Women fall to Bruins

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Freshman Karsyn Freeman scored on a layup to open the third quarter to pull the Cardinals within 40-36, but the Bruins, ranked 20th in the latest NJCAA poll, went on a 10-0 run over the next five minutes to pull away in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Bruin Arena. 

"We did a good job of taking care of the ball in the first half and were attacking off the dribble and getting downhill," NIC coach Nathan Covill said. "We got a little loose with the ball in the second half, and it kind of opened things up a little bit. I was really happy with how the girls played. We came on the road and competed our tails off. They just switched a little more and pressured the ball really well and we didn't handle it as well." 

Freeman, a freshman guard from Adna, Wash., had 27 points for NIC (5-10, 0-2 SWAC). Freeman scored three seconds into the second half before the Bruins (13-5, 2-1) held the Cardinals scoreless until a basket by sophomore Chloe Collin with 5:19 remaining in the quarter. 

NIC faces Colorado Northwestern in Rangely, Colo., on Saturday. The Spartans fell 92-38 to visiting College of Southern Idaho in other conference play on Thursday. 

NORTH IDAHO  

Chloe Collin 3-7 8-8 14, Karsyn Freeman 11-19 4-4 27, Diana Nelson 2-3 3-6 7, Ripeka Edwards 0-4 1-2 1, Summer Faleafa 2-7 1-4 5, Liv Whitemarsh 0-0 0-0 0, Sari Murphy 1-2 0-0 2, Kaytie Aanstad 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 20-44 17-24 58. 

SALT LAKE  

Simran Williams 1-6 0-0 3, Lyla Kahrimanovic 7-13 2-2 19, Ines Babaya 5-11 1-1 11, Tahys Da Sliva 6-14 1-1 15, Oyinkansola Soetan 3-12 2-5 8, Analeise Maharaj 2-2 0-0 6, Calonni Holloway 1-2 2-2 4, Ahnica Russell-Brown 1-1 0-0 3, Nani Tuigamala 0-0 0-0 0, Maria Ignatchenko 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 27-62 10-13 73. 

North Idaho    17    17    14    10    —    58 

Salt Lake    18    22    24    9    —    73 

3-point goals — NIC 1-7 (Collin 0-1, Freeman 1-4, Faleafa 0-2), SLCC 9-20 (Williams 1-1, Kahrimanovic 3-5, Babaya 0-4, Da Silva 2-6, Maharaj 2-2, Holloway 0-1, Russell-Brown 1-1). Rebounds — NIC 33 (Collin 7), SLCC 31 (Kahrimanovic 8). Assists — NIC 5 (Faleafa 2), SLCC 9 (Kahrimanovic, Babaya, Da Silva 2). Team fouls — NIC 17, SLCC 21. Fouled out — none. 

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