Lady Cards Take Care of Columbia Basin

NIC Women’s basketball team (14-4, 4-2) rallied to beat Columbia Basin (10-8, 1-5) 83-66 at home Monday night.

Halle Eborall looks to lock up a CBC guard defensively in their 83-66 win. Photo by Gerry McCray.

Four players finished with double-digit points including Alex Carlton, Keara Simpson, Alivia Williams and Heidi Sellman. Carlton led the Cards in points with 17, and shot three of five from downtown to improve her league-leading three-point percentage to 48.6 percent.

“She has played really well and just keeps getting better all the time,” head coach Chris Carlson said. “We’re a tough guard on the inside and to have Sydnie [Peterson] out there, and [Zosha Krupa], [Alivia Williams] and now Alex [Carlton] knocking down threes like that, it makes us better.”

Down 24-14 with eight minutes left in the second quarter, NIC rallied behind strong performances from Sellman and Carlton, who finished the quarter with 19 of the team’s 24 points on eight of 10 shooting to take a 38-33 lead.

Sydnie Peterson shoots a three over a CBC defender. Photo by Gerry McCray.

Once NIC took the lead in the second quarter, they never looked back despite a strong effort from CBC star Alexis Castro, who poured in 38 points in the contest.

Next up for the sixth-ranked Cards is a game in Spokane to take on the Sasquatch (15-4, 4-3) on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m. before returning home to host Yakima Valley (11-8, 2-5) on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m.