Starting forward Ella Van Weelden led UNC with 12 points in a team-high 33 minutes played. The 10 other players who saw minutes all recorded at least a field goal, leading UNC to a season high
Led by Kolton Mitchell's 25 points, including the buzzer-beating 3-pointer, the Idaho Vandals defeated the Northern Colorado Bears 77-76 on Thursday night.
The College of Southern Idaho basketball teams were in action on Saturday as both the men’s and women’s teams hit the road to take on Colorado Northwestern Community College.
UNC’s loss snapped the conference-leading Bears’ 8-game winning streak dating to mid-December, and ended a 6-game winning streak to start the Big Sky Conference season.
I just looked up at the clock, to see how much time I had left,” Mitchell said on the Vandals’ postgame radio show. “I knew I wasn’t passing the ball ... I just let it fly. Honestly, I didn’t think it was going in.
Idaho is a really good team,” UNC coach Kristen Mattio said, adding Nelson is a dynamic player. “She did a good job of willing that team tonight to get that win.”
Idaho 68, Northern Colorado 57: Olivia Nelson collected a team-high 27 points and eight rebounds, and the Vandals (14-4, 6-1 Big Sky) built a double-digit halftime lead in a win over the Bears (8-10, 1-6) in Greeley, Colorado.
Northern Colorado 66, Eastern Washington 57: The Eagles trailed all but 4 minutes Saturday in Greeley, Colorado, and lost for the fourth game in a row, remaining winless on the road this season.
Northern Colorado will try to keep its three-game road win streak alive when the Bears face Idaho. The teams play Thursday for the first time this season.
Diego Campisano scored 19 points as Northern Arizona beat Idaho 80-72 on Saturday. Campisano went 6 of 9 from the field (5 for 7 from 3-point range) for the Lumberjacks (13-8, 4-4 Big Sky Conference).
Wisne 6-10 2-2 14, Bloch 1-8 0-0 2, Denker 5-9 0-0 12, Reynolds 5-8 11-11 22, Rillie 8-10 2-2 19, McCreary 1-4 1-2 3, Shields 1-2 0-4 2, Jackson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 28-53 16-21 76.
Led by Kolton Mitchell's 25 points, including the buzzer-beating 3-pointer, the Idaho Vandals defeated the Northern Colorado Bears 77-76 on Thursday night.