, Kadic 1-4), NIC 8-17 (Campbell 0-1, Karstetter 0-1, Colvin 1-1, Sawyer 1-5, Skalskiy 1-3, A. Johnson 4-5, Weems 1-1). Rebounds — FP 23 (Kazadi 5), NIC 30 (Campbell 8). Assists — FP 6 (Harris, Kadic 2), NIC 10 (Campbell, Skalskiy, T. Johnson, Weems 2). Fouled out — none. Total fouls — FP 16, NIC 13.

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