Lady Cards notch first conference win

RANGELY, Colo. — Summer Faleafa, a sophomore from Auckland, New Zealand, had 17 points and eight rebounds for the Cardinals in a Scenic West Athletic Conference win over the Spartans to snap a four-game losing streak. 

Freshman Kaytie Aanstad from Scobey, Mont., had 12 points and Diana Nelson, a freshman from Timberlake High, added 11 points for the Cardinals. 

"We got a lot of deflections that led to fast breaks in the first half," NIC coach Nathan Covill said. "Summer, Diana and Kaytie had a good night scoring the ball. We really shared the ball well in the first half and I was glad we were able to take care of the ball well enough to get a win." 

NIC (6-10, 1-2 SWAC) hosts Utah State-Eastern on Thursday. 

Colorado Northwestern is 1-18, 0-4. 

NORTH IDAHO 

Chloe Collin 2-7 2-2 6, Karsyn Freeman 3-11 0-0 6, Diana Nelson 5-5 1-1 11, Ripeka Edwards 1-2 0-0 2, Summer Faleafa 6-9 2-4 17, Molly Axell 3-8 0-0 8, Liv Whitemarsh 3-5 0-0 8, Sari Murphy 0-1 2-2 2, Kaytie Aanstad 6-6 0-0 12. Totals 29-54 7-9 72. 

COLORADO NORTHWESTERN 

Shyann Fabes 5-9 1-1 12, Ariana Strain 3-7 0-0 7, Eden Erickson 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor Jones 5-15 3-4 13, Alicia Denard 0-1 0-0 0, Alivia Hutton 2-5 2-4 7, Anessa Maefield 0-1 0-0 0, Bayleigh Walling 0-2 1-2 1, Shunbaah Begay 0-0 0-0 0, Natalie Pineda 3-5 0-0 9, Zavriela Garcia 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-46 7-11 49. 

North Idaho        23    20    14    15    —    72 

Colorado Northwestern    8    11    12    18    —    49 

3-point goals — NIC 7-17 (Collin 0-3, Edwards 0-1, Faleafa 3-5, Axell 2-5, Whitemarsh 2-3), CNCC 6-18 (Farbes 1-2, Strain 1-4, Jones 0-3, Hutton 1-2, Maefield 0-1, Walling 0-2, Pineda 3-4). Rebounds — NIC 33 (Faleafa 8), NIC 22 (Denard 5). Assists — NIC 15 (Freeman 7), CNCC 7 (Pineda 2). Team fouls — NIC 12, CNCC 10. Fouled out — none. 

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