Cards fall to Golden Eagles

Southern Idaho 85 

North Idaho 52 

COEUR d'ALENE — The host Cardinals, battling for the fourth and final spot in the Region 18 tournament, fell to the first-place Golden Eagles in Scenic West Athletic Conference play at Rolly Williams Court. 

Ashley Garner scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for CSI (25-3, 11-2 SWAC), ranked No. 7 in the NJCAA, which led 38-18 at halftime. 

Karsyn Freeman led NIC (10-16, 5-8) with 20 points. 

NIC is tied with Snow (17-11, 5-8) for the fourth and final spot in the Region 18 tournament. 

NIC plays host to Snow (17-11, 5-8) on Thursday and Utah State-Eastern (19-9, 10-3) on Saturday to wrap up the regular season. 

SOUTHERN IDAHO 

Chloe Jensen 1-5 2-2 5, Samara Morrow 2-8 0-0 4, Lea Nadolny 1-3 1-2 3, Savannah Stoker 4-10 2-2 11, Ashley Garner 4-5 14-14 22, Eva Birkeland 5-10 0-0 15, Calyn Wood 4-8 1-2 12, Maci Hess 2-6 2-2 6, Ziah Greybull 1-3 0-0 2, Naomi Senato 1-2 1-2 3, Hedi Erdelyi 0-1 2-4 2, Cambrie Waterhouse 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 25-62 25-32 85. 

NORTH IDAHO 

Chloe Collin 2-3 2-2 6, Karsyn Freeman 8-15 2-4 20, Diana Nelson 1-9 2-4 4, Summer Faleafa 2-8 0-0 5, Sari Murphy 0-0 2-2 2, Ripeka Edwards 2-4 0-0 4, Molly Axell 0-3 1-2 1, Liv Whitemarsh 2-9 0-0 6, Kaytie Aanstad 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 18-53 11-16 52. 

CSI     17    21    20    27    —    85 

NIC     9    9    11    23    —    52 

3-point goals: CSI 10-25 (Jensen 1-4, Morrow 0-2, Nadolny 0-2, Stoker 1-1, Birkeland 5-9, Wood 3-7); NIC 5-22 (Collin 0-1, Freeman 2-5, Faleafa 1-4, Edwards 0-1, Axell 0-3, Whitemarsh 2-8). Rebounds: CSI 42 (Garner 14); NIC 32 (Collin 7). Assists: CSI 11 (Morrow 3), NIC 5 (Freeman 4). Fouled out: Faleafa. Total fouls: CSI 17, NIC 25). 

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