PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lake City, Post Falls finish second in Tarkanian Classic brackets

LAS VEGAS — Lake City’s shot at a Tarkanian Classic title rimmed out as time expired, and the Timberwolves fell to Spring Valley of Las Vegas 48-47 in the Diamond Bracket championship game on Tuesday at Durango High.

Lake City sophomore Kurtsten McKellips gave the Timberwolves a 47-46 lead with a pair of free throws with under a minute remaining, but Spring Valley guard Aaliyah Gayles, who has signed to play at USC next year, hit a putback jumper with 15 seconds remaining to take a 48-47 lead.

“Our legs were a little rough and we didn’t shoot the ball as well as we had been,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “I thought our rebounding was outstanding and that’s a high-level team we played. They’re a team that wants to turn you over 30 times a game, but I thought we handled their pressure well and I’m pleased with how we played today.”

Lake City (13-1) beat Bishop Loughlin of Brooklyn, N.Y., 54-31 in a semifinal game on Monday to advance.

“We’re just thrilled to get to play a championship game in a prestigious tournament so early in the season,” Anderson said. “To take care of the ball and fight the way that the girls did this weekend, I’m happy. It was a great experience. Each team we played relied on one kid to carry them, and with us, we have seven players and it’s unknown who’s going to step up on any given night. And the girls are just happy with that.”

Lake City travels to Chiawana of Pasco, Wash., on Jan. 4.

Full statistics and scoring was not available.

Huntsville (Ala.) 52

Post Falls 49

LAS VEGAS — Capri Sims had 13 points and 17 rebounds for the Trojans, who fell in the championship game of the Ruby Bracket in the Tarkanian Classic at Durago High.

Further details were not available.

Americus Crane scored 13 points for Post Falls (9-2), which competes in the Avista Winter Classic at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston starting on Dec. 28.

Eisenhower 64

Coeur d’Alene 55

YAKIMA, Wash. — The visiting Vikings suffered their first loss of the season, falling to the Cadets on Tuesday afternoon, on the second day of a two-day trip to Yakima.

Skylar Burke scored 27 points for Coeur d’Alene (10-1), which won 82-25 at West Valley on Monday night. Madi Symons, who scored a career-high 38 points on Monday, finished with 13 vs. Eisenhower.

Analyssa Maldonado hit four 3-pointers and poured in 26 points for Ike (6-1), which pulled away from a 42-all tie after three quarters. Kiana Yesiki tallied 11 of her 15 points in the second half for the Cadets.

Coeur d’Alene returns to action Dec. 28-30 at the Timber-Lion Tournament in Boise.

Coeur d’Alene 19 6 17 13 — 55

Eisenhower 14 15 13 22 — 64

COEUR d’ALENE — Mitchell 9, Symons 13, Naccarato 5, Holecek 0, Phenicie 2, Burke 27.

EISENHOWER — Lopez 6, Maldonado 26, Rodriguez 10, Caballos 0, Hull 0, Tobiness 7, Yesiki 15.

Timberlake 52

North Central 31

SPOKANE — Jenna Chase scored six of her 13 points in the first quarter to lead the Tigers past the Wolfpack in a nonleague game.

“Our energy and effort was really good in the first half,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller, whose team led 35-12 at halftime. “We created quite a few turnovers that led to good looks at the basket and shared the ball really well on offense. Everyone that played scored, so it was a good balanced attack.”

Marissa Needs scored 11 points and McKennah Kronenberg added nine points for Timberlake (6-1), which faces Ephrata in the West Valley tournament next Tuesday.

Shalene Ervin scored 11 points for North Central (2-6).

Timberlake 20 15 11 6 — 52

North Central 6 6 11 8 — 31

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 2, Dickinson 4, Kronenberg 9, MacArthur 6, Wall 6, Needs 11, Patrick 1, Chase 13.

NORTH CENTRAL — Bigsmoke 0, Ervin 11, Dubay 1, Marko 10, Wilcox 0, Ownbey 5, Rantamaki 0, Ramos 4.

Orofino 46

St. Maries 20

OROFINO — The visiting Lumberjacks were held to six points in the first half in a loss to the Maniacs in the Central Idaho League opener for both schools.

“Their pressure defense caused us a lot of problems early on,” St. Maries coach Gary Krumheuer said. “And they rebounded the heck out of the ball.”

Taci Watkins scored nine points and Berkli McGreal eight points for St. Maries (0-9), which visits Wallace on Jan. 6.

Riley Schwartz scored 14 points for Orofino (5-7).

St. Maries 2 4 5 9 — 20

Orofino 19 12 8 7 — 46

ST. MARIES — Elliott 0, Spray 1, McGreal 8, Janssen 0, Rimel 0, Baird 0, Watkins 9, Sindt 2, Asbury 0, Sloper 0, Linnemeyer 0.

OROFINO — McCarthy 0, H. Johnson 0, Zenner 9, R. Schwartz 14, P. Schwartz 5, Beardin 5, Province 2, Nelson 0, L. Johnson 2, Cafferty 0, Diffen 8.