COEUR d'ALENE INN-VITATIONAL: McCullough powers Trojans to title game
COEUR d'ALENE - Max McCullough scored 21 points and Dalton Thompson followed with 20 points for the Post Falls Trojans, who advanced to tonight's championship game of the Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational with a 100-44 victory over the Lapwai Wildcats on Tuesday at Rolly Williams Court.
Post Falls (9-0) jumped out to a 49-19 halftime lead.
"I was really happy with how we played defensively," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "Our goal was to hold them to 44 points. We knew with the way they like to play, there would be a lot of possessions because of the fast pace."
Post Falls outrebounded Lapwai 38-20.
"I was really happy with our defense and rebounding," McLean said. "I really thought we wore them down."
Post Falls will face Wilson (Ore.) in the championship game tonight at 5:30.
Post Falls 19 30 24 27 - 100
Lapwai 8 11 16 9 - 41
POST FALLS - McLean 2, W.Millsap 10, McCullough 21, Anderson 5, Flaa 11, English 8, Thompson 20, Hillman 3, J. Millsap 12, Blakeny 8.
LAPWAI - Wilson 1, Miles-Williams 7, Henry 2, Mitchell 12, Shawl 10, I. Miles-Williams 4, Peters 0, E. Miles 6, Taylor III 2.
Wilson 70, Coeur d'Alene 43: Dom Hammond scored 19 points to lead the Rams past the Vikings in a semifinal game.
"Their team speed just killed us," Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. "They played awfully well and we weren't prepared to play a team at that speed level. We didn't handle their pressure defense very well and just got worked."
Tony Naccarato had 10 points and eight rebounds, Colby Daniels eight points and Joey Naccarato had six points and eight rebounds for Coeur d'Alene (6-3), which faces Lapwai today at 3:30 p.m.
Mountain View 59, Vanier 41: Ben Godusevic scored 13 points to lead Mountain View (4-4) past G.P. Vanier in a consolation game.
Bryce Olsen scored 15 for Vanier (15-4), which had several turnovers against Mountain View's full-court press.
Ridgeview 57, Prairie 54: Further details were not available.
Mountain View (4-4) was led in scoring by Ben Godusevic, who scored 13 points. Andrew Elkins added 11.
Bryce Olsen scored 15 for Vanier (15-4), which had several turnovers against Mountain View's full-court press.
Vanier 17 8 5 11 - 41
Mountain View 3 18 17 16 - 59
VANIER - Sebolleros 2, Storgaard 8, Strachan 3, Jungwirth 0, Knopp 8, Olsen 15, Hobenshield 4, Balon 0.
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Jacobi 6, Howard 8, Farris 6, Thacker 0, Gibson 2, Perry 3, Lyons 9, Schiebout 0, Godusevic 13, Elkins 11.
Ridgeview 57, Prairie 54: Further details not available.