Hillman the 'man' for Trojans
POST FALLS - Michael Hillman had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the top-ranked Post Falls Trojans in a 55-41 win over the Lewiston Bengals in a 5A Inland Empire League game at The Arena on Saturday.
"It was a great night for Michael," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "As a coaching staff, that's what we'd call a man's game. I thought we did a good job in the second half and settled down defensively and made them work for their shots."
Marcus Colbert added 20 points for Post Falls (11-0, 1-0 5A IEL), which travels to Lake City on Tuesday.
Sam Heitzman had 14 points for Lewiston (5-7, 0-2).
Lewiston 14 12 5 10 - 41
Post Falls 12 16 15 12 - 55
LEWISTON - Fuentes 4, Pedersen 0, Madsen 5, Scott 3, Gaskill 1, Heitzman 14, Larson 8, Hazens 6, Boyer 0.
POST FALLS - Davenport 0, Anderson 4, Valente 3, Thoreson 3, Jackson 1, Colbert 20, Benner 0, Hillman 15, Koski 9, Shelton 0.
Moscow 60
Sandpoint 47
MOSCOW - Ryan Schwartz and Jackson Olin combined for 37 points, but a slow start proved costly as the Bulldogs lost to the Bears in a 4A Inland Empire League showdown at Bear Den.
Olin made 7 of 13 field goals en route to a game-high 20 points for Sandpoint (4-8, 0-2 4A IEL), and Ryan Schwartz finished 5-6 from beyond the arc, including a four point play, but a 15-3 first quarter deficit was ultimately the difference.
"Those two guys carried us," said Bulldogs coach Lance Bruce of his senior scoring tandem. "We need to make sure a couple other guys chip in. We picked it up in the second half and made a nice run, pulling it to eight. There were a lot of things tonight that we got better at."
Dan McGurkin scored 15 points to lead the Bears (5-6, 2-0).
Sandpoint is at Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday.
Sandpoint 3 16 9 18 - 47
Moscow 15 20 10 16 - 60
SANDPOINT - N. Schwartz 3, Burgstahler 4, Nitcy 0, R. Schwartz 17, Nelson 3, Olin 20, Howk 0, Couch 0.
MOSCOW - Helbling 10, Snyder 5, Donaldson 2, Randall 4, Pennington 9, McGurkin 15, Brooks 13, Ellison 2.
Lakeside 48
Wallace 31
PLUMMER - Joseph Chapman had 12 points, seven rebounds, six steals and three assists to lead the Knights past the Miners in a North Star League game.
"Our defensive intensity was great from the start tonight," Lakeside coach Bill Brebner said. "We kind of got them out of rhythm with some of our sets, but to hold them to two points in the second quarter was a terrific job."
Jonathon Nomee added 10 points and Lamont Higgins had nine points and 12 rebounds for Lakeside (7-4, 2-0 NSL), which travels to Troy on Monday.
Casey McKinnon scored 10 points for Wallace (4-5, 1-1), which travels to Kellogg on Tuesday.
Wallace 11 2 6 13 - 31
Lakeside 17 11 12 8 - 48
WALLACE - Brackebusch 7, Beard 4, Zanetti 0, Brady 0, Arthun 5, McKinnon 10, Branz 1, Dellinger 1, Wilburn 0, Ga. Rasmussen 3, Gr. Rasmussen 0.
LAKESIDE - Higgins 9, Sneve 0, Flemming-Soto 8, Chapman 12, Nomee 10, Gallegos 3, Meshell 2, Nilson 0, Smith 2, Ja. Brown 0, Juneau 2.
Grace Bible 42
Christian Center 38
POST FALLS - Ben Thruman scored 19 points to lead Grace Bible past Christian Center School in Mountain Christian League play at River City Middle School.
Dennis Chekota had 17 points and 15 rebounds for Christian Center (3-4, 3-4), which plays Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.
Grace Bible (5-4, 4-4) plays Pullman Christian School on Tuesday at the HUB.
Grace Bible 18 5 6 13 - 42
Christian Center 15 5 6 12 - 38
GRACE BIBLE - Thruman 19, Madsen 0, Nordhausen 7, Schaefer 4, Collier 8, Connelly 6, Peabody 0.
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Kondryszyn 4, Chekota 17, Kuetemeyer 3, Kile 3, Yetter 3, Storm 8, Harryman 0.