PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake City outlasts Lakeland in 3 OTs

COEUR d’ALENE — After the first meeting, a two-point win by Lake City at Lakeland in a game decided by a 3-pointer in the closing seconds, you wouldn’t think the team could top that effort in the rematch Tuesday night.

But they did.

And then some.

Junior Jack Kiesbuy scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the host Lake City Timberwolves outlasted the Lakeland Hawks 102-94 in a three-overtime classic.

“It was an insane game,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “From the opening whistle to the end, it was a track meet. It was a battle; it was physical ... one guy would hit a big shot, the other team would answer.”

Kolton Mitchell hit three 3-pointers and finished with 18 points and five assists for Lake City (14-7). Seth Hanson, one of two Timberwolves honored on senior night, added 18 points.

It was the first time Lake City, which opened in 1994, had scored 100 points in a game in the U.S., Winger said.

“Brayden (Sundstrom; Lake City’s other senior) just played his butt off, and Seth had a great game,” Winger said.

Carson Seay hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points for Lakeland (16-4). Ben Zubaly also scored 20 for the Hawks.

Lake City won 72-70 on Jan. 7 in Rathdrum.

In the rematch, Lakeland led 27-16 late in the first half before Lake City put together a few steals and pulled to within 32-29 at halftime. Winger said that stretch was pivotal in Lake City keeping the Hawks from pulling away.

“Lakeland’s a really good team; they’re big and physical,” Winger said.

Kiesbuy was 12 of 13 at the free-throw line for Lake City, which finished 31 of 39. The T-Wolves were 38 of 82 from the field.

Lakeland was 16 of 23 from the line.

Lake City played most of the game without Zach Johnson, one of its three freshman starters, who suffered a knee injury in the first quarter.

His status for Friday’s 5A Region 1 tournament opener at Post Falls is uncertain, Winger said.

Lakeland returns to action Monday at home vs. Sandpoint in the loser-out first round of the 4A Region 1 tourney.

Lakeland 14 18 20 28 5 5 4 — 94

Lake City 13 16 28 23 5 5 12 — 102

LAKELAND — Zubaly 20, Seay 20, Henry 12, Ab. Munyer 12, Am. Munyer 10, Haaland 10, Roth 6, Waddington 4.

LAKE CITY — Janke 4, Irvin 12, Kiesbuy 28, Spellman 6, Johnson 3, Hanson 18, Mitchell 18, Sundstrom 4, Meredith 9.

Moscow 47

Coeur d’Alene 40

MOSCOW — Even in a loss, Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna believes his team is turning the corner heading into the 5A Region 1 tournament starting Friday night.

Alex Karns scored nine points for the Vikings, who led 32-28 after three quarters before the Bears finished the final four minutes on a 12-2 run at Bear Den.

“We got down early, but battled back,” Hanna said. We had a lead, and played a really good game for 3 1/2 quarters. We kind of got away from our game plan and were pressing to be successful and got out of system. But the way we’ve been playing, I’ve been pleased with how the guys are getting the job done and figuring out how to be successful. Personally, I think we’re playing our best basketball headed into the district tournament.”

Mayson Whittaker scored eight points for Coeur d’Alene (7-13), which travels to Lewiston in the opening round of regionals Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Brayden Decker and Blake Buchanan scored 11 points each for Moscow (13-8), which awaits the winner of the Lakeland/Sandpoint district playoff game starting on Feb. 26.

Coeur d’Alene 6 13 12 9 — 40

Moscow 11 11 6 19 — 47

COEUR d’ALENE — Whittaker 8, Bengtson 0, C. Smith 0, Johnson 7, Larson 5, Karns 9, Prka 0, Cope 2, O. Smith 4, McLaughlin 5.

MOSCOW — Diego 5, Decker 11, Abendroth 0, Thompson 0, Simpson 3, Colter 4, Buchanan 11, Kitchel 8, Skinner 6.

Timberlake 53

Bonners Ferry 38

SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Jack McDonald hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter for the Tigers, who clinched the second seed to the 3A District 1 tournament with a win over the Badgers at Timberlake High.

“Jack really got us going in the first quarter,” Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. “He’s our sparkplug for sure.”

Kellogg will be the top seed and host the tournament after clinching the league title with a 67-50 win at Priest River in other action on Tuesday. On Monday at Andrews Gymnasium, Kellogg (14-6, 5-1 IML) will face Priest River (4-14, 0-6) at 5:30 p.m., followed by Timberlake (5-14, 4-2) against Bonners Ferry (7-12, 3-3) at 7.

Zach Yetter scored eight of his 10 points in the second half for Timberlake, which limited Bonners Ferry to 15 second half points.

“We didn’t play very well on defense up there (a 67-56 loss at Bonners on Jan. 28), so we wanted to put some focus on the defensive end,” Menti said. “I was really proud of how hard the boys played. It was just a great team effort. Everyone that played scored and played great defense.”

Ty Bateman scored 19 points for Bonners Ferry.

Bonners Ferry 14 9 10 5 — 38

Timberlake 17 14 9 13 — 53

BONNERS FERRY — Williams 0, Bateman 19, Stockton 4, Hubbard 0, Rice 3, Mai 2, Petersen 0, Blackmore 8, Morgan 2.

TIMBERLAKE — Peightal 2, Menti 4, Higgins 3, Paslay 3, Yetter 10, McDonald 14, James 11, Dickinson 6.

St. Maries 70

Wallace 39

WALLACE — Brett Stancil had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Lumberjacks in a nonleague win over the Miners at Kirby Krulitz Court.

“We definitely wanted to get the tempo in our favor and thought our guards did a good job of pushing the ball up the court,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “Our posts were getting to the block and going up strong. We did a good job of attacking the basket.”

Coleman Ross had 16 points and eight rebounds and Eli Gibson had eight points, eight assists and five steals for St. Maries (15-5), which opens the best-of-3 2A District 1-2 championship series Monday at 6 p.m. at Troy High against the winner of Saturday’s Grangeville/Orofino game.

Will Farkas scored 13 points for Wallace (10-9), which concludes the regular season at Lakeside tonight at 7.

St. Maries 23 19 13 14 — 70

Wallace 13 14 7 5 — 39

ST. MARIES — Ross 16, Becktel 8, Gentry 6, Stancil 19, Peet 2, Elliott 3, Gibson 8, Renner 6, Ledbetter 0, McMaster 2, Wicks 0, Wolfe 0.

WALLACE — Tesky 2, Richardson 0, Farkas 13, Hogamier 7, Perno 0, Bailey 5, Lo. Hull 9, Denson 3, Lu. Hull 0, Hammerberg 0, Gunderson 0.

Mullan 55

Sandpoint JVII 26

MULLAN — Freshman Floyd Nelson hit four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points as the Tigers beat the Bulldog JVII team at the Mullan Pavilion.

“Floyd was terrific on defense and was doing a good job of taking the ball to the basket,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “It was a good all-around effort tonight.”

Mullan (7-6) hosts Kootenai to conclude the regular season on Thursday.

Charles England scored seven points for the Sandpoint freshmen.

Sandpoint JVII 2 9 5 10 — 26

Mullan 17 12 24 2 — 55

SANDPOINT JVII — England 7, Hughes 0, Barlow 3, Johnson 0, Larson 0, Boop 4, Aexel 2, Gove 0, Lish 0, Jiles 0, Dunkel 5, MacDonald 5.

MULLAN — L. Trogden 15, Nelson 18, Hess 6, R. Trogden 7, Galloway 6, Zingler 3, Layton 0.