Lake City girls rally past Glacier
KALISPELL, Mont. - Jasmyn Smith missed her first seven 3-pointers Thursday night, but came through when it counted.
Smith's 3-pointer with less than a minute left gave Lake City a two-point lead, and the Timberwolves went on to beat host Glacier High 48-44 in nonleague play.
Lake City (6-4) trailed by five points before Hailey Jackson hit a 3-pointer with just over a minute left to pull the Timberwolves within two points. Glacier missed a shot after Smith's go-ahead bucket, and Jansen Butler hit two free throws with about 12 seconds left to seal it.
"We just never gave up, no matter how difficult it was to score for a time," Lake City coach Royce Johnston said. "We kept it together on defense. I told them we can win the game on the line if we're aggressive."
Lake City went 16 for 23 from the line. Jackson, Smith and Butler were a combined 8 for 8 from the line down the stretch as the T-Wolves got into the bonus with 5 minutes left, and made Glacier pay from the line.
Butler scored 17 points, Jackson 14 for Lake City. Jackson hit three 3-pointers, Butler two.
Cassidy Hashley, a 6-foot-2 sophomore post, scored a game-high 25 for Glacier (2-2).
Lake City plays Redmond (Ore.) on Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the first round of the Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational at North Idaho College.
Lake City 11 13 7 17 - 48
Glacier 6 19 7 12 - 44
LAKE CITY - Jackson 14, Butler 17, Smith 7, Wheelock 1, Gay 2, Hawkes 3, Heidenreich 4.
GLACIER - Cherry 7, Gilbertson 0, Hashley 25, Heavirland 8, Lybeck 3, Niebaum 1, Marks 0.
Coeur d'Alene 51
Flathead 22
COEUR d'ALENE - Caelyn Orlandi had 14 points and five assists and the Vikings rolled to an easy nonleague victory at Elmer Jordan Court.
Brittany Tackett had eight points and seven rebounds for Coeur d'Alene (8-2). Kendalyn Brainard had five rebounds, four steals and two assists, and Viking coach Dale Poffenroth praised her defense on Flathead post Jenessa Heine, who finished with four points.
Coeur d'Alene faces Skyline of Sammamish, Wash., on Tuesday in the first round of the Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational at North Idaho College.
Flathead 2 4 7 7 - 22
Coeur d'Alene 16 19 11 5 - 51
FLATHEAD - Andrews 2, Brenneman 2, Jones 2, O'Dell 5, Earnest 2, Ozegovich 3, Kreuger 2, Heine 4.
COEUR d'ALENE - S. Parker 2, Sumner 2, Chalich 0, Orlandi 14, C. Williams 3, K. Parker 7, Tackett 8, Legel 3, Brainard 0, S. Williams 12.
Lake City 63
Glacier 54
KALISPELL, Mont. - Riley Moreen had 17 points and seven rebounds, Luke Ness added 16 points, and Lake City (4-3) snapped a three-game losing streak with a nonleague victory over host Glacier (3-1).
After allowing 19 points in the first quarter, Lake City clamped down and held Glacier to three points in the second.
"We changed up defenses and became more focused defensively," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "We moved the ball better in the second half, took better shots and scored some easier baskets."
Kyle Griffitth scored a game-high 22 points for Glacier.
Kyle Guice scored 10 points for the Timberwolves, who play Chiawana of Pasco, Wash., in their opening game of the Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational at North Idaho College on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
Lake City 14 11 17 21 - 63
Glacier 19 3 13 19 - 54
LAKE CITY - Traverse 3, Pratt 8, Bevacqua 4, Murphy 0, Ross 0, Ness 16, Moreen 17, Guice 10, Winger 5.
GLACIER - Boy 2, Griffith 22, Epperly 7, Harkins 5, S. Peters 0, Iverson 0, M. Peters 0, Howllig 5, Edwards 13.