COEUR d'ALENE WINTER CLASSIC: Viks, LC fall in semis

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Madi Schoening, a Montana signee, had 34 points, eight rebounds and five steals as the Sandpoint Bulldogs clipped the Coeur d’Alene Vikings 51-46 in the semifinals of the Coeur d’Alene Winter Classic on Tuesday at Elmer Jordan Court.

“We’ve been a little snakebit and haven’t gotten over the hump and get through on the close one yet,” Coeur d’Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. “Madi just did a good job of getting to the free throw line tonight. We did a good job of shutting down everyone else, but it’s got to be a team effort and we’ve got to help out on defense. I thought we played pretty well and hard. It could have been anyone’s game, but we couldn’t get anything to fall our way.”

Sandpoint (7-7) will face Bothell (10-0) in today’s championship game at 3 p.m.

Coeur d’Alene (5-5) will face Lake City (9-2) in the third place game at 1:30 p.m.

Emily Callahan scored 22 points for Coeur d’Alene, which beat Sandpoint 52-34 earlier this year in Coeur d’Alene.

Sandpoint 8 9 15 19 — 51

Coeur d’Alene 7 13 7 19 — 46

SANDPOINT — Schoening 34, DuMars 0, Converse 2, Darrah 0, Ward 2, Couch 4, Hicks 2, Tomazich 0, Kaul 0, Kirscher 7.

COEUR d’ALENE — Miller 0, Horvath 2, Callahan 22, Fagan 6, Bojorquez 0, Rollins 0, Louden 4, Hollibaugh 6, Horning 6.

Bothell 53, Lake City 50, OT: A zany ending in regulation forced overtime, then Lake City lost a nailbiter to Bothell in the Coeur d’Alene Winter Classic.

The Timberwolves led by two late in regulation. but Bothell’s Keyonna Jones nailed a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds. After a timeout, a Bothell player fouled a Lake City player with .2 seconds left, then Bothell was hit with a technical.

“We missed the front of a 1-and-1,” Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. “Then with the technical we made one of two. It was a crazy ending.”

Late in overtime, Bothell (10-0) had a three-point lead and Lake City had a couple of looks at the basket but could not quite get one more basket.

“Bothell’s one of the top teams in the state,” Kelly said. “I thought our girls battled and we lost, it was a good learning experience. It showed we can play with top teams and we’ve got to get ready for league games, it’s a grinder.”

Lake City freshman post Bridget Reiken scored 10 points to go with 11 rebounds. Fellow post Keara Simpson scored 14 points for the Timberwolves (9-2). Nina Carlson scored eight points and had five assists.

Taya Corosdale, who is receiving some recruiting interest from Pac-12 teams, scored 15 points.

“Nina did an excellent job guarding her, along with Bridget,” Kelly said. “We were down 14 at one point and battled back. It says a lot about our composure.”

Lake City (9-2) plays Coeur d’Alene at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday in third-place game.

Bothell 16 9 9 13 6 — 53

Lake City 7 13 14 13 3 — 50

BOTHELL — Cole 5, Burns 7, Corosdale 15, Cowen 2, M. Akoto 0, Jones 10, B. Akoto 14, Gibson 0, Shelton 0.

LAKE CITY — Dvorak 0, Carlson 8, K. Maryon 4, Reiken 10, Rewers 2, O. Maryon 5, Meier 7, Simpson 14.

Post Falls 43, Lake Stevens 42: Melody Kempton had 18 of her 22 points in the first half as the Trojans held off a late Viking rally in a consolation game.

“In the first half, we were pressing them pretty good and playing our speed of game,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “They kind of shut Melody down in the second half and turned it up and we didn’t score. They got the momentum.”

Bayley Brennan hit a 3-pointer with under 20 seconds remaining to give Post Falls (7-5) the lead for good.

Hailey Wilson scored 13 points for Lake Stevens (5-4), which faces Lyle-Wishram in the seventh/eighth place game today.

Kempton had 13 rebounds and Brennan scored 10 points for Post Falls, which faces Enumclaw today at 11:45 a.m.

Post Falls 8 20 4 12 — 43

Lake Stevens 9 6 17 11 — 42

POST FALLS — Ellison 0, Morris 2, Gennett 6, Brennan 10, Robinson 2, C. Johnson 0, Kempton 22, Parks 0, A. Johnson 2.

LAKE STEVENS — Taylor 3, T. Smith 2, Glick 4, K. Smith 0, Dominic 9, Walton 2, Griffin 10, Wilson 13.