PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lake City lights up Vegas from 3-point line

LAS VEGAS — Lake City coach James Anderson knew his team was going to have to play with a little more tempo to start things off in the bright lights of Las Vegas.

The Timberwolves were ready.

Lake City beat Desert Oasis of Las Vegas 81-71 on Friday at Durango High in a Diamond Bracket first-round game at the Tarkanian Classic.

Kendall Pickford, who signed with NAIA Arizona Christian University of Glendale, Ariz., earlier in the week scored 21 points, hitting seven of her team's 18 3-pointers in the game.

“We’ve been trying to play a little bit faster and knew they wanted to play quick,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “We knew it was likely going to be an up-and-down game, and it certainly was. Kendall, being a senior, she stepped up and shot the ball really well. We’ve been kind of jumping on her back and she’s moving us along.”

Junior Lata Fakahafua hit three 3s and scored 35 points for Desert Oasis (3-1).

The games were played with two 16-minute halves.

With Lake City up 67-64 with four minutes left, Desert Oasis missed a 3 that would have tied it, and Zufelt hit a 3 at the other end.

“We turned the ball over a little bit in the first half, but played much better defensively in the second half,” Anderson said. “That kind of flipped the game for us because we were a little anxious at the start.”

After Desert Oasis scored five straight points to pull within 70-69, Kendall Pickford answered with a 3 with just over two minutes left.

Lake City plays Lynwood (Calif.) today at 3:30.

Lake City 39 42 — 81

Desert Oasis 40 31 — 71

LAKE CITY — Ke. Pickford 21, Ka. Pickford 19, Bowman 3, Zufelt 22, Waddington 6, McKellips 6, Reynolds 4, Zimmerman 0.

DESERT OASIS — Bigger 14, Guzelkucuk 11, Darensburg 5, Mich’l 0, Fakahafua 35, Scurry 4.

Post Falls 60

Clark (Nev.) 46

LAS VEGAS — Capri Sims had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Trojans, who beat the Chargers of Las Vegas in the opening round of the Tarkanian Classic Ruby Bracket at Durago High.

Post Falls (7-1) was scheduled to face Mark Keppel High of Alhambra, Calif., but that team had to back out of the tournament due to COVID-19 issues.

The Trojans outscored Clark 34-20 in the second half after being tied 26-26 at halftime.

“We played with a lot more energy in the second half defensively, which kind of wore them down,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “I’m happy with how we battled through and did a good job fighting through being tired.”

Trindie Nichols had 11 points and nine assists and Brooklyn Brennan five steals for Post Falls, which is scheduled to face Eagle Crest High of Colorado tonight at 8 in the second round.

Clark 26 20 — 46

Post Falls 26 34 — 60

CLARK — Coleman 12, Gauthier 4, Hill-Brown 18, Upshaw 2, Deporte 6, Tavita 4.

POST FALLS — McLean 0, Nichols 11, Heath 12, Grant 0, Brennan 4, Sims 18, Asper 2, Crane 7, Walton 2, Christensen 4.

Coeur d’Alene 58

Lewis & Clark 28

COEUR d’ALENE — Madi Symons scored 27 points to power the Vikings past the Tigers at Viking Court.

Madison Mitchell scored nine points and Skylar Burke eight points for Coeur d’Alene (8-0), which hosts Mt. Spokane today at 3 p.m.

Brooklyn Jenson scored 12 points for Lewis & Clark (5-3).

Lewis & Clark 4 10 4 10 — 28

Coeur d’Alene 22 12 18 6 — 58

LEWIS & CLARK — Tran 4, Lage 8, Storey 0, MacKenzie 0, Maae 0, Ankcorn 4, Jenson 12.

COEUR d’ALENE — Mitchell 9, Awbery 2, Symons 27, Jones 0, Shebala 0, Naccarato 2, Holecek 0, Phenicie 6, Carroll 4, Burke 8.

Timberlake 65

Kellogg 54

SPIRIT LAKE — Freshman Jozee MacArthur hit a pair of 3-pointers late in the first quarter to spark a struggling offense, and the Tigers went on to post a convincing win over the visiting Wildcats in Intermountain League play.

Junior Ciara Soumas scored 15 points for Timberlake (5-1, 2-0 IML), which led by as much as 21 points in the second half.

“Was really proud of the girls,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “They played hard the entire game; they didn’t have an ‘off’ switch. They showed a lot of toughness; that was really cool to see.”

MacArthur finished with three 3s and 12 points for Timberlake. Marissa Needs added 10 points, and Jenna Chase hit three 3s and finished with nine points.

“Their work ethic and grit was excellent tonight,” Miller said.

Hailey Cheney led all scorers with 29 points for Kellogg (6-3, 1-1), which was coming off a 28-point victory over Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Timberlake travels to North Central on Tuesday.

Kellogg 13 15 11 15 — 54

Timberlake 15 20 20 10 — 65

KELLOGG — Karst 3, Jerome 11, VanHoose 2, Coe 2, Nearing 2, H. Cheney 29, Reed 0, M. Cheney 0, Hill 5.

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 15, Dickenson 2, Webberley 0, Kronenberg 0, MacArthur 12, Wall 8, Needs 10, Patrick 9, Chase 9.

Wallace 70

Kootenai 7

WALLACE — Further information was not available.

N.I. Christian 53

Genesis Prep 14

PRIEST RIVER — Symone Pilgrim totaled 19 points, 14 rebounds, six steals and five assists as the Royals defeated the Jaguars in the first round of Priest River’s holiday tournament.

Rylee Overturf added 14 points and nine rebounds, and Danica Kelly had 10 assists and five steals for North Idaho Christian (12-3), which plays Clark Fork (1-5) in the championship game tonight at 6. The Wampus Cats defeated Priest River 30-26.

Miyah Anderson had seven points for Genesis Prep, which plays Priest River (2-5) for the consolation title today at 3.

Genesis Prep 5 4 0 5 — 14

N.I. Christian 18 16 17 2 — 53

GENESIS PREP — E. Martin 2, Ardner 0, Covey 0, Robertson 0, Yount 5, Nichols 0, Anderson 7, Wilson 0, Lawler 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Garn 8, Cate 4, Saiaiz 0, Kelly 4, Knight 0, Overturf 14, S. Pilgrim 19, Sandwald 0, Bullington 0, Y. Pilgrim 4.