Cards come up short this time against Elite Prep

Elite Prep 66

North Idaho 50

COEUR d'ALENE — Oliviyah Edwards, a sophomore with offers from  Division I schools in the Pac-12 Conference, as well as South Carolina, had 29 points and 17 rebounds for Elite Prep in a win over the Cardinals at Rolly Williams Court.

Kendall Pickford, a sophomore guard from Lake City High, scored 18 points for NIC (3-4), which faces Casper College in the Casper College Thanksgiving Classic on Friday in Wyoming. Addie Kiefer, a sophomore from Lakeland High had 17 rebounds in the loss.

"Addie worked her tail off today," NIC coach Nathan Covill said. "Anna (Serret) and Aaliyah (Clemons), they got some minutes today and played really well for us, though the stats don't really show it. We just didn't play well defensively and struggled. We need to find someone that wants to be a stopper. We've got to be better, and I've got to be better as a coach."

Brynna Pukis, a junior receiving interest from schools in the West Coast Conference, had 19 points, hitting five 3-pointers for Elite Prep of Issaquah, Wash.

ELITE PREP

Brynna Pukis 7-19 0-0 19, Presley Crawley 3-9 1-4 8, Paige Ary-Turner 2-8 0-0 6, Stella Gilley 0-4 2-2 2, Oliviyah Edwards 13-19 1-1 29, Hailey Reff 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-60 4-7 66.

NORTH IDAHO

Anna Serret 1-6 0-0 3, Deniece Ryan 1-9 0-0 3, Addie Kiefer 2-6 0-2 4, Faye Davis 3-9 0-0 6, Kendall Pickford 6-21 0-0 18, Tayler Adams 2-7 3-4 7, Diana Morales 1-2 0-0 2, Aaliyah Clemons 2-7 0-0 5, Iratxe Amorrotu 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 19-70 3-6 50.

Elite Prep    19    13    16    18    —    66

North Idaho    19    12    8    11    —    50

3-point goals — EP 10-31 (Pukis 5-16, Crawley 1-1, Ary-Turner 2-8, Gilley 0-2, Edwards 2-4), NIC 9-30 (Serret 1-3, Ryan 1-3, Pickford 6-20, Clemons 1-3, Amorrotu 0-1). Rebounds — EP 32 (Edwards 17), NIC 44 (Kiefer 17). Assists — EP 14 (Crawley 6), NIC 12 (Davis 4). Team fouls — EP 6, NIC 8. Fouled out — none.

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