NIC Women’s Basketball finish season

NIC’s Women’s Basketball’s efforts this year have led to an 18-13 overall record, and some exciting games before their march into regionals.

The Lady Cards suffered a close loss against Utah State University 65-71, before closing out their final home game with an overwhelming victory against Colorado Northwest Community College 78-35 on sophomore night.

NIC defended the basket well. No one from CNCC was able to score double digits and as a team they shot a miserable 25 percent from the field. Centers Panisesi “Princess” Taimani and Caitlyn Behmer led the Lady Cards in scoring with 16 points apiece. The NIC guards dominated the turnover margins combining for 14 steals.

Their victory over Snow College ended in a bucket from freshman Guard Monica Landdeck in the last five seconds of the game to secure a 67-66 win.

Landdeck and Princess scored 13 points each. Kara Staggs made it rain; she led the Lady Cards with 18 points.

“She (Landdeck) is having a great freshman year,” Coach Chris Carlson said. “She’s hit a lot for us.”

The final regular season game ended in a loss against Salt Lake Community College 62-53.

The Cardinals lost in the turnover margin by seven. In the losing effort, Landdeck scored 16 points, 4-7 from three-point range.

Players Monica Landdeck (127-317{FG}, 54-152{3PT}, 347), Kara Staggs (135-353{FG}, 64-189{3PT}, 452), and (So, Power Forward) Panisesi Taimani (132-265{FG}, 46-70{3PT}, 313) have been a few of the key players in the final parts of the season.