St. Maries girls rally past Post Falls JV

ST. MARIES — Madison Cordell scored 32 points as the host Lumberjacks overcame a five-point halftime deficit to top the Post Falls JV team, 58-44.

The unbeaten Trojans led 29-24 at intermission before St. Maries (6-3) outscored them 20-9 in the third quarter.

“They’re a good team that shoots the ball very well, and they were unbeaten coming into the game,” Lumberjacks coach John Cordell said. “We had a strong third quarter, and then they started fouling us. We shot 26 free throws in the fourth quarter.”

Madison Cordell shot 10-for-13 from the floor and also had seven rebounds and four assists.

Kaci Haeg had 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for St. Maries, which travels to Sandpoint on Friday.

Post Falls JV 15 14 9 6 — 44

St. Maries 11 13 20 14 — 58

POST FALLS JV — Nichols 5, Jones 4, Gardiner 0, Grant 7, Krause 8, Christensen 2, Crane 12, Walton 6.

ST. MARIES — Badgett 3, Suchoski 0, Wilks 1, Crawford 0, Haeg 11, Cordell 32, Holder 8, Hammond 3.