Cardinal men fall in battle with Southern Idaho

TWIN FALLS — Sophomore Vaughn Weems hit a 3-pointer with 2:17 left to give North Idaho College a 74-71 lead, but freshman Kharyi Dunn scored with two seconds remaining as 15th-ranked Southern Idaho escaped with a 75-74 win over the Cardinals in the Scenic West Athletic Conference opener for both on Saturday.  

NIC, which trailed by seven early in the second half, bounced back to take a 36-35 lead on a 3-pointer by Tayshawn Colvin with 16 minutes remaining.  

Ajayi Simmons, who scored 16 points off the bench for NIC, gave the Cardinals a 72-68 lead with 2:55 remaining. 

Weems finished with 21 points and 15 rebounds for NIC (10-6), which hosts Colorado Northwestern on Thursday. 

Dunn scored 27 points for Southern Idaho (13-3). 

NORTH IDAHO 

Vaughn Weems 9-17 2-2 21, Ne'quan Brown 3-10 0-1 7, Tayshawn Colvin 4-6 1-3 11, Sam Marbury 3-11 0-0 6, Jacori Ervin 5-8 3-4 13, Deng Diew 0-4 0-0 0, Jeremiah Sibley 0-2 0-0 0, Romell Russell 0-2 0-0 0, Tautoko Wynyard 0-0 0-0 0, Ajayi Simmons 6-11 0-0 16. Totals 30-71 6-10 74. 

SOUTHERN IDAHO 

Tanner Hayhurst 0-5 0-0 0, Walker Timme 5-9 1-2 12, Khayri Dunn 11-17 2-3 27, Nathan Ahner 6-13 0-0 14, Isaac Hawkins 4-15 0-0 11, Jalen Lyn 5-12 0-0 11, Dale Griffin 0-2 0-0 0, Marcus Fizer Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Samuel Lupumba 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-73 3-5 75. 

Halftime — CSI 28-26. 3-point goals — NIC 8-24 (Weems 1-5, Brown 1-4, Colvin 2-2, Marbury 0-2, Dew 0-1, Sibley 0-1, Russell 0-1, Simmons 4-8), CSI 10-30 (Hayhurst 0-4, Timme 1-1, Dunn 3-7, Ahner 2-7, Hawkins 3-4, Lyn 1-6, Griffin 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 44 (Weems 15), CSI 42 (Hawkins 12). Assists — NIC 16 (Weems, Marbury 4), CSI 14 (Lyn 4). Team fouls — NIC 8, CSI 14. Fouled out — none.  

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