Coeur d'Alene romps past Sandpoint

SANDPOINT - The Naccarato brothers combined for 33 points, and the Coeur d'Alene Vikings jumped out to a 19-0 lead after the first quarter and never looked back, routing the Sandpoint Bulldogs 67-25 in a nonleague game at Les Rogers Court on Saturday.

Tony Naccarato had 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting, eight rebounds and four blocks, and Joey Naccarato had 16 on 5 of 8 field goals and 5 of 5 free throws, as well as six rebounds to lead the Vikings (14-7), who controlled the action from start to finish, including a host of steals and fast breaks in a 23-point third quarter.

Broc Coppess hit two 3-pointers and scored a team-high 10 points to lead the Bulldogs, who were shut out in the first quarter. Sandpoint (7-13), coming off a tough loss to Lakeland on Friday night, had difficulty handling the Vikings' half court trap, unable to get into an offensive set on many of the possessions.

"Defensively, I thought we were good again tonight," Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. "The kids were active on both ends of the court tonight, and really played well on the defensive end."

Colby Daniels had six assists for Coeur d'Alene.

The game featured a odd juxtaposition among the two head coaches, as Lundblad is a former Sandpoint coach, and Kent Leiss is a former Coeur d'Alene coach.

Sandpoint takes on Moscow in the 4A Region 1 opening round on Feb. 23 at North Idaho College.

Coeur d'Alene travels to Lake City in the opening round of the 5A Region 1 tournament on Friday at 7 p.m.

Coeur d'Alene 19 12 23 13 - 67

Sandpoint 0 12 9 4 - 25

COEUR d'ALENE - J. Naccarato 16, Lundblad 10, Weber 0, Lynn 4, Daniels 9, Matheson 6, Yankoff 3, Schuon 0, Sparks 2, Plum 0, T. Naccarato 17.

SANDPOINT - J. Timothy 2, Bilyeu 1, Aguirre 0, Spalding 6, Norris 2, Sundquist 0, Kuzmich 0, Coppess 10, Mitton 0, Speakman 1, Collado 2, Perry 1.

Lake City 66

Moscow 37

MOSCOW - Quinn Mitchell scored 15 points, Nick Hancock and Joe Pasquale each added 14 and Collin Hunter scored 11 as the visiting Timberwolves beat the Bears in nonleague play.

"It was important for us tonight to play well," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "We did, we played well in the second half. The intensity was great. We got the ball to go in the basket. It was important to have a good showing."

Glen Gosse scored nine points for Moscow (2-17).

Lake City (10-10) plays host to Lakeland on Tuesday, then hosts Coeur d'Alene in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament on Friday.

Lake City 13 14 21 18 - 66

Moscow 16 10 6 5 - 37

LAKE CITY - Stapleton 0, Goggin 4, Dotson 8, Hunter 11, Hughes 0, Pasquale 14, Colwell 0, Mitchell 15, Hancock 14.

MOSCOW - Akey 6, Robertson 3, Niehenke 3, Stephens 3, Jerome 2, Myler 7, Carscallen 4, Gosse 9.

St. Maries 59

Priest River 35

ST. MARIES - Matt Smith had 14 points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals for the Lumberjacks in a nonleague win against the Spartans.

"We had good balance tonight," St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. "We had four guys in double figures and thought (Bryant) Bubba Asbury came in and did a good job with four assists."

AJ Becktel had 13 points, six rebounds and three blocks for St. Maries (14-4), which travels to Kootenai on Tuesday.

Trent Slinger and Marcus Mathews scored seven points each for Priest River (4-13), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Priest River 11 8 9 7 - 35

St. Maries 20 15 13 11 - 59

PRIEST RIVER - Clark 6, Slinger 7, Anselmo 4, Holman 0, Luckey 5, Simpkins 4, Mathews 7, Huddleston 2.

ST. MARIES - Rose 2, Lounsbury 0, Gibson 3, Truscott 2, Greer 10, Wilson 2, Asbury 10, Burnett 0, Smith 14, Becktel 13, Gladden 3.