Cards defeat 24th ranked Bruins on the road

North Idaho 90 

Salt Lake 68 

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Sophomore Vaughn Weems had a game-high 36 points and 14 rebounds for the Cardinals in a Scenic West Athletic Conference win over the 24th ranked Bruins at Bruin Arena to snap a four-game conference losing streak. 

It is NIC's first win at Salt Lake since a 98-94 win on Jan. 28, 2016. 

Freshman Dace Pleasant had 21 points and six rebounds for NIC (12-10, 2-5 SWAC), which hosts Utah State-Eastern on Thursday. 

TCU commit Xavier Edmonds had 13 points and five rebounds for Salt Lake (15-7, 3-4). 

NIC outscored Salt Lake 44-26 in the paint. 

NORTH IDAHO 

Vaughn Weems 14-22 7-8 36, Deng Diew 2-4 3-6 7, Ne'quan Brown 3-6 1-2 8, Dace Pleasant 7-10 6-7 21, Tayshawn Colvin 0-0 5-6 5, Jeremiah Sibley 1-3 4-5 6, Sam Marbury 1-1 0-0 2, Bryce Henry 0-0 0-0 0, Ajayi Simmons 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 30-51 26-34 90. 

SALT LAKE  

Mason Bendinger 5-10 2-2 13, Trey Brown 3-10 4-6 11, Luke Smellie 1-3 0-0 2, Ethan Copeland 4-10 2-3 13, Xavier Edmonds 5-7 3-5 13, Sam Sivulich 0-0 0-0 0, Coen Collier 0-1 0-0 0, Chudi Anosike 4-9 1-2 10, Alvin Jackson III 2-5 0-0 6, Devin Carlson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-65 12-18 68. 

Halftime — NIC 41-37. 3-point goals — NIC 4-12 (Weems 1-2, Brown 1-3, Pleasant 1-3, Sibley 0-1, Simmons 1-3), SLCC 8-29 (Bendinger 1-3, Brown 1-3, Copeland 3-7, Edmonds 0-1, Sivulich 0-6, Anosike 1-4, Jackson III 2-5). Rebounds — NIC 45 (Weems 14), SLCC 26 (Edmonds 5). Assists — NIC 13 (Marbury 6), SLCC 14 (Brown, Smellie 4). Team fouls — NIC 21, SLCC 24. Fouled out — Brown, Edmonds. Technical fouls — Brown. 

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