Trojans can't stop Garcia late in loss

KENNEWICK, Wash. - Alex Garcia scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter as the Kennewick Lions rallied to beat the Post Falls Trojans 76-71 in a nonleague game on Tuesday night.

"He just got unconscious hot," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "He hit two deep 3s and a deep 2 to break it open and a pair of free throws late to seal it."

Joey Pfennigs had 10 points and 15 rebounds and Corey Koski 23 points and eight rebounds for Post Falls (2-1), which hosts Richland on Friday. The Trojans shot 14 of 28 from the free throw line and finished 18 of 35 from the field.

"We had some lulls in the third and fourth quarter," McLean said. "We need to be able to make our free throws, but we'll get better from this."

Post Falls 23 18 11 19 - 71

Kennewick 14 21 13 28 - 76

POST FALLS - McKeown 1, Pfennigs 10, Hillman 2, Gondo 0, Anderson 11, McCullough 5, Franklin 0, Thompson 19, Bowers 0, Koski 23.

KENNEWICK - Garcia 17, J. Wuol 17, Mueller 4, Fernandez 3, Kutze 3, DeWitt 2, D. Plew 8, Pennacour 8, C. Plew 5, Vargas 3, Y. Wuol 6.

West Valley 71

Lakeland 27

SPOKANE - Forward Jay Love scored 23 points for West Valley, which shot 27 of 41 from the field in a nonleague win over the visiting Hawks.

"He shot the ball incredibly well," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said of Love's performance. "He's one of the best players in Spokane. Some of their shots, we had a hand in his face and he was still knocking down shots."

Hawks wing Auston Henry had three assists. Post Derek Bayley had five rebounds.

Lakeland (2-1) plays Thursday at Colville.

Lakeland 9 7 4 7 - 27

West Valley 18 22 22 9 - 71

LAKELAND - Rim 5, Bosworthy 0, Cooper 0, Derrick 11, Rose 0, Henry 4, Bayley 3, Plunkett 4, Ray 0.

WEST VALLEY - LaBoy 2, Rice 1, Hall 16, Ray 0, Herford 21, Hasler 3, Folkins 5, Love 23.

Wallace 64

Cd'A Charter 31

COEUR d'ALENE - Gavin Rasmussen scored 18 points to lead the Miners past the Panthers in a nonleague game at Holy Family Catholic School.

Chris Adams had 16 points and five rebounds for Coeur d'Alene Charter (0-4), which hosts Kootenai on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Brock Arthun scored 14 points for Wallace (3-1), which hosts the North Star League tournament Friday and Saturday at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Wallace 18 20 19 7 - 64

Cd'A Charter 7 8 3 13 - 31

WALLACE - Owens 8, Little 6, Rasmussen 18, Berman 0, Lemieux 0, Brantley 4, Arthun 14, Bayer 0, Brain 2, Browning 12.

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Lundblad 2, Pennings 4, May 0, Putren 0, Johnson 6, Balov 0, Adams 16, Whealon 4, Rubalcaba 2, Follini 0.

Lakeside 63

Potlatch 25

POTLATCH - Lakeside dismantled Potlatch in nonleague play, racing to a 39-8 halftime lead on its way to a rout.

"We had our way with them today," Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. "That's how it goes sometimes."

Marcus Pluff finished with 13 points, six rebounds and three assists for the Knights.

"Marcus had a pretty solid night," Dohrman said. "Joe Brown had a really good night. We had four players in double figures. When we do that, we can be pretty tough to beat."

Lakeside (2-1) next plays at home in the North Star League tournament, playing Kootenai at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

Lakeside 19 20 17 7 - 63

Potlatch 8 0 11 6 - 25

LAKESIDE - Stensgar 2, Pluff 13, Meshell 12, Schatz 4, Abrahamson 0, Kolar 0, Zahir 2, Damon 0, Nilson 14, Mitchel 0, Brown 16.

POTLATCH - Hogaboam 0, Miller 4, Richardson 0, Richards 12, Hites 4, Heffler 2, Gottchalk 0, Bowles 1, Grant 2, Curtis 0.

Christian Heritage 59

Genesis Prep 54

POST FALLS - Jacob Rossey scored 25 points to lead the Patriots of Edwall, Wash., past the Jaguars in a Mountain Christian League game at Real Life Ministries.

Ty Brearley had 12 points and nine rebounds for Genesis Prep (2-4, 0-4 MCL), which hosts Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday at Real Life Ministries.

Christian Heritage 17 13 18 11 - 59

Genesis Prep 18 17 10 9 - 54

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Rossey 25, Herron 15, Cousins 11, Smith 4, Rviejo 2, Rickett 2, Cao 0, L. Hemenway 0, G. Hemenway 0.

GENESIS PREP - Brearley 12, Howard 9, Gifford 9, Harris 9, Buer 6, Myles 5, Chisum 4, Schroeder 0.