Cardinal women fall in OT

Snow 76 

North Idaho 69 (OT) 

COEUR d'ALENE — In their previous matchup against the Badgers, the Cardinals struggled to get their offense going before it really took off to the tune of five straight wins. 

On Saturday, try as they might, they couldn't keep it going. 

NIC sophomore Kylani Rookstool hit a 3-pointer with 28.9 seconds remaining to tie the game at 58-58, eventually forcing overtime after neither team could get a shot to final in the final moments. 

Snow (14-9, 3-5 SWAC) outscored NIC (14-9, 6-3) 17-11 in the extra five minutes get a win. 

"Going back to our first game, we struggled to find a way to get into an offensive rhythm in the first half and kind of did some things in the third and fourth quarter that gave us a lead," Covill said. "Tonight, we still struggled to get downhill and get paint touches against them. Credit goes to (Snow) Coach Zu (Grinsell) and her team. Those girls, they play hard and played hard against us. She has those kids playing hard and when you've got a group of kids that play hard, they're tough to beat. And we've been that group for the last few games and now we got punched in the mouth a little bit." 

Freshman Chloe Collin scored 12 points for NIC, which shot 22 of 60. 

"I told the ladies I didn't have them prepared enough for this game, so I'm taking the blame," Covill said. "In terms in how we prepared, with some better preparation, we would have been able to adjust better. Tonight, Snow was a better team. We struggled to get stops and they just kicked our tails inside." 

Iyana Beh had 22 points and nine rebounds for Snow, which finished 28 of 58. 

"I'm pleased we had three kids in double figures," Covill said. "But we as a staff have to get our kids ready to play each game. It's tough when you have a great home game, and come out and have a tough performance." 

In other SWAC play, Utah State-Eastern (12-9, 4-3) upset No. Xxxx Southern Idaho (18-6, 6-3) 54-46 in Twin Falls on Saturday. The loss moves the Golden Eagles a half-game back of Salt Lake (17-5, 6-2) for the conference lead. 

CSI travels to NIC for the second matchup of the season between the in-state rivals next Saturday at 1 p.m. 

SNOW 

Brooke Pennington 2-9 0-0 5, Maliyah Elliott 1-4 0-0 2, Kiriana Hawaikirangi 4-7 9-10 17, Lili Suguturaga 4-9 1-2 9, Iyana Beh 9-13 4-9 22, Hadley Richins 2-5 0-0 5, Sydnee Smith 0-1 1-2 1, Seini Tuipulotu 4-6 2-6 11, Alisi Peaua 1-1 0-2 2, Amber Cook 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 28-58 17-30 76. 

NORTH IDAHO 

Chloe Collin 5-7 2-4 12, Kylani Rookstool 6-16 7-8 24, Esmeralda Galindo 5-14 6-6 16, Iratxe Amorrortu 1-4 1-2 4, Summer Falaefa 1-5 0-0 2, Tiarnee Smith 2-9 1-1 6, Ripeka Edwards 0-2 1-2 1, Emmalee Secrest 1-2 0-0 2, Tayler Adams 1-1 0-1 2, Elisa Holakeituai 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-60 18-24 69. 

Snow        14    17    10    17    18    —    76 

North Idaho    12    23    6    17    11    —    69 

3-point goals — Snow 3-12 (Pennington 1-5, Elliott 0-1, Suguturaga 0-1, Richins 1-3, Tuipulotu 1-1, Cook 0-1), NIC 7-23 (Collin 0-2, Rookstool 5-8, Galindo 0-3, Amorrortu 1-3, Faleafa 0-2, Smith 1-2, Edwards 0-2, Secrest 0-1). Rebounds — Snow 33 (Beh 9), NIC 28 (Smith 7). Assists — Snow 5 (Hawaikirangi 2), NIC 6 (Collin 2). Team fouls — Snow 20, NIC 25. Fouled out — Rookstook, Galindo. 

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