NIC women’s basketball routs Eastern Utah

The fifth-ranked North Idaho College women’s basketball team defeated Utah State University-Eastern Utah 69-49 Feb. 7 at Rolly Williams Court.

Georgia Stirton had nine points and went two-for-two from the 3-point line. Katie Buskey finished right ahead of her with 10 points, including six-for-six from the free-throw line.

“It was good to bounce back from our last loss,” said NIC head coach Chris Carlson. “It was good to get things going again.”

NIC led Utah 30-23 at the half.

Angela Woods heated up in the second half with back-to-back 3-pointers. Woods had 12 points. Kabri Emerson followed closely behind her with 11 points.

“We were man-to-man and it was great overall defense to hold them to 49 points,” Carlson said.

Gabriela Borges of Eastern Utah received a technical foul for swinging her arms at Mollie Kramer toward the end of the game. Kramer missed both technical foul shots, but made her two personal foul shots.

“They got a little physical and you can’t just swing your arms, so the refs did a good thing by giving her a technical,” Carlson said.