Post Falls takes Bothell to overtime before falling
* BOYS
BOTHELL, Wash. - The Post Falls Trojans took the Bothell High Cougars to overtime before losing 70-68 in on Friday night.
Josh Martin, Bothell's 6-foot-7 senior post player who signed in November to play for the University of Minnesota, hit two free throws late in overtime and Andrew Wilson hit one.
In regulation, Martin forced overtime by hitting three free throws in 20 seconds.
"We played much better," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "I was very happy with playing on the road. We're at the point of our season when We're more worried about 'Are we playing our best' and we're playing to our potential. We're much better today than we were coming out of the (Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational)."
Post Falls (7-4) had 28 team fouls and Bothell (7-3) had just nine.
"They got to the foul line too much," McLean said. "That's what we couldn't overcome."
Trojans junior guard Luke Anderson scored 14 points and he had six rebounds, including three on the offensive glass.
"Luke had his best game of the season for us," McLean said.
Joey Pfennigs had seven rebounds, guard Nick Hall, who was named the Inn-vitational MVP last weekend, scored 16 points and Max McCullough scored 14 points for Post Falls, which is at Inglemoor of Kenmore, Wash., today.
Post Falls 16 21 16 10 5 - 68
Bothell 24 15 11 13 7 - 70
POST FALLS - Hall 16, McKeown 2, Davenport 4, Pfennigs 5, Hillman 0, Anderson 14, McCullough 14, Thompson 7, Koski 6.
BOTHELL - Bowers 9, Kollman 9, Wilson 1, Dean 5, Munro 5, C. Smith 9, Martin 32.
Christian Center 53
Col. Riv. Christian 16
LIBERTY LAKE - Noah Howard scored 13 points to lead the Lions past the Torchbearers of Kettle Falls, Wash., in a Mountain Christian League game at the HUB Sports Center.
Chase Allen scored 12 points for Christian Center (2-5, 1-5 MCL), which faces Genesis Prep on Thursday at the HUB.
C. Riv. Christian 6 7 2 1 - 16
Christian Center 17 15 17 4 - 53
COLUMBIA RIVER CHRISTIAN - A. Andrews 4, C. Andrews 0, Harvey 2, Panabaker 6, Smith 4, Pancoast 0.
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Hansen 9, Ryssel 7, Engels 2, Howard 13, Allen 12, Harryman 8, Krause 2.
* GIRLS
Post Falls 42
Colville 41
POST FALLS - Kim Reynolds hit a 3-pointer with under 15 seconds remaining to lift the Trojans past the Indians in a nonleague game at The Arena.
Post Falls trailed the entire game until Reynolds' 3-pointer. The Trojans stole the ball on the ensuing possession and ran out the clock.
"We played with zero intensity in the first half," Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. "Colville outplayed us the entire game until the last four minutes, then we decided to play with some intensity. Our intensity level is the difference for us. We just drew up an inbounds play and they ran it well and Kim was wide open for that final shot."
Sam Runkle grabbed six rebounds for Post Falls (9-6), which hosts Coeur d'Alene on Jan. 14.
Sadie Learn scored 18 points for Colville.
Colville 14 12 6 9 - 41
Post Falls 9 7 11 15 - 42
COLVILLE - Main 5, Brons 8, Wittmeyer 1, Learn 18, Taft 4, Pierce 0, Rainer 1, Cabbage 2, Green 2.
POST FALLS - Allert 9, O. Ellison 6, A. Ellison 0, King 4, L. Smith 8, Anderson 1, M. Smith 1, Bodman 0, Runkle 6, Kyle 0, Reynolds 7.