Coeur d'Alene powers past Lewiston
LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene’s Emma Whiteman dribbles the ball next to Lewiston’s Maya Eke. Coeur d’Alene beat Lewiston 75-65 in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both schools.
Coeur d’Alene’s Skylar Burke goes for a layup in front of Lewiston’s Caitlin Richardson Friday night at Viking Court. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
- GIRLS
COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Nakisha Matheson scored 16 points, one of six players in double-figures for the Coeur d’Alene Vikings in a 75-65 win over the Lewiston Bengals in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both schools at Elmer Jordan Court on Friday.
The win snaps a 24-game losing streak in league for Coeur d’Alene, which outscored Lewiston 40-26 in the second half to pull away.
Coeur d’Alene’s last league win came during the 2013-14 season, beating Post Falls on Jan. 30, 2014.
Kelly Horning, Tori Younker and Emma Whiteman scored 11 points each and Skylar Burke and Jaelyn Brainard-Adams added 10 points for Coeur d’Alene (3-5), which hosts Big Sky High of Missoula on Thursday.
Kendyll Kinzer scored 25 points for Lewiston (3-6).
Lewiston 17 19 13 16 — 65
Coeur d’Alene 12 24 17 23 — 75
LEWISTON — Collins 3, Teichmer 0, Wells 9, Bausch 3, Kinzer 25, Grogan 0, Johnson 9, Ortiz 0, Eke 5, Taylor 0, Richardson 11.
COEUR d’ALENE — Brennan 0, Minerath 5, Blankenship 0, Brainard-Adams 10, Whiteman 11, Matheson 16, Younker 11, Horning 13, Munoz 0, Burke 10.
Lake City 54
North Central 40
SPOKANE — Aubrey Avery scored 13 points, Klaire Mitchell 12 points and Brooklyn Rewers 10 points for the Timberwolves in a nonleague win over the Indians.
“We started the game really well and put some good pressure on them,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “Our starting group did a good job getting out to a lead in the first quarter and starting the third quarter. We were able to get the pace of the game going a little higher in the third.”
Lake City (6-2) hosts Sandpoint today at 3:15 p.m.
Kyara Sayers scored 17 points for North Central (5-1).
Lake City 17 12 16 9 — 54
North Central 2 15 7 16 — 40
LAKE CITY — Pickford 0, Avery 13, Muehlhausen 6, Mitchell 12, Teets 6, Rieken 3, Littman 0, Wilson 4, Rewers 10, Hawkins 0.
NORTH CENTRAL — Maston 0, Douglas 2, Crockett 2, Chastain 13, McDeed 2, Cady 2, Sayers 17, Plummer 2.
St. Maries 51
Orofino 26
OROFINO — Kaci Haeg had 20 points, six rebounds, two assists and three steals for the Lumberjacks in a win over the Maniacs in the Central Idaho League opener for both schools.
“We shot the ball really well tonight,” St. Maries coach John Cordell said. “We were able to get scoring from everyone and got some good looks at the basket.”
Madison Cordell had 12 points, seven assists and two steals for St. Maries (5-3), which hosts the Post Falls JV on Monday.
St. Maries 13 18 19 2 — 51
Orofino 10 5 7 3 — 26
ST. MARIES — Badgett 3, Haeg 20, Cordell 12, Holder 8, Hammond 6, Koser 2.
OROFINO — Brenna 3, Sporano 3, Hill 4, Thomas 6, Johnson 7, Kitchen 3.
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North Central 39
Lake City 33
SPOKANE — Leon Sayers scored 17 points for the Indians in a nonleague win over the Timberwolves.
Jack Kiesbuy scored eight points for Lake City (0-4), which hosts Sandpoint tonight at 5.
Lake City 11 8 7 7 — 33
North Central 11 6 10 12 — 39
LAKE CITY — Stellflug 5, Janke 0, Kiesbuy 8, Spellman 5, Irvin 6, Hanson 6, Sundstrom 0, Brum 3.
NORTH CENTRAL — Stone 3, Edwards 0, Neil 2, Auld 0, Schoeffler 0, Phalen 0, Gifford 0, Knight 11, Sayers 17, Rice 6.