PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Trojans wallop Lewiston
Post Falls plays Saturday for
second berth to state 5A tourney
* 5A REGION 1
POST FALLS - Post Falls drained 11 3-pointers against a zone defense employed by Lewiston on Tuesday, winning 69-44 in a loser-out game in the 5A Region 1 boys basketball tournament at The Arena.
Max McCullough scored 17 points and Dalton Thompson hit four 3-pointers and added 16 points. Matt Hillman hit three 3s and backup guard Luke Anderson nailed two.
No. 3 seed Post Falls (14-8), which never trailed, had nine seniors who played their final game at The Arena. The Trojans staked themselves to a 39-21 halftime lead.
"Any time our seniors can walk off their final game at home with a 25-point win is a great accomplishment for them," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "Lewiston tried a variety of zones against us. Any time you can make that many 3s against a team that's zoning you like that, it helps."
At 3 p.m. on Saturday, the Trojans will play at the loser of tonight's regional championship game pitting No. 2 seed Lake City at No. 1 Coeur d'Alene, for the region's second berth to state.
"We're going in with the same mindset regardless of who we play," McLean said of Saturday's game. "We're going to execute offensively and try to create easy scoring opportunities. For us defensively, Coeur d'Alene and Lake City are very good teams. So we'll try to take away their first option and try to scrape away with a win, do whatever you have to in order to survive and advance."
Drake Bowers and Corey Koski each had four rebounds for Post Falls.
Braden Davenport finished with three assists and Joey Pfennigs had two steals.
Jayden Kaufman scored 24 points for the Bengals, whose season ended at 5-16.
Lewiston 11 10 10 13 - 44
Post Falls 21 18 16 14 - 69
LEWISTON - Urquhart 2, Stamper 2, Kaufman 24, Hewett 2, Carter 12, Whitlock 0, Murphy 0, Ulrich 2.
POST FALLS - Hall 0, McKeown 0, Davenport 7, Pfennigs 6, M. Hillman 9, Gondo 0, Anderson 6, McCullough 17, Thompson 16, Bowers 4, McLean 0, Koski 4, Z. Hillman 0, Blakney 0.
* 2A DISTRICT 1-2
St. Maries 73
Cd'A Charter 8
HARRISON FLATS - Logan Feasline had 16 points and 15 rebounds to lead the third-seeded Lumberjacks past the fourth-seeded Panthers in a loser-out game in the 2A District 1-2 tournament at Kootenai High.
A.J. Becktel had 14 points and Chase Truscott had five rebounds and five assists for St. Maries (9-11), which faces No. 2 seed Orofino (11-6) in a loser-out game tonight at 6 at Troy High.
Christian Johnson scored six points for Coeur d'Alene Charter, which finishes 1-20.
Cd'A Charter 0 4 1 3 - 8
St. Maries 19 24 22 8 - 73
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - May 2, Johnson 6, Pennings 0, Putren 0, Valov 0, Adams 0, Whealon 0, Rubalcaba 0.
ST. MARIES - Seiler 2, Posselt 11, Michael 0, Truscott 2, Greer 0, McGregor 6, Macumber 0, Wilson 7, Lounsbury 0, Gertje 2, Feasline 16, Becktel 14, Asbury 9, Gibson 4.