Twin beatings ... Nationally-ranked CSI handles rival North Idaho in Scenic West Conference women's opener

By JASON ELLIOTT 

Sports writer 

COEUR d'ALENE — Experience mattered. 

The visiting College of Southern Idaho had it. 

North Idaho College is still seeking it. 

Earlier, Calyn Wood, a sophomore guard from Idaho Falls High, hit four of her game-high five 3-pointers in the first half, finishing with 17 points as the 10th-ranked Golden Eagle (15-1) women beat the Cardinals (5-9) 78-51 in the conference opener for both.  

"The problems we're having are self-inflicted," NIC coach Nathan Covill said. "Until we learn to figure it out — myself, the kids — and start playing together, we're going to shoot ourselves in the foot. We're just not there yet." 

WOMEN: Freshman Kaytie Aanstad hit a jumper to give the Cardinals a 10-9 lead before the Golden Eagles went on a 17-3 run. 

"The big thing is we brought a kid off the bench (Wood) that hit a bunch of 3s in a row," CSI coach Randy Rogers said. "That gave us some momentum. We were struggling a little bit trying to find our way." 

CSI won two of three games against NIC last season. 

"You get into conference play, and it really doesn't matter what the records are," Rogers said. "It's different, and you try to tell your kids that. But we've got younger kids. The score made it look like we played well, but it was maybe one of our poorer performances of the season with our execution and that." 

NIC shot 17 of 39, including 3 of 8 from the 3-point line. 

"We did a pretty good job defensively," Rogers said. "There was some execution things on screens that we didn't do well and our rotations weren't good. It's good game film to watch and try to get better from." 

NIC will face CSI in Twin Falls on Feb. 7, then again in Coeur d'Alene on Feb. 21 

"We're usually up here a lot later, but when you play them twice, you've got to come up here sometime," Rogers said. "Around the league, there's going to be three teams tied for first and three tied for last." 

Summer Faleafa, a sophomore from Auckland, New Zealand, scored 13 points for NIC. 

"We'll have a conversation about it tomorrow," Covill said. "I want to watch the film and see how things looked. The basketball piece isn't our issue. It's just everything else. They're great young ladies, and do everything we ask them to do. They come in and work hard, but we're missing something. I don't know what that is, and I'm missing it. And we've got to figure it out." 

COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO 

Chloe Jensen 1-2 0-0 2, Samara Morrow 7-13 2-2 17, Lea Nadolny 2-5 3-4 8, Savannah Stoker 8-12 0-0 16, Ashley Garner 2-7 0-2 4, Tavie Rogers 0-2 0-0 0, Eva Birkeland 2-5 0-0 6, Calyn Wood 6-111 0-0 17, Maci Hess 2-6 0-0 4, Ziah Greybull 1-1 0-0 2, Naomi Senato 1-2 0-0 2, Hedi Erelyi 0-1 0-0 0, Cambrie Waterhouse 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-68 5-8 78. 

NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE  

Chloe Collin 1-5 0-0 2, Karsyn Freeman 4-8 0-0 8, Ripeka Edwards 4-7 3-3 12, Summer Faleafa 5-10 3-4 13, Kaytie Aanstad 1-1 1-1 3, Diana Nelson 0-3 2-2 2, Molly Axell 0-0 0-0 0, Liv Whitemarsh 2-5 2-2 8, Sari Murphy 0-0 3-4 3. Totals 17-39 14-16 51. 

Southern Idaho    19    23    21    15    —    78 

North Idaho        14    14    5    18    —    51 

3-point goals — CSI 9-22 (Jensen 0-1, Morrow 1-2, Nadolny 1-3, Stoker 0-1, Rogers 0-1, Birkeland 2-4, Wood 5-8, Hess 0-2), NIC 3-8 (Collin 0-1, Freeman 0-2, Edwards 1-2, Faleafa 0-1, Whitemarsh 2-2). Rebounds – CSI 33 (Stoker 6), NIC 24 (Nelson 6). Assists – CSI 14 (Morrow 5), NIC 5 (Freeman 2). Team fouls – CSI 17, NIC 8. Fouled out – none. 

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