Lady Cards finish season coming up short against CSI

Southern Idaho 76

North Idaho 63

TWIN FALLS — Addie Kiefer, a sophomore from Lakeland High, had 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Cardinals, who concluded the season with a Scenic West Athletic Conference loss to the 16th ranked Golden Eagles.

"Holy smokes, if that's Addie's last game as a Cardinal, what a game to go out on," second-year NIC coach Nathan Covill said. "She did some really good things today. Both Maddie Williamson and Iratxe (Amorrortu) had some really good moments as well."

NIC finishes 8-17, 1-9 in the conference, where the team returned to for the first time since the 2015 season this year after eight years in the Northwest Athletic Conference.

"The results weren't what we wanted, but the girls battled and came to practice each day," Covill said. "Our sophomores, we've got a lot to be thankful about. Win or lose, they started the next chapter of NIC women's basketball, and I'll always be thankful for that."

CSI (25-5, 8-2) will be the second seed to the Region 18 Tournament March 14-15 in Taylorsville, Utah.

NORTH IDAHO

Solei Elletson 3-15 0-0 7, Maddie Williamson 6-10 0-0 13, Addie Kiefer 7-12 9-14 23, Faye Davis 0-4 0-0 0, Kendall Pickford 1-11 0-0 3, Anna Serret 1-2 0-0 2, Diana Morales 3-4 0-0 6, Iratxe Amorrortu 4-8 0-0 9. Totals 25-66 9-14 63.

SOUTHERN IDAHO

Jayden McNeal 2-3 1-2 5, Izzy Arave 3-6 0-0 8, Brayli Jenks 0-4 0-0 0, Kaylee Headrick 8-14 1-2 20, Jill Lungren 1-3 0-0 2, Kennedy Gillette 4-6 2-2 12, Mariah Mons 1-1 0-0 2, Elena Burkland 0-2 2-2 2, Kennedy Stenquist 0-1 0-0 0, Makeili Ika 1-2 0-0 2, Kayla Porray 0-1 4-4 4, Charli Cook 0-4 0-0 0, Jamisyn Heaton 6-15 1-3 13, Taylor Johnson 1-2 1-3 3. Totals 28-67 13-20 76.

North Idaho        17    20    9    17    —    63

Southern Idaho    17    23    19    17    —    76

3-point goals — NIC 4-23 (Elletson 1-8, Williamson 1-1, Pickford 1-9, Serret 0-1, Amorrortu 1-4), CSI 7-21 (Arave 2-4, Jenks 0-2, Headrick 3-3, Gillette 2-3, Birkeland 0-1, Stenquist 0-1, Ika 0-1, Porray 0-1, Cook 0-3, Heaton 0-2). Rebounds — NIC 34 (Kiefer 15), CSI 51 (Headrick 13). Assists — NIC 14 (Amorrortu 5), CSI 17 (Headrick 4). Team fouls — NIC 14, CSI 13. Fouled out — none.

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