Vikings start cold, but beat Lewiston
COEUR d’ALENE — The bad news is that Coeur d’Alene didn’t score a basket in the first 5:30 of Friday’s 5A Inland Empire League game.
The good news is that, even with the early struggles, it didn’t matter late.
Sam Matheson scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Vikings past the Lewiston Bengals 51-46 at Elmer Jordan Court, helping the Vikings improve to 2-1 in league.
“Nobody was hitting anything in that first quarter,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna, whose team led 5-4 after the first. “It wasn’t the prettiest game in the world, but both teams locked down on defense.”
Coeur d’Alene closed the game 7 for 9 in the final 1:30 at the free-throw line to finish off the win.
“We just did what we had to do to finish it off,” Hanna said. “It was a really important one, especially when we play them down there.”
Kale Edwards scored 14 points for Coeur d’Alene (6-7, 2-1 5A IEL), which visits Big Sky High of Missoula today at 2 PST.
Donaven Santana scored 15 points for Lewiston (7-8, 0-3).
Lewiston 4 15 13 14 — 46
Coeur d’Alene 5 16 11 19 — 51
LEWISTON — McKenzie 13, Wallace 0, Grainger 3, Ruddell 8, Spencer 3, Santana 15, Forsman 0, VanBoeyen 4.
COEUR d’ALENE — Delbridge 0, Whittaker 4, Matheson 20, Friesz 4, Beggerly 1, Hostetter 6, Johnson 2, Dunteman 0, Edwards 14.
Lakeland 44
Sandpoint 41
SANDPOINT — Jalen Skalskiy scored 12 points for the Hawks in a 4A Inland Empire League win over the Bulldogs at Les Rogers Court in the Battle for the Paddle spirit game.
Lakeland, which jumped out to a 19-10 lead, was held to 12 points combined in the second and third quarter before holding off Sandpoint in the fourth quarter.
Dylan Vahey scored nine points for Lakeland (10-3, 1-1 4A IEL), which hosts Moscow on Thursday.
Robbie Johnson scored 20 points for Sandpoint (6-8, 0-2), which hosts Lake City on Thursday.
Lakeland 19 4 8 13 — 44
Sandpoint 10 8 9 14 — 41
LAKELAND — Taylor 0, Zubaly 3, Johnson 5, Knight 6, Vahey 9, Davis 7, Skalskiy 12, Neilson 2, Haaland 0.
SANDPOINT — Vernon 0, Dalthorp 0, Niemela 0, Davis 0, Jones 6, Johnson 20, Casey 5, Stockton 10.
Genesis Prep 56
Hellgate 48
MISSOULA, Mont. — Jonny Hillman had 26 points and four rebounds for the Jaguars in a win over the Knights.
Junior Williams had five rebounds and three steals for Genesis Prep (13-4), which hosts Lakeside tonight at 7:30 at Post Falls Middle School.
Rollie Worcester scored 12 points for Hellgate (6-3).
Genesis Prep 12 14 15 15 — 56
Hellgate 8 12 10 18 — 48
GENESIS PREP — Shelton 2, Mwinuka 0, Reidt 4, Williams 4, Schroeder 4, Hillman 26, Schultz 5, Ajang 11, Gonzales 0.
HELLGATE — Christian 0, Deden 11, Horan 0, Holst 3, Riddle 3, Lunday 5, Oliver 6, Worster 12, Johnson 11.
Kellogg 68
Wallace 53
KELLOGG — Chase Jerome scored 23 points to lead the Wildcats past the Miners at Andrews Gymnasium.
Kellogg (7-3) travels to St. Maries today for the annual Brawl for the Ball spirit game at 4:15
Zack Welch scored 16 points for Wallace (6-5), which travels to Clark Fork today at 5.
Wallace 7 11 10 24 — 53
Kellogg 20 13 20 15 — 68
WALLACE — Welch 16, Hunter 0, Farkas 4, Brackebusch 18, Dimitroff 3, Gust 0, Bailey 7, Hull 2, Brantz 0, Stutzke 2, Neubauer 0.
KELLOGG — Gibbons 7, Samuelson 0, Jerome 23, Atkins 3, Mueller 8, Bumgardner 3, Nearing 6, Jennings 0, Finlay 6, Morgan 4, Luna 8.
N.I. Christian 68
The Oaks 53
COEUR d’ALENE — Garrett White had 21 points, 19 rebounds, six assists and three steals to lead the Royals past The Oaks in a Mountain Christian League game at Holy Family Catholic School.
North Idaho Christian (20-1, 10-0 MCL) will face Classical Christian on Monday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.
Isaiah Guillen scored 15 points for The Oaks (4-10, 3-7).
The Oaks 8 14 12 19 — 53
N.I. Christian 10 24 11 23 — 68
THE OAKS — Gold 4, Kim 14, Harken 0, Modderman 5, Gullien 15, S. Christensen 7, Clancy 0, T. Christensen 8, Long 0, Kleyn 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — D. Kelly 7, Benzinger 6, P. Connelly 4, Nicholson 0, Deak 0, Winde 7, C. Pilgrim 11, Holmes 3, Thornsness 0, J. Kelly 6, W. Pilgrim 3, White 21.