Defense carries Post Falls to easy road victory

MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Brooke Litalien led three players into double figures with 13 points and the Post Falls Trojans rolled past the Moses Lake Chiefs 64-26 in nonleague girls basketball action Tuesday night.

Post Falls (6-3) used a variety of pressure defenses to build a 46-10 halftime lead.

"We got some turnovers, got some easy baskets," Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. "Lexi Smith played real well - best game she's played for us."

Next Tuesday's game with Hermiston (Ore.) was canceled, so Post Falls returns to action at the Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational Dec. 27-29 at North Idaho College.

Post Falls 20 26 11 7 - 64

Moses Lake 7 3 9 7 - 26

POST FALLS - Waller 0, Gonzales 9, King 2, Franklin 10, Hedge 5, Smith 10, Litalien 13, Runkle 4, Failor 6, Perrin 5.

MOSES LAKE - Gamez 6, Kurijara 1, Garcia 3, Lubing 0, Koon 0, Olson 7, Wilks 1, Lefave 0, Stevens 5, Nielsen 3.

Lakeland 58

East Valley 54

SPOKANE - Darby Murray had 15 points and 10 assists, and hit three 3-pointers in the third quarter to lead the Hawks past the Knights in a nonleague game.

"We started to knock down a few more shots," said Lakeland coach Steve Seymour of the third quarter. "We were in foul trouble early, but being able to stay out of it and Darby hitting those shots was big. That was a good double-double for her."

Cieana Close scored 10 points for Lakeland (5-4), which travels to Colville on Thursday.

Lakeland 14 13 20 11 - 58

East Valley 17 10 14 13 - 54

LAKELAND - Tapplin 6, Murray 15, Bayley 2, Ward 6, Coder 3, Wendle 2, Duffey 5, Close 10, Jewell 6, Derby 3.

EAST VALLEY - Bellomy 7, Sol 2, Rankin 6, Brady 0, Reynolds 7, Wallman 9, Phan 0, Connors 9, Munns 5, Christiansen 0.

Lakeside 55

Cd'A Charter 37

COEUR d'ALENE - Avery Brown-Sonder scored a game-high 16 points to lead the visiting Knights past the Panthers in a nonleague game at Holy Family Catholic School.

"We just lost focus after the first quarter," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Logan Grant said. "Our first quarter was really good and everyone was playing well. But we just lost focus, didn't execute and couldn't hang onto the ball."

Shannon Miller scored 11 points for Lakeside (1-6), which travels to Mullan on Thursday.

Lexi Turkenburg had 15 points and seven steals and Sarah Haman had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Coeur d'Alene Charter (2-8), which travels to Clark Fork on Thursday.

Lakeside 10 15 13 17 - 55

Cd'A Charter 12 5 4 16 - 37

LAKESIDE - Louie 3, Duncan 9, Davis 7, Whaley 2, Miller 12, Haynes 2, Nilson 2, Wakan 2, Brown-Sonder 16.

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Turkenburg 15, Verhaeghe 8, Johnson 2, Haman 14, Babich 0, Ployhar 0, Rinaldi 0.

Christian Center 43

N.I. Christian 15

LIBERTY LAKE - Lindsey Howard scored 17 points to lead the Lions past the Royals in a Mountain Christian League game at the HUB Sports Center.

Brynn Kuetemeyer scored 13 points for Christian Center (4-0, 4-0 MCL), which competes in the Tri-State tournament Dec. 28-29 at the HUB.

Amanda Hobson scored eight points for North Idaho Christian (5-2, 1-2), which hosts Christian Heritage on Friday at Canfield.

N.I Christian 6 3 3 3 - 15

Christian Center 11 8 9 15 - 43

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hobson 6, Shanley 1, Kaschmitter 1, Gjerve 2, Gwin 2, McCauley 1, Murison 0, Haag 0, Shaw 1, Ward 1.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Kramer 8, Howard 17, Purvis 4, Harryman 4, Kuetemeyer 13, Engels 0, Dixon 0, Hawkins 0.