CALDWELL, Idaho –
Johnny Radford scored a career-high 21 points off the bench lifting The College of Idaho to a 93-79 victory over Walla Walla University inside the J.A. Albertson Activities Center.
The win for the No. 18-ranked Coyotes (9-3, 3-1 CCC) improved the squad to 20-0 all-time against the Wolves.
Radford was key in a pair of big runs for C of I – canning three consecutive 3-pointers in a 9-0 first half run that gave the hosts a 44-26 lead – adding a baseline jumper and a steal that led to a 3-point play after WWU (1-9, 0-4) had cut the margin to two early in the second half.
C of I made 52-percent of their field goals on the day (33-of-63), including a season-best 10 3-pointers.
The Wolves rode a 24-point afternoon from Zayne Browning to stay in the game – as consecutive buckets from Browning gave WWU their lone lead at 10-9 – and adding a driving lay-up, part of a 10-2 run that cut the margin to 56-54 at the 14-minute mark.
Andrew Vaughan his third 3-pointer of the game to get WWU within 72-67 with six minutes to play, but
Ricardo Time converted jumper and Radford drained a long triple to push the lead to 10 – a margin that would extend to 84-70 on a
Tyler Robinett trey.
Time scored a season-high 19 points – including four 3-pointers – with Robinett scoring a career-high 16 points and seven rebounds.
Drew Wyman added 13 points, with
Caden Handran posting four points, five rebounds and seven assists.
Vaughan scored 17 points and KiAndre Gaddy had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the loss for WWU.
C of I closes out their home portion of the 2021 schedule tomorrow, hosting No. 17-ranked Lewis-Clark State at 5 p.m.
