Post Falls heats up, torches Lewiston
POST FALLS - Max McCullough scored 13 points on 3-of-4 shooting from beyond the 3-point line to help the Post Falls Trojans whip the Lewiston Bengals 63-24 in a 5A Inland Empire League game on Saturday night at The Arena.
In the Trojans' first three games in the 5A IEL, they've allowed a combined 104 points.
"I've told our kids all year what's going to help us is our defense," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "I'm proud of the guys for playing that well. We've got all the confidence in our shooters and tonight we were hitting some shots. Our defense has been good the last three weeks, but the shots haven't been falling. Tonight, they did."
Corey Koski had 10 points and five rebounds and Luke Anderson added seven points and seven rebounds for Post Falls (9-6, 1-2 5A IEL), which hosts Moscow on Tuesday.
Jaydan Kaufman and Mason Ulrich scored six points each for Lewiston (3-12, 0-3).
Lewiston 6 10 2 6 - 24
Post Falls 22 20 13 8 - 63
LEWISTON - Urquhart 0, Kaufman 6, Hewett 4, Carter 5, Whitlock 3, Ulrich 6, Sager 0.
POST FALLS - Hall 0, McKeown 6, Davenport 3, Pfennigs 2, Hillman 11, Gondo 0, Anderson 7, McCullough 13, Thompson 6, Bowers 5, Koski 10.
Lake City 74
Glacier 53
COEUR d'ALENE - J.J. Winger shot a perfect 5-of-5 from the field, including 4-of-4 from beyond the 3-point line to finish with 14 points to lead the Timberwolves past the Wolfpack from Kalispell, Mont.
"We were a little too patient in some situations last night (Friday's 36-35 win against Post Falls), so we stressed to make a few passes out of the sets, then attack the basket," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "It was an awesome team effort both offensively and defensively all the way around."
Justin Pratt had eight points and eight assists and Kyle Guice seven points and six rebounds for Lake City (11-4), which hosts Lakeland on Friday.
Bryan Michaels scored 15 points for Glacier.
Glacier 12 14 10 17 - 53
Lake City 23 19 12 20 - 74
GLACIER - McCamley 3, Jones 2, Epperly 9, Michaels 15, Harkins 8, Olsen 8, Boschee 2, Hashley 4, Mallory 2, Pisk 0.
LAKE CITY - Adams 7, Pratt 8, Louie-McGee 6, Vetsch 4, Guice 7, Turner 8, Dahl 2, Winger 14, Mitchell 6, Hancock 12.
Bonners Ferry 59
Kellogg 51
BONNERS FERRY - Cameron Woods hit five 3-pointers - including two in the middle of the fourth quarter to help the Badgers pull away - and finished with 21 points in the Intermountain League victory over the Wildcats.
Jesse Lambert scored 21 points for St. Maries (7-5, 2-2 IML), which led 30-24 at halftime before committing 13 turnovers in the second half.
"We just did not take very good care of the ball in the second half," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "We were pretty much careless with it; we kind of lost our composure."
Bonners Ferry improved to 2-1 in league.
Tucker Gust added 12 points for St. Maries, which travels to Wallace on Wednesday.
Kellogg 12 18 9 12 - 51
Bonners Ferry 14 10 16 19 - 59
KELLOGG - Colburn 10, Martin 0, Lambert 21, Easley 2, deYoung 2, Gust 12, Colton 4, McDonald 0.
BONNERS FERRY - Ray 0, Bennett 13, Pluid 8, Rice 5, Stockton 0, Stone 2, Woods 21, Nelson 6, Sabin 4.
Orofino 57
St. Maries 42
OROFINO - The host Maniacs made four 3-pointers in a 19-7 third-quarter run that doomed the Lumberjacks in Central Idaho League play.
"We came out flat in the third quarter," St. Maries coach John Bisson said. "Their 3s hurt us. They outrebounded us by eight and that was big for them. They shot 41 percent from the 3-point line and shot 58 percent from inside the 3-point line. We couldn't keep up with that."
St. Maries junior post Logan Feasline finished with eight points and 11 rebounds for St. Maries (4-6, 1-3 CIL), which plays at Kootenai on Tuesday.
Kaleb Turner scored 15 points for Orofino (8-5, 3-1).
St. Maries 15 7 7 11 - 42
Orofino 15 14 19 9 - 57
ST. MARIES - Bedwell 5, Posselt 4, Michael 3, Wilson 2, Greer 2, McGregor 0, Macumber 5, Smith 2, Gertje 11, Feasline 8.
OROFINO - Wilson 12, Judd 14, K. Turner 15, Lee 4, Kuykendall 10, G. Turner 0, Brink 0, Kelso 0.
Grangeville 53
Cd'A Charter 20
GRANGEVILLE - Christian Johnson scored 12 points for the Panthers in a Central Idaho League loss to the Bulldogs.
Josh Dame scored 22 points for Grangeville (10-3, 4-0 CIL), which is ranked second in 2A in the latest state media boys basketball poll.
Coeur d'Alene Charter (1-14, 0-4) will host St. Maries on Feb. 4.
Cd'A Charter 3 4 7 5 - 20
Grangeville 23 11 11 8 - 53
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Pennings 0, May 0, Putren 0, Johnson 12, Valov 1, Adams 6, Whealon 1, Rubalcaba 1, Follini 0.
GRANGEVILLE - Parks 7, Sabatino 9, Dame 22, Blankenship 5, Harris 3, Cawley 0, Koberstein 3, Stokes 0, Higgins 2, Kennedy 2.
N.I. Christian 53
Christian Center 36
COEUR d'ALENE - Caleb Stedman had 10 points, 12 rebounds and two assists to lead the Royals past the Lions in a Mountain Christian League game at Holy Family Catholic School.
Elijah Schreibeis had eight rebounds and four assists for North Idaho Christian (12-6, 9-2 MCL), which faces Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday at Kootenai Elementary.
Luke Ryssel scored 16 points for Christian Center (4-10, 3-10), which travels to Pullman Christian on Monday.
Christian Center 11 5 9 11 - 36
N.I. Christian 10 19 13 11 - 53
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Howard 8, Ryssel 16, Allen 7, Harryman 0, Dr. Hansen 5, Da. Hansen 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Booth 2, P. Connelly 12, J. Connelly 8, Jesensky 13, Stedman 10, Schreibeis 4, Burke 2, Covey 2, Kraft 0.