Sandpoint 3 at buzzer tops Timberlake
SANDPOINT — Dawson Driggs banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Sandpoint Bulldogs to a 54-53 victory over the Timberlake Tigers in nonleague play Thursday night at Les Rogers Court.
It was Sandpoint’s first win over Timberlake since Dec. 17, 2013.
Maddie Morgan scored 14 points for Sandpoint (3-4), which led 42-34 before Timberlake (4-3) went on a 12-0 run to take its first lead of the game with under six minutes remaining.
Taylor Suko’s 3-pointer from the top of the key gave Timberlake a 53-51 lead with 7.8 seconds left.
Taryn Soumas made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points for Timberlake, which plays host to East Valley on Saturday.
Timberlake 13 9 12 19 — 53
Sandpoint 16 16 10 12 — 54
TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 25, Suko 3, Kronenberg 5, Jessen 13, Jeffs 7.
SANDPOINT — Cessna 6, Morgan 14, Daw. Driggs 8, Edwards 2, Phillips 4, Larson 11, Banks 9.
Coeur d’Alene 43
North Central 41
SPOKANE — Freshman Madi Symons had 16 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Vikings past the Indians in a nonleague game.
Emma Whiteman had 12 points for Coeur d’Alene (8-0), which hosts Ferris on Saturday.
Hannah Hamilton scored 13 points for North Central.
Coeur d’Alene 6 7 18 12 — 43
North Central 3 14 6 18 — 41
COEUR d’ALENE — Matheson 0, Brainard-Adams 1, Whiteman 12, Symons 16, Younker 8, Chavez 1, Zanetti 0, Burke 4.
NORTH CENTRAL — Mason 3, Marko 0, Day Rider 0, Hilderman 0, Crockett 1, Chastain 10, Patrick 2, Tonasket 6, Cain 6, Hamilton 13, Plummer 0.
Lakeside 64
Kootenai 15
PLUMMER — Tamara Anderson scored 11 points, Jolissa Holt 10 for the host Knights against the Warriors in the North Star League opener for both teams at Ron Miller Court.
Eleven of the 13 players for Lakeside (4-2) scored.
Lakeside plays host to Clark Fork on Saturday.
Abi Tiller scored eight points for Kootenai, which returns to action Jan. 7 at home vs. Lakeside.
Kootenai 5 4 4 2 — 15
Lakeside 21 20 20 3 — 64
KOOTENAI — Tiller 8, Glesner 0, Thaut 0, Wine 4, Donohoe 0, Granger 3, Loucks 0.
LAKESIDE — Daniels 4, J. Holt 10, St. Pierre 0, Middleton 2, Tsawklai 0, Adrian 4, Matt 2, Gorr 9, Peters 9, Anderson 11, Allen 6, Marchand 5, A. Holt 2.
Kellogg 51
Newport 33
NEWPORT, Wash. — Hailey Cheney had 25 points and 15 rebounds, and the visiting Wildcats quickly erased a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat the Grizzlies in nonleague play.
Darian Hill added 12 points and six rebounds for Kellogg (5-1), which pulled out of the press at halftime after getting burned in the first half. Lora Allred had 10 rebounds for the Wildcats.
“We were plagued by turnovers (16) in the first half,” Kellogg coach Jana Nearing said. “We came out in the second half and we were awake, making better decisions.”
Alika Robinson of Newport (2-2) led all scorers with 27 points.
Kellogg’s game tonight at Moscow has been postponed; the Wildcats return to action Saturday at Sandpoint.
Kellogg 4 14 21 12 — 51
Newport 12 13 7 1 — 33
KELLOGG — Wendt 2, Allred 4, Van Hoose 0, Ferreira 4, Hill 12, Figuroa 0, Nearing 4, Cheney 25.
NEWPORT — Hughes 2, K. Hinchliff 1, Knight 1, Card 0, E. Hinchleff 0, Marsingill 0, Robinson 27, Jergens 2.