Cardinals Remain In Postseason Hunt, Beat Colorado Northwestern

RANGELY, Colo. — Dante Sawyer, a sophomore from San Francisco, Calif., had 19 points on 7 of 11 shooting for North Idaho College in a 74-56 Scenic West Athletic Conference win over Colorado Northwestern on Thursday.

With the win, NIC (21-7, 7-3 SWAC) remains a game back of conference-leading Salt Lake (23-3, 8-2) with two games remaining in the regular season. The top four teams in the conference advance to the Region 18 tournament March 8-9 at the site of the conference champion. In other SWAC action on Thursday, Utah State-Eastern (15-8, 4-5) beat Southern Idaho (20-8, 7-3) 89-80 in Price, Utah, moving NIC and CSI into a tie for second place in the conference. NIC visits CSI next Saturday to conclude the regular season.

Sophomore Terin Johnson, a sophomore from Grand Prairie, Texas, had 15 points and six rebounds for NIC. Cobi Campbell, a sophomore from Puyallup, Wash., had 11 points and six rebounds for the Cardinals. 

Cole Johnson scored 16 points for Colorado Northwestern (13-15, 2-8).

NIC travels to Utah State-Eastern of Price, Utah on Saturday.

NORTH IDAHO

Austin Johnson 0-5 0-0 0, Cobi Campbell 2-8 6-6 11, Kyle Karstetter 2-7 0-1 5, Dante Sawyer 7-11 2-2 19, Jalen Skalskiy 2-4 2-4 6, Terin Johnson 5-7 5-6 15, Vaughn Weems 5-9 0-0 10, Tayshawn Colvin 2-4 2-4 8, Bryce Henry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-55 17-23 74.

COLORADO NORTHWESTERN

Cole Johnson 6-16 4-8 16, Donovan Maestas 2-4 0-0 5, Santiago Casarin 1-9 1-2 3, Mitch Jeppesen 2-8 0-0 5, Tyler Christensen 2-10 6-8 11, Mason Mickelsen 2-3 4-6 8, Jaxon Parkinson 2-8 4-4 8. Totals 17-58 19-28 56.

Halftime — NIC 41-27. 3-point goals — NIC 7-21 (A. Johnson 0-2, Campbell 1-6, Karstetter 1-4, Sawyer 3-3, Skalskiy 0-2, Weems 0-1, Colvin 2-3), CNCC 3-29 (Johnson 0-6, Maestas 1-2, Casarin 0-6, Jeppesen 1-3, Christensen 1-6, Parkinson 0-6). Rebounds — NIC 33 (Skalskiy 10), CNCC 33 (Casarin 9). Assists — NIC 8 (Campbell 4), CNCC 7 (Johnson 3). Team fouls — NIC 25, CNCC 20. Fouled out — T. Johnson, Maestas. Technical fouls — Skalskiy, Sawyer, Maestas).

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