Lady Cards fall to Southern Nevada 72-54

COEUR d'ALENE — The Cardinals dropped their sixth straight game in Scenic West Conference play, falling to the Coyotes at Rolly Williams Court.

"It was a great first half, but a selfish second half," said NIC coach Nathan Covill, whose team led 35-30 at halftime before being outscored 22-8 in the third quarter. "Southern Nevada played hard and we just didn't respond to the physicality and played casual in the second half. When you do that, they'll take advantage of that."

Layla Faught scored 20 points, hitting six 3-pointers in the second half for Southern Nevada (20-4, 3-4 SWAC).

Freshman Deniece Ryan had 14 points and four rebounds for North Idaho (7-14, 0-6), which travels to Snow College of Ephraim, Utah, on Thursday.

SOUTHERN NEVADA

Faith Mersburgh 0-2 0-0 0, Keyna Hadley 1-3 0-0 2, Aaliyah Ibarra 4-11 2-2 12, Paige Grant 1-6 1-2 2, Jordyn Stroud 10-15 2-2 22, Layla Faught 7-14 0-2 20, Alliyah Castro 1-1 0-0 3, Braelyn Kauhi 0-1 0-0 0, Leah Mitchell 0-1 3-4 3, Adrienne Puletasi 3-5 1-2 7. Totals 27-59 9-14 72.

NORTH IDAHO

Solei Elletson 5-13 2-2 12, Deniece Ryan 6-12 2-5 14, Diana Morales 2-6 0-0 4, Addie Kiefer 3-7 0-4 6, Faye Davis 0-3 0-0 0, Anna Serret 0-0 0-0 0, Kalysta Troman 1-1 1-2 3, Maddie Williamson 4-10 0-0 9, Aaliyah Clemons 0-0 0-0 0, Iratxe Amorrortu 1-5 0-0 3, Kendall Pickford 1-6 0-0 3. Totals 23-63 5-13 54.

Southern Nevada    14    16    22    20    —    72

North Idaho        21    14    8    11    —    54

3-point goals — CSN 9-25 (Mersburgh 0-2, Hadley 0-1, Ibarra 2-7, Faught 6-13, Castro 1-1, Kauhi 0-1), NIC 3-15 (Elletson 0-1, Ryan 0-1, Morales 0-1, Williamson 1-3, Amorrortu 1-3, Pickford 1-6). Rebounds — CSN 40 (Hadley 9), NIC 30 (Kiefer 8). Assists — CSN 15 (Grant 4), NIC 10 (Elletson 3). Team fouls — CSN 15, NIC 11. Fouled out — none.

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