Trojans girls battle past Lewiston in 5A IEL contest
- GIRLS
LEWISTON — Dylan Lovett scored 12 of her game-high 21 points in the fourth quarter as the Post Falls Trojans pulled away to defeat the Lewiston Bengals 57-39 in a 5A Inland Empire League game at Booth Hall on Friday.
“It was kind of an ugly, sloppy game,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “It was a real physical, rag-tag game. Defensively, we just buckled down and got some stops. Post Falls outscored Lewiston 18-7 in the fourth quarter.
“We just kind of gutted one out,” Allert said. “We just made some plays when we needed to.”
Laney Smith scored 10 points for Post Falls (9-5, 1-0 5A IEL), which hosts Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.
Caitlin Richardson scored 12 points for Lewiston (2-10, 0-2).
Post Falls 14 15 10 18 — 57
Lewiston 7 11 14 7 — 39
POST FALLS — Heath 5, Blake 1, Lovett 21, Johnson 1, Fleming 6, Smith 10, LaFountaine 5, Walton 0, Carpenter 6, Christensen 2.
LEWISTON — Collins 0, Teichmer 0, Foss 2, Tausch 13, Wilkins 0, Grant 4, Grogan 0, Ortiz 3, Johnson 5, Richarson 12.
- BOYS
Lewiston 52
Post Falls 49
LEWISTON — A tying shot by Post Falls with under five seconds remaining bounced off the rim to the Bengals, who outlasted the Trojans in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both at Booth Hall.
“We got outrebounded by 12, and you can’t let a team get that many more rebounds and hope to win in this league,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “They did what they needed to to beat us tonight.”
Colby Gennett scored 14 points, Caden McLean 11 points for Post Falls (12-3), which was without starting point guard Cole Rutherford, who injured his ankle in Wednesday’s game against Rogers.
“It was just a grind, and Lewiston really tried to grind this game out,” Mike McLean said. “We didn’t play at our best, and if you’re not at your best in this league, it’s going to be tough. I was proud of the guys effort, and we did everything we needed to do to stay in this game, but missed too many open shots.”
It was Post Falls’ first league loss since 2015-16. The Trojans had won 18 straight league games. Post Falls hosts Lake City next Friday.
Jace McKarcher scored 18 points for Lewiston (9-2).
Post Falls 9 11 14 15 — 49
Lewiston 12 4 16 20 — 52
POST FALLS — Gennett 14, McLean 11, Rodriguez 2, Peterson 0, Ballew 6, Lee 1, Horning 15, Shields 0.
LEWISTON — Eke 4, McKarcher 18, Lang 10, White 0, Mullikin 5, Hottinger 0, Hepburn 0, Ackert 0, Forsman 4, Forsmann 11.
- POSTPONEMENTS
Lakeland postponed Friday’s girls basketball game at Moscow, and has also postponed today’s boys basketball home game vs. Lewiston.
Timberlake’s home girls basketball game vs. Moscow on Saturday has also been postponed.
Genesis Prep’s home girls basketball game on Friday vs. Priest River was postponed, as well as today’s game against Rogers. Genesis Prep also postponed the boys basketball game against Mead JV today.
No makeup dates were announced.
Lakeside’s boys basketball game at Wallace on Friday night was also postponed, and rescheduled for Jan. 29.