PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Timberlake clutch at the line in win over E. Valley
SPOKANE - Jon Thompson had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Timberlake Tigers, who shot 16 of 17 from the free-throw line - including 14 of 15 in the fourth quarter, in a nonleague win against the East Valley Knights on Tuesday night.
Johnny Hayden scored 16 points, Keegan Scott had 13 points and six steals and Trevor Masterson added 13 points for Timberlake (5-1), which hosts Riverside on Friday.
"They jumped up on us early on, but I thought our defense played well," Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. "It was nice to see four guys score in double figures. We played unselfish tonight and a lot of different guys contributed."
Timberlake 10 14 15 26 - 65
East Valley 11 8 11 16 - 46
TIMBERLAKE - Rice 0, Cramer 5, McNamera 4, Masterson 13, Hayden 16, Foster 0, Blayne 0, Scott 13, Allen 2, Thompson 12.
EAST VALLEY - Zurfluh 0, George 0, Keplin 4, Jordan 3, Phelan 11, Hofstee 10, Dusenberry 0, Brown 14, Taylor 4, Erickson 0.
Pullman 60
Lakeland 46
RATHDRUM - Scott Simpson had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Hawks, who saw a three-game winning streak come to an end with a nonleague loss to Pullman at Hawk Court.
"They came out pretty quick and got some early transition points," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. "They kind of jumped out on us, but we got within eight with 2:30 remaining, but they did a good job of protecting their lead."
Matt Horne and Tyrel Derrick had 11 points each for Lakeland (4-3), which travels to Post Falls on Friday for the Prairie Pig spirit game.
Corey Langerveld scored 25 points for Pullman.
Pullman 18 14 15 13 - 60
Lakeland 8 10 13 15 - 46
PULLMAN - Shirey 0, Martin 4, Pitzer 5, Peterson 0, Ungerer 11, Therrien 0, Cillay 2, Langerveld 25, Miles 2.
LAKELAND - Opland 10, Horne 11, Carr 2, Derrick 11, Millsap 0, Stanford 0, Simpson 12, McCabe 0.
Kootenai 66
Mullan 41
HARRISON FLATS - Jake Pfeiffer had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the Warriors past the Tigers in a North Star League game.
"It was a good game," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "We came out and had a great first half. In the second half, Mullan was more aggressive and started to attack more defensively and hit some 3-pointers to close the gap but we were able to pull away in the fourth."
Morgan Willms scored 17 points for Kootenai (4-2, 2-0 NSL), which travels to Potlatch on Saturday.
T.J. Placencio scored 15 points for Mullan (1-9, 0-3), which hosts Coeur d'Alene Charter on Thursday.
Mullan 7 6 16 12 - 41
Kootenai 17 16 11 22 - 66
MULLAN - Sadler 10, Barnes 0, Henderson 7, Dykes 0, Placencio 15, C. Johnson 0, P. Johnson 9.
KOOTENAI - Butler 0, Napierala 7, Whipple 11, Mo. Willms 17, Benson 2, Ma. Willms 5, Pfeiffer 17, Schultz 4, Ausman 3.
House of the Lord 41
N.I. Christian 40
PRIEST RIVER - North Idaho Christian rallied from 12 points down in the fourth quarter to take a 40-39 lead, but Ryan Meyer's two free throws with 2 seconds remaining gave House of the Lord a Mountain Christian League victory.
John Connelly scored 12 points for North Idaho Christian (1-7, 1-5), Jeremiah Chersin had seven points and seven rebounds, and Nathan Osterberg added nine rebounds, five blocks and four points.
North Idaho Christian hosts Christian Heritage on Friday at Canfield Middle School.
N. I. Christian 2 15 9 14 - 40
H. of the Lord 11 11 14 5 - 41
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Sheetz 5, Osterberg 4, Jesensky 2, Booth 6, Chersin 7, Schreibeis 2, J. Connelly 12, Burke 2.
HOUSE OF THE LORD - Beverna 10, Schultz 9, Meyers 8, Engblom 7, A. Jeter 3, I. Jeter 4.