Sandpoint loses to Moscow at buzzer

SANDPOINT - It was a crushing loss for Sandpoint, which led for nearly the entire game before a wild buzzer beater propelled Moscow to a thrilling 38-36 win over the Bulldogs in a 4A Inland Empire League opener Saturday night at Les Rogers Court.

Maggie Kirscher scored a game-high 16 points, and helped the Bulldogs (3-3, 0-1 4A IEL) take a commanding 12-2 lead after the first quarter.

Sandpoint still held a six-point lead with four minutes left when Kirscher fouled out and the Bears (2-5, 1-0) promptly seized momentum. The Bears went up for the first time in the game with under a minute left, before Jordan Speelmon put Sandpoint back up 36-35 with two clutch free throws.

After the Bears tied the game at 36-36 with 13 seconds left, things appeared headed to overtime when Moscow guard Brittnay Davis nailed a buzzer beating scoop shot as she was falling to the ground, setting off a wild celebration.

Bulldogs coach Lance Bruce said his team's 13 second-half turnovers and Moscow's 17 offensive rebounds ultimately proved the difference.

"You feel like you're in control but you know they're (Bears) going to make a run," a disappointed Bruce said. "We got hesitant when Maggie fouled out. We got tentative and played not to lose instead of playing to win; we quit attacking."

Hailey Olin tallied eight points, six rebounds and five assists in defeat, and Kara Bruce added three points, four rebounds and four steals.

Sophomore Chloe Quinnett, daughter of former Washington State Cougar and New York Knicks forward Brian Quinnett, scored nine points to lead the Bears. Her older sister Abi Quinnett, a senior who has signed with Idaho, was lost for the season a few weeks ago with a torn ACL.

Sandpoint is at Kellogg on Wednesday.

Moscow 2 15 6 15 - 38

Sandpoint 12 11 8 5 - 36

MOSCOW - Davis 7, Bigler 4, Gorton 4, Landeck 3, B. Sprenger 1, Olmstead 0, K. Sprenger 2, Anderson 8, C. Quinnett 9.

SANDPOINT - Van Ooyen 2, Corless 2, Kirscher 16, Young 0, Alamillo 2, Speelmon 3, Bruce 3, Olin 8.

Coeur d'Alene 49

Southridge (Ore.) 48

BEAVERTON, Ore. - Sydney Williams' tip-in at the buzzer lifted the Vikings over host Southridge in the third-place game at the Nike Northwest Invitational.

Down one with 25 seconds to play, Coeur d'Alene had to foul three times to get Southridge into the bonus.

After a Southridge miss, the Vikings finally secured the rebound with 12 seconds to go and Caelyn Orlandi brought the ball across half court and passed to Kendalyn Brainard, who then got it to Erin Legel, whose jumper missed the mark. Williams was able to tip the ball back up and in as the horn sounded.

"The ball was literally on the iron when it went off," Coeur d'Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. "It was a great game - both teams played hard."

Poffenroth said the game was back and forth the whole way. Southridge's biggest lead (six) was in the first quarter, and the Vikings' largest advantage (five) was in the third.

Orlandi led Coeur d'Alene with 21 points and added three assists. Williams grabbed eight rebounds and had four points, and Legel had 10 points. Kendalyn Brainard scored six points and had seven boards.

Jordyn Peacock led Southridge with 11 points.

The Vikings (5-2) host Shadle Park on Saturday.

Southridge 13 11 11 8 - 48

Coeur d'Alene 11 12 16 10 - 49

SOUTHRIDGE - Rose 4, Backmin 6, Durran 9, Loi 12, Dummer 3, Peacock 11, Hansen 3.

COEUR d'ALENE - S. Parker 0, Orlandi 21, K. Parker 6, Tackett 2, Legel 10, Brainard 6, S. Williams 4.

University 44

Post Falls 36

SPOKANE - The visiting Trojans shot a chilly 20 percent (11 of 55) from the floor in the nonleague loss to the Titans.

"Basically they just killed us on the boards - and we shot (20) percent," Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. "Our initial defense was pretty good, but we gave up way too many offensive rebounds."

Brooke Litalien led Post Falls (4-3) with 14 points. Dani Failor had six rebounds, but was hampered by foul trouble, which hurt the Trojans on the boards, Allert said.

Hallie Gennett scored 13 points for University (2-0), which beat Lake City 64-36 on Wednesday.

Post Falls travels to Cheney on Wednesday.

Post Falls 10 5 6 15 - 36

University 4 14 12 14 - 44

POST FALLS - Gonzales 3, King 9, Franklin 0, Smith 3, Litalien 14, Runkle 2, Failor 3, Perrin 2.

UNIVERSITY - Clark 2, Berdar 0, Valley 8, Gennett 13, Shillam 2, Hawley 3, Clutter 0, Thornton 2, Rotchford 2, Peterson 4, Woods 0, Collins 7.

Timberlake 48

Medical Lake 29

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - Kara Wenstrom scored 15 of her 25 points in the first half to lead the Tigers past the Cardinals in nonleague play.

Using a man-to-man full-court press, Timberlake (2-2) outscored Medical Lake (0-2) 13-0 in the second quarter to break it open.

"We got some buckets off of some pressure; the pressure got to them," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "We played extremely hard as a team; we just flew around all over the place. I was happy with our energy and communication on defense."

Timberlake travels to Wallace on Thursday.

Timberlake 10 13 10 15 - 48

Medical Lake 9 0 9 11 - 29

TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 25, George 4, Malloy 7, Mason 1, Hoffman 4, Madsen 5, Posch 2, Norlander 2.

MEDICAL LAKE - Evans 6, W. Wren 1, Trout 2, Wagner 3, Petersen 6, Kester 2, B. Wren 3, Biesecher 4.

Kellogg 45

Lakeside 31

PLUMMER - Jessie Gibbons scored 13 points and Kellogg beat Lakeside in nonleague play.

Michelle Whaley and Avery Brown-Sonder led Lakeside with seven points apiece.

Lakeside (0-4) plays at Post Falls junior varsity Monday. Kellogg (5-2) hosts Sandpoint on Wednesday.

Kellogg 10 9 15 11 - 45

Lakeside 4 9 7 11 - 31

KELLOGG - Garner 4, Flores 0, Gibbons 13, Stewart 6, Raineo 2, Shepard 2, Carter 7, Arthur 7, Cooper 2, Gable 2, Hadley 0.

LAKESIDE - Louie 3, Duncan-Hall 1, Davis 0, Whaley 7, R. Haynes 0, Miller 6, A. Haynes 0, Christina Nilson 1, Wakan 6, Brown-Sonder 7.

N.I. Christian 48

The Oaks 29

COEUR d'ALENE - Amanda Hopson had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Royals in their Mountain Christian League opener at Canfield Middle School.

Alex Gwin added 12 points, Kana Shanley had seven points, six assists and eight steals, and Kate Gjevre had seven rebounds for North Idaho Christian (2-0, 1-0 MCL), which travels to Pullman Christian on Tuesday.

The Oaks 12 3 3 11 - 29

N.I. Christian 12 10 9 17 - 48

THE OAKS - Coffey 2, D. Modderman 5, Lewis 0, Gibson 7, Woodruff 6, Kim 3, S. Modderman 4, Blaine 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hopson 13, Shanley 7, Kaschmitter 5, Gjevre 1, Gwin 12, McCauley 2, Murison 2, Vernon 4, Ward 2, Shaw 0.