Gennett, Mitchell spark Trojans
POST FALLS — Colby Gennett totaled 21 points, 11 rebounds, two assists, two blocked shots and two steals as the Post Falls Trojans beat the Lewiston Bengals 71-58 in 5A Inland Empire League play Tuesday night at The Arena.
Terrell Mitchell, trying to round into form following an ankle injury suffered last month, added 15 points for Post Falls (13-6, 4-0 5A IEL), and earned praise from Trojans coach Mike McLean.
Donaven Santana scored 12 of his 18 points in the first half for Lewiston (6-10, 1-3). Santana, Dylan Johnson and Joel Mullikin each hit two 3-pointers in the second quarter for the Bengals, who hit seven of their nine 3s in the first half.
“We didn’t do a good enough job getting to their shooters, especially in the second quarter,” McLean said. “In the second half, we did a much better job on Santana.”
Post Falls travels to Coeur d’Alene on Thursday.
Lewiston 10 22 13 13 — 58
Post Falls 16 20 17 18 — 71
LEWISTON — McKarcher 3, Lang 4, Johnson 11, Mullikin 7, Spencer 6, Santana 18, Forsmann 3, Van Boeyen 6.
POST FALLS — Gennett 21, McLean 3, Hauser 3, C. Rutherford 11, Ballew 5, Shields 0, Desjarlais 11, J. Rutherford 2, Mitchell 15.
Moscow 72
Lakeland 42
MOSCOW — Ben Zubaly scored 14 points for the Hawks, who kept within reach in the first half before things got away in the second half of a 4A Inland Empire League loss to the Bears at Bear Den.
Brayden Decker scored 22 points and Gabe Quinnett added 19 points for Moscow (13-3, 3-0 4A IEL), which clinched the league title with the win.
“Decker put us on our heels and Quinnett does what he does,” Lakeland assistant coach Tom Neilson said. “Their pressure on us was very good tonight. We had a hard time moving the ball and getting it where we wanted. Ben did a good job of getting to the rim and moving the ball.”
Lakeland (6-9, 1-2) travels to Lewiston on Saturday.
Lakeland 11 12 14 5 — 42
Moscow 15 19 28 10 — 72
LAKELAND — Taylor 10, B. Zubaly 14, Seay 3, Henry 0, A. Munyer 4, N. Haaland 0, Strieztel 0, Ab. Munyer 0, Skalskiy 5, Derrick 0, J. Haaland 6.
MOSCOW — Decker 22, Markison 0, Diego 0, Haeder 5, Quinnett 19, Rauch 5, Clary 0, Skinner 6, Postell 12, Ellis 0, Kitchel 6.
Kootenai 55
Clark Fork 16
HARRISON FLATS — Triston Usdrowski scored 18 points to lead the Warriors past the Wampus Cats in a North Star League game.
Gage Maitland scored 15 points for Kootenai (10-4, 4-4 NSL), which faces Genesis Prep on Friday at Post Falls Middle School.
Clark Fork is 1-8, 0-5.
Clark Fork 10 2 2 2 — 16
Kootenai 18 20 14 3 — 55
CLARK FORK — Garcia 5, Reuter 0, Sutton 0, Sandroman 4, Holbron 0, Constantin 2, Heisel 0, Abbott 5.
KOOTENAI — Little 0, Maitland 15, J. Usdrowski 12, Vawter 4, T. Usdrowski 18, Ausman 1, Renner 5.
St. Maries 68
Genesee 39
GENESEE — Junior Ethan Hill and freshman Tristan Nelson gave the Lumberjacks a boost off the bench in the nonleague win over the Bulldogs.
Hill scored five quick points — a 3-pointer, followed by a 2 — in the second quarter to halt a Genesee run. Nelson chipped in six points — a varsity high — in the fourth.
“The young kids stepped up tonight,” St. Maries assistant T.J. Hammond said.
Dan Howard totaled 15 points and seven rebounds for St. Maries (12-5), which forced 14 turnovers and committed just four. Jackson Pritchard added 11 points, and Kaden Hammond had nine points, six assists and five steals.
Jeffrey Waisanen led Genesee with 14 points.
St. Maries travels to Kellogg on Saturday for the Brawl for the Ball.
St. Maries 14 14 22 18 — 68
Genesee 5 12 13 9 — 39
ST. MARIES — Hill 8, Ross 3, Pritchard 11, Peet 0, Nelson 8, Sands 3, Gibson 9, Renner 2, Hammond 9, Howard 15.
GENESEE — Lindquist 8, Crowley 0, Durham 6, Frasure 2, Wareham 9, Waisanen 14, Sperber 0.