Mitchell leads Trojans before leaving with injury

AUBURN, Wash. — Junior guard Terrell Mitchell scored a game-high 16 points before leaving with an injury, and the Post Falls Trojans romped past the Eisenhower Cadets of Yakima, Wash., 68-37 on Friday night in the first round of the Auburn Holiday Classic.

“He did a good job getting to the rim,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “He gave us great energy off the bench. It’s the kind of game he’s capable of playing.”

Mitchell suffered an ankle injury late in the game, and was taken to the hospital afterward for further evaluation.

Sophomore guard Caden McLean suffered a concussion in the first quarter, and coach McLean said Post Falls (4-4) will be down two players for today’s championship game vs. Auburn at 5:30.

The Trojans nearly doubled their scoring output from the previous night, when they lost 39-35 at King’s of Seattle.

“When we make shots, it allows us to do more things defensively,” McLean said. “In reality, they weren’t any more open than last night, we just made ’em. And our transition defense was much better tonight.”

John McDonald led Ike with 12 points.

Eisenhower 10 9 10 8 — 37

Post Falls 18 20 13 17 — 68

EISENHOWER — J. McDonald 12, Yeager 3, Yacom 2, Spurrier 5, Adams 4, Morgan 5, Madrigal 3, I. McDonald 3.

POST FALLS — Gennett 7, McLean 0, Hauser 4, C. Rutherford 8, Ballew 5, Shields 5, Desjarlais 8, Horning 8, J. Rutherford 7, Mitchell 16.

Coeur d’Alene 77

Hellgate 71

MISSOULA, Mont. — Connor King scored 17 points and Devon Johnson added 15 for the Vikings in a win over the Knights to complete a 2-0 road trip to western Montana.

Drew Hostetter scored 14 points, Kale Edwards had 13 and Carter Friesz 11 for Coeur d’Alene (5-2), which finished 22 of 24 from the free-throw line.

“Honestly, we shot the ball well all night,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “I know we gave up 71 points, but our defense did a good job tonight.”

Rollie Worster, a Montana commit, scored 25 points for Hellgate.

“Devon did a phenomenal job on Worster tonight,” Hanna said. “We just battled all night. We’re really coming together and sharing the basketball. We’re getting a lot of contributions from guys on both sides of the ball.”

Coeur d’Alene faces Kentridge in the Lake City Holiday Invitational on Thursday at 5:15 p.m.

Coeur d’Alene 20 22 21 14 — 77

Hellgate 19 22 17 13 — 71

COEUR d’ALENE — Whittaker 2, Johnson 15, Karns 0, Friesz 11, King 17, Hostetter 14, Margo 5, Edwards 13.

HELLGATE — Baldridge 3, Deden 10, Riddle 4, Holst 7, Brown 0, Wright 2, Worster 25, Richardson 5, Johnson 15.

Sandpoint 61

Timberlake 48

SANDPOINT — Dawson Cramer, J.T. Wilfong and Chase Gardom scored nine points each for the Tigers in a loss to the Bulldogs at Les Rogers Court.

Kobe Banks scored 17 points for Sandpoint (5-3), which has won four straight.

“We’re playing better as a team,” Sandpoint coach and former Post Falls assistant Wade Engelson said. “We’re executing our stuff better and playing better defense. We’re turning the ball over less and we won the rebounding battle.”

Timberlake (2-5) faces host West Valley at the Eagle Holiday Classic next Friday at 8 p.m.

“I thought we played really well,” Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. “We had a bad stretch at the end of the game, but I’m happy with the kids’ progess so far.”

Timberlake 13 12 18 5 — 48

Sandpoint 19 5 20 17 — 61

TIMBERLAKE — Wilfong 9, James 4, Kistler 7, Kluss 8, Gardom 9, McDonald 2, Cramer 9, Dickerson 0.

SANDPOINT — Jones 13, Roos 13, Banks 17, Casey 0, Stockton 13, Niemela 3, Bailey 1, VanDenBerg 0, Chandler 0, Larson 0, Treadaway 0.

Wallace 71

Clark Fork 43

WALLACE — Erik Brackebusch scored 24 points to lead the Miners past the Wampus Cats in a North Star League game at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Zack Welch scored 18 points for Wallace (9-0, 2-0 NSL), which plays at Lakeside on Jan. 8.

Cameron Garcia scored 15 points for Clark Fork (2-5, 0-2).

Clark Fork 14 14 5 10 — 43

Wallace 21 24 14 12 — 71

CLARK FORK — Garcia 15, Sanroman 9, Constantin 12, Abbott 10, Heisel 0, Reuter 0, Holborn 0.

WALLACE — Welch 18, Brackebusch 24, Hogamier 2, Neubauer 4, Brantz 10, Hull 2, Perno 3, Denson 4, Hammerberg 2, Gunderson 2.