Cardinal women fall in home finale

Utah State-Eastern 64 

North Idaho 49 

COEUR d'ALENE — The Cardinals concluded the season with a Scenic West Athletic Conference loss to the Eagles of Price, Utah, at Rolly Williams Court. 

Karsyn Freeman, a freshman from Adna, Wash., had 16 points and three assists for NIC, which finished 10-18, 5-10. The Cardinals were eliminated from postseason contention Thursday when they lost to Snow.

Utah State-Eastern (20-10, 11-4) will be the second seed to the Region 18 Tournament March 12-13 at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls and face third-seeded Salt Lake (21-9, 10-5). 

Top-seeded CSI (26-4, 12-3) will face Snow (19-11, 7-8) of Ephraim, Utah, in the other semifinal. 

UTAH STATE-EASTERN 

Avery Sanders 0-7 0-0 0, Addasyn Scrivner 3-6 4-6 10, Marlee Piper 4-18 1-2 19, Skylie Barker 9-16 2-2 25, Alyssa Whittaker 1-8 5-6 7, Addison Tanner 3-4 1-3 7, Brynn Wagner 0-0 0-0 0, Mia Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Amiah Timothy 0-0 0-0 0, Anaiya Nelson 2-4 1-1 6, Logyn Howell 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 22-67 14-20 64. 

NORTH IDAHO 

Chloe Collin 4-14 1-2 10, Karsyn Freeman 7-16 1-3 16, Ripeka Edwards 1-5 0-0 3, Molly Axell 2-9 2-2 7, Summer Faleafa 2-7 0-0 4, Diana Nelson 0-3 0-0 0, Liv Whitemarsh 1-1 0-0 2, Sari Murphy 2-2 0-0 5, Kaytie Aanstad 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 20-59 4-7 49. 

Utah State-Eastern    14    16    25    9    —    64 

North Idaho        17    8    14    10    —    49 

3-point goals — USE 6-28 (Sanders 0-4, Pieper 0-5, Barker 5-10, Whittaker 0-4, Tanner 0-1, Nelson 1-3, Howell 0-1), NIC 5-19 (Collin 1-5, Freeman 1-3, Edwards 1-2, Axell 1-6, Faleafa 0-2, Murphy 1-1). Rebounds — USE 43 (Pieper 10), NIC 34 (Collin 12). Assists — USE 10 (Sanders, Williams 3), NIC 11 (Collin, Freeman 3). Team fouls — USE 9, NIC 17. Fouled out — none.  

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