PREP BASKETBALL: After rough start, Lake City boys roll at Moscow

• BOYS

MOSCOW — Bad roads, a late arrival and not a lot of time to warm up.

Then, facing a loud home crowd and a hot opponent, the Lake City Timberwolves quickly fell behind the Moscow Bears 16-7 in the first quarter Thursday night at Bear Den.

But Lake City got the deficit down to two points by the end of the quarter, then blitzed Moscow 51-16 in the middle two quarters and finished off the Bears 72-46 in nonleague play.

“Even though we ended up winning fairly big, this was a good game for us,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “We got smacked in the mouth in the first quarter, and after that … the third quarter we had about a 4-5 minute stretch that was quite frankly as good as I’ve seen in a while. We played extremely well defensively and offensively; a lot of fast breaks. We just played super basketball to finish it out.”

Kolton Mitchell totaled 25 points, seven assists (to just one turnover) and five rebounds for Lake City (3-0). Junior Blake Buchanan, who transferred from Moscow after his freshman season, added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Nathan Hocking had 12 points and nine boards.

Junior Zach Johnson, who missed the T-Wolves’ first two games with an ankle injury, made his season debut with four points and six rebounds.

“He played well,” Winger said. “He’s a big presence in that keyhole, offensively and defensively. It’s super good to have him back.”

Bryden Brown and Ian Hillman each scored 10 for Moscow (2-2).

Lake City returns to action next Thursday at the Owyhee Holiday Invitational in Meridian.

Lake City 14 22 29 9 — 72

Moscow 16 8 8 14 — 46

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 13, Strawn 6, Jones 5, Miller 7, Hocking 12, Johnson 4, Mitchell 25.

MOSCOW — Kees 8, Simpson 5, Rehder 4, Isakson 2, Brown 10, Strong 5, C. Skinner 2, Hillman 10.

Kellogg 58

Sandpoint 53

SANDPOINT — Kolby Luna had 19 points and seven rebounds as the Wildcats rallied from a 10-point deficit after the first quarter to beat the Bulldogs at Les Rogers Court.

“We got better defensively as the game went on,” said Kellogg coach Mike Martin, whose team trailed 21-11 after the first quarter. “We just did a lot of stuff to win a basketball game. It was a big step in the right direction for us tonight.”

Tanner Groves scored 13 points, Riply Luna had 12 points and eight rebounds and Luke Frohlich nine points and nine rebounds for Kellogg (3-2), which faces Bigfork in the Frenchtown (Mont.) tournament tonight.

Ethan Butler scored 16 points for Sandpoint (1-3), which hosts Lewiston next Thursday.

Kellogg 11 23 12 12 — 58

Sandpoint 21 12 14 6 — 53

KELLOGG — Miller 0, Whatcott 0, R. Luna 12, K. Luna 19, McLean 0, Groves 13, Frohlich 9, Walker 5.

SANDPOINT — Lee 10, Eldridge 7, VanDenBerg 0, Dickinson 0, Childs 9, Lane 11, Butler 16.

Genesis Prep JV 39

Kootenai 23

HARRISON FLATS — The Jaguars junior varsity defeated the Warriors at Kootenai High.

Christopher Moore and Charlie Orford had six points each for Kootenai (0-3), which hosts the Kellogg JV next Thursday.

“We were able to rebound the ball and play a lot better defensively tonight,” Kootenai coach Jake Pfeiffer said. “We shot the ball a lot more than we’d been doing and took better shots. It was a good game for us.”

Last names were not available for Genesis Prep JV.

Genesis Prep 13 14 4 8 — 39

Kootenai 4 3 7 9 — 23

GENESIS PREP — Ethan 16, Dylan 9, Emanus 6, James 2, Joseph 2, Marek 2, Silas 2.

KOOTENAI — Defoort 3, Moore 6, Orford 6, B. McGann 4, Lupa 4, Zavala 0, Hysell 0, Anderson, C. McGann 0, Simon 0, Copa 0, Tiller 0.

Lakeside 89

Timberlake 78

PLUMMER — Vander Brown had 29 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and 12 steals for the Knights in a win over the Tigers at Ron Miller Court.

Lucky Matt had 27 points and 12 rebounds for Lakeside (3-2), which led 67-48 after three quarters.

“We had a big third quarter, but have to learn to play with the lead,” Lakeside coach James Twoteeth said. “We start playing like we’re down five and Timberlake got back into it in the fourth quarter.”

Timberlake beat Lakeside 50-40 in the opener for both on Nov. 30 in Spirit Lake.

“We were a new team and didn’t know what to expect,” Twoteeth said. “Overall, it was a good night. Our guys are slowly starting to get it and hopefully we’ll click at the right time.”

Kale Pasley scored 24 points, Zach Yetter 21 points for Timberlake (3-1), which travels to Orofino on Saturday.

Lakeside, which had its next five games against Washington schools canceled, returns to action against visiting North Idaho Christian on Jan. 11.

Timberlake 19 12 17 30 — 78

Lakeside 18 16 33 22 — 89

TIMBERLAKE — Olivieri 11, Zollinger 0, Tay. Menti 3, Vallieres 2, Paslay 24, Yetter 21, Milsap 0, Borges 2, Higgins 13, Tan. Menti 0, MacArthur 2.

LAKESIDE — Matt 27, Brown 29, SiJohn 3, Callahan 0, Vassar 10, Q. Hall 18, Nomee 2, Kee 0.

N.I. Christian 76

Koot. Thunder 51

COEUR d’ALENE — Malachi Bullington totaled 14 points and 10 rebounds as the host Royals beat the Thunder in Mountain Christian League play at Holy Family Catholic School.

Rocky Adams added 11 points and six rebounds for North Idaho Christian (7-1, 3-0 MCL), and Levi Grassi had seven points and seven assists.

Zeke Roop of the Kootenai Thunder led all scorers with 19 points.

North Idaho Christian plays host to Genesis Prep tonight at 7:30 at Holy Family.

Koot. Thunder 7 12 11 21 — 51

N.I. Christian 17 14 27 18 — 76

KOOTENAI THUNDER — Roop 19, Smith 6, Duchow 9, Palmer 0, Barker 0, Beck 5, Moore 13, Hill 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Dinkins 4, Grassi 7, Smith 8, Heston 4, Adams 11, O’Brien 3, Sakae 2, Koontz 0, Alliano 2, Desrochers 4, McKee 7, Schlader 5, Connelly 2, Malinauskas 2, Bullington 14.

Clark Fork 71

Mullan 41

MULLAN — Sam Barnett scored 19 points to lead three Wampus Cats into double figures in the win over the Tigers in North Star League play at the Mullan Pavilion.

It was the league opener for Clark Fork (2-2).

Junior Trystan Zingler led Mullan (1-2, 1-1 NSL) with 11 points.

“We lost our composure in the second quarter … and Clark Fork took advantage of that, and we could not recover,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “We kind of went away from what was working, and they did a good job attacking the paint on us.”

Mullan plays host to Genesis Prep on Tuesday.

Clark Fork 14 20 20 16 — 71

Mullan 11 9 13 7 — 41

CLARK FORK — Ca. Sanroman 15, Matsutaro 0, Bopp 3, Ch. Sanroman 1, Co. Sanroman 5, Reuter 0, Matteson 0, Mintken 0, Barnett 19, Howard 5, Mayorga 18, Shelton 2.

MULLAN — L. Trogden 9, Nelson 9, A Trogden. 4, Petit 2, Appiah 2, T. Zingler 11, Rupp Connors 4, Knoll 0.

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• GIRLS

Genesis Prep-Kootenai

N.I. Christian 60

Koot. Thunder 26

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Hadley Malinauskas scored 24 points to lead the Royals past the visiting Thunder in Mountain Christian League play.

Rylee Overturf added 10 points and 16 rebounds, and Danica Kelly had nine points, eight assists and five steals for North Idaho Christian (8-3, 3-0 MCL), which plays host to Genesis Prep tonight at 6 at Holy Family.

Laura Austin led the Kootenai Thunder with nine points.

Koot. Thunder 0 12 6 8 — 26

N.I. Christian 15 13 17 15 — 60

KOOTENAI THUNDER — Austin 9, Sunday 0, Butten 4, H. Jones 2, Dorcy 0, M. Jones 2, Duchow 4, Brown 5.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Cate 4, Salaiz 5, Kelly 9, Overturf 10, S. Pilgrim 0, Malinauskas 24, Sandwald 4, Bullington 2, Y. Pilgrim 2.

Spokane H.S. 38

Christian Center 37

SPOKANE — Devon Hansen scored 21 points for the Lions in a nonleague loss to the Spokane Home School Association at Garry Middle School.

Christian Center (2-3, 1-3 Mountain Christian League) faces Kootenai Thunder on Monday at The Courts in Post Falls.

Christian Center 11 6 7 13 — 37

Spokane HS 14 11 4 9 — 38

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Badgley 2, Barnhart 0, Smith 7, Hansen 21), Hamblin 3, McWorter 2, Porter 2.

SPOKANE HOME SCHOOL — We. Madden 8, Wy. Madden 2, Emmans 8, Varmeer 4, Bruggaman 3, Severn 13.