Post Falls girls notch key 5A IEL win

- GIRLS

LEWISTON — After winning at Booth Hall for the first time since the 2012-13 season, the Post Falls girls moved one step closer to locking down the 5A Inland Empire League title and home-court advantage through the Region 1 tournament.

Senior Bayley Brennan scored 11 of her 16 points in the first quarter, and also had eight assists, as the Trojans beat the Lewiston Bengals 64-36 on Friday.

“We just did a good job of finding the right people tonight,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “Bayley hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter, and we just played steady the entire way. We didn’t get a lot of transition stuff, but got some timely points. We talked about not winning down here before the game, and the girls came down and did a good job being ready to play.”

Post Falls (16-2, 4-0 5A IEL) can clinch the league title with a win next Friday at Lake City.

Melody Kempton had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Tyler McCliment-Call had 19 points for Post Falls, which hosts Mt. Spokane on Thursday.

Lewiston is 12-5, 1-3.

Post Falls 17 19 16 12 — 64

Lewiston 11 7 12 6 — 36

POST FALLS — Gleaves 0, Morris 2, Gardiner 0, Brennan 16, T. McCliment-Call 19, J. McCliment-Call 2, Schreibeis 0, Faulkner 0, Kempton 17, Parks 8.

LEWISTON — Randall 5, Ralstin 6, Cornelia 5, Genzer 5, Ivory 7, Cady 2, Stoddard 6.

Genesis Prep 60

Strathcona-Tweed. 32

POST FALLS — Josie Scribner scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Jaguars past Strathcona-Tweedsmuir of Okotoks, Alberta, at Post Falls Middle School.

Rachel Schroeder scored 18 points for Genesis Prep (7-6), which faces Wallace tonight at 7:30 at Post Falls Middle School.

Strat.-Tweed. 7 11 5 9 — 32

Genesis Prep 8 15 19 18 — 60

STRATHCONA-TWEEDSMUIR — Picioreanu 9, Al. Jaffer 2, Udoh 5, Ar. Jaffer 0, Cross 4, Stanick 0, Imoru 2, Uhoh 0, Boerstra 7, Kasumu 0, Imong 0.

GENESIS PREP — Morrow 0, Schroeder 18, Greiner 0, Imanzi 7, Scribner 26, Martinez 0, Kim 0, Martin 0, Murekatete 9.

- BOYS

Post Falls 64

Lewiston 49

LEWISTON — Jake Pfennigs had 17 points and 18 rebounds to lift the Trojans past the Bengals in a 5A Inland Empire League game at Booth Hall.

Post Falls extended a 30-28 advantage at halftime, outscoring Lewiston 32-21 in the second half.

“I thought Lewiston did a good job of playing the game they wanted in the first half and slowing the pace,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “In the second half, we did a better job of taking away the things they wanted to attack us with and did a better job of protecting the rim and made them work for everything.”

Tanner McCliment-Call had 14 points, six rebounds, three steals and five assists, David Bourgard 14 points and Matt Fleming 13 points for Post Falls (9-5, 2-0 5A IEL), which faces Enumclaw on Monday afternoon in a Martin Luther King Day Showcase game at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.

Donaven Santana scored 16 points for Lewiston (6-7, 0-2).

Post Falls 14 16 17 15 — 64

Lewiston 15 13 10 11 — 49

POST FALLS — Buer 2, McCliment-Call 14, Walker 2, Bourgard 14, Fleming 13, Ballew 0, Pfennigs 17, Morris 2.

LEWISTON — McKenzie 6, Wallace 0, Grainger 8, Ruddell 11, Spencer 2, Santana 16, Forsmann 3, VanBoeyen 3.

Wallace 63

Lakeside 56

WALLACE — Erik Brackebusch scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Miners past the Knights in a North Star League game at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Emmitt White scored 15 points for Lakeside (7-5, 1-1 NSL), which hosts Mullan on Tuesday.

Zack Welch scored 14 points for Wallace (6-3, 2-0), which faces Genesis Prep tonight at Post Falls Middle School.

Lakeside 12 10 18 16 — 56

Wallace 16 17 17 13 — 63

LAKESIDE — White 15, Sanchez 13, Higgins 7, Wienclaw 0, Hall 3, Twoteeth 5, Spottedhorse 10, Abuan 0, Fanning 3.

WALLACE — Welch 14, Brackebusch 18, Dimitroff 3, Gust 4, Bailey 10, Hull 9, Stutzke 5.

Genesis Prep 62

Strathcona-Tweed. 30

POST FALLS — Junior Williams had 12 points and five steals for the Jaguars in a win over Strathcona-Tweedsmuir of Okotoks, Alberta, at Post Falls Middle School.

Kon Ajang had 12 points and four steals for Genesis Prep (10-4) will face Wallace tonight at 6 at Post Falls Middle School in a North Star League game.

Strat.-Tweed. 2 4 14 10 — 30

Genesis Prep 17 17 19 9 — 62

STRATHCONA-TWEEDSMUIR — Denness 5, Mercer 6, Shaiger 4, Dayo 3, Havernko 4, Chase 0, Vance 0, Dhillon 0, Sten 2, Parry 6.

GENESIS PREP — Shelton 2, Mwinuka 5, Reidt 6, Williams 12, Schroeder 6, Hillman 4, Schultz 10, Ajang 12, Gonzales 5.