Kellogg tops St. Maries in OT
ST. MARIES — Chase Jerome scored 13 of his game-high 17 points in the second half and overtime for the Kellogg Wildcats in a 57-52 win over the St. Maries Lumberjacks in the boys Brawl for the Ball spirit game on Saturday.
“We slowed them down a little bit in the first half and ran a zone on them in the first half and really limited their chances,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We mixed it up and went man and zone in the second half, but they found a way to get Jerome going.”
Kellogg used a 10-0 run in the third quarter to even the score at 30. Grant Nearing hit a jumper with seven seconds remaining to send the game to overtime for the Wildcats.
“It was a really fun atmosphere down here,” said Chase, whose team finished 8 for 20 from the free-throw line. “We didn’t shoot well from the line, and that was the difference.”
Kellogg (8-3) travels to Medical Lake on Thursday.
Jackson Pritchard scored 12 points and Kevin Duffield had eight rebounds for St. Maries (10-2), which hosts Liberty on Wednesday.
Kellogg 8 9 15 11 14 — 57
St. Maries 10 11 9 13 9 — 52
KELLOGG — Gibbons 4, Jerome 17, Atkins 8, Mueller 4, Bumgardner 5, Nearing 6, Finlay 7, Morgan 2, Luna 3.
ST. MARIES — Gibson 7, Duffield 2, Green 0, Lohman 2, Sands 0, Pritchard 12, Hill 0, Buell 11, Hammond 9, Howard 9.
Coeur d’Alene 74
Big Sky 61
MISSOULA, Mont. — Sophomore Mayson Whittaker hit four 3-pointers and scored 23 points as the Vikings, who started slow after a big win over Lewiston on Friday night, beat the Eagles.
“He’s a good shooter, and they played some zone, and when he got some opportunities, he did a good job of knocking them down,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “He’s a nice complement to our penetrating guards like Sam (Matheson).”
Matheson added 14 points for Coeur d’Alene (7-7), which has won three straight.
The Vikings clinched the win by going 15 of 19 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter. Whittaker was 7 of 8 from the line for the game.
David Gibson led Big Sky with 15 points.
Coeur d’Alene travels to Post Falls on Thursday in 5A Inland Empire league play.
Coeur d’Alene 21 13 18 22 — 74
Big Sky 21 6 17 17 — 61
COEUR d’ALENE — Kile 0, Delbridge 7, Leifer 1, Whittaker 23, Matheson 14, Friesz 4, Margo 0, Beggerly 10, Hostetter 6, Johnson 0, Dunteman 0, Edwards 9.
BIG SKY — Larance 10, Morin 8, Maohl 4, Gibson 15, Butz 3, Casselman 6, Cardanier 8, VanVallis 2, Bailey 0, Tabish 5.
Genesis Prep 66
Lakeside 30
POST FALLS — Jonny Hillman scored 15 points, Jacob Schroeder 14, Kon Ajang 13 as the host Jaguars beat the Knights in North Star League play at Post Falls Middle School.
Genesis Prep (14-4, 7-0 NSL) plays host to Mullan on Friday.
Talon Twoteeth scored 12 points for Lakeside (8-6, 2-2), which plays host to Wallace on Tuesday.
Lakeside 12 6 8 4 — 30
Genesis Prep 16 12 27 11 — 66
LAKESIDE — White 3, Sanchez 4, J. Abuan 0, Higgins 5, Ruben 0, Wienclaw 0, Hall 5, Twotweth 12, Spottedhorse 1.
GENESIS PREP — Shelton 4, Mwinuka 4, Reidt 4, Williams 8, Schroeder 14, Hillman 15, Schultz 4, Ajang 13, Gonzales 0.