Cardinal women notch road sweep in Utah

PRICE, Utah — The visiting North Idaho College Cardinals limited the Utah State-Eastern Eagles to 29.4% shooting in the fourth quarter in a 65-61 Scenic West Athletic Conference win at the Bunnell-Dmirtrich Athletic Center. 

"Utah State-Eastern is a good team and well coached," NIC coach Nathan Covill said. "To come here and play the way we did in the fourth quarter, it's exciting to see. Our kids followed the scout really well and had very little time to practice. The things we put in worked really good. This isn't an easy place to play. They're a good team and played CSI really tough (a 63-60 loss on Thursday)." 

Freshman Esmeralda Galindo scored 31 points, freshman Chloe Collin 11 points and sophomore Kylani Rookstool had eight points for NIC (11-8, 3-2 SWAC), which faces Colorado Northwestern In Rangely, Colo., on Thursday. 

"The kids are starting to play with more confidence, with Kylani usually on the other team's best perimeter player," Covill said. "We did a really good job of executing things down the stretch. I'm proud of them for getting a road sweep and finishing the way they did was something to be proud of." 

Madison Anderson scored 18 points for Utah State-Eastern (10-9, 2-3). 

NORTH IDAHO 

Chloe Collin 4-8 3-3 11, Kylani Rookstool 2-3 4-4 8, Esmeralda Galindo 11-20 7-9 31, Iratxe Amorrortu 0-0 3-4 3, Summer Faleafa 3-10 0-0 7, Tiarnee Smith 1-1 0-0 3, Ripeka Edwards 0-1 0-0 0, Emmalee Secrest 0-1 0-0 0, Elisa Holakeituai 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 22-49 17-20 65. 

UTAH STATE-EASTERN 

Ellie Esplin 3-9 0-0 7, McKenzie Allen 1-5 0-0 3, Madison Anderson 8-11 1-2 18, Addasyn Scrivner 4-9 3-3 12, Marlee Pieper 2-8 0-0 4, Avery Sanders 3-9 0-0 8, Brynn Wagner 1-4 0-0 3, Aly Coombs 1-2 1-2 3, Addisyn Johnson 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 24-60 6-9 61. 

North Idaho        18    18    14    15    —    65 

Utah State-Eastern    18    14    16    13    —    61 

3-point goals — NIC 4-11 (Collin 0-1, Rookstool 0-1, Galindo 2-2, Faleafa 1-4, Smith 1-1, Secrest 0-1, Holakeituani 0-1), USUE 7-24 (Esplin 1-5, Allen 1-4, Anderson 1-1, Scrivner 1-2, Pieper 0-1, Sanders 2-8, Wagner 1-3). Rebounds — NIC 36 (Holakeituani 7), USUE 30 (Esplin, Scrivner, Pieper, Johnson 4). Assists — NIC 6 (Rookstool, Galindo 2), USUE 19 (Sanders 5). Team fouls — NIC 11, USUE 18. Fouled out — Allen. 

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