PREP BASKETBALL: Off, but right on for Lake City

• BOYS

COEUR d’ALENE — It wasn’t their best night.

But all things considered, it was still pretty good.

Senior Kolton Mitchell had 29 points, seven assists, five steals and five rebounds for Lake City in an 82-57 win over the Eagle Mustangs on Tuesday at Lake City High.

Senior Blake Buchanan finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds for Lake City, which led Eagle 35-30 at halftime.

“It was a hard-fought and pretty intense game,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “Eagle did a great job of taking some things away in the paint. I’m a big fan of (Eagle coach) Cody (Pickett), and he does a great job with them. I didn’t think we shot the ball well and defensively we were off, didn’t communicate and were a step slow on some things.”

Lake City outscored Eagle 47-27 in the second half.

“We came out after halftime and got after it really well,” Winger said. “It was just an odd feeling game, but a good victory against a tough, physical team.”

Landon White scored 18 points for Eagle (3-5).

Eagle 13 17 17 10 — 57

Lake City 18 17 27 20 — 82

EAGLE — Gibson 11, Pugh 2, Howse 0, Matangelo 0, White 18, Pugmire 8, Lodge 0, Hansen 11, Perkins 7.

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 19, Strawn 4, Watson 2, Miller 0, Kiesbuy 5, Johnson 10, Mitchell 29, Hocking 13.

Coeur d’Alene 100

Meridian 62

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Carter Rupp scored 23 points for the Vikings, who shot 24 of 33, including 9 of 18 from the 3-point line in blitzing the Warriors at Viking Court.

“They’re a guard-based team,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “Alex was really tough in the post in the first half and our guards were able to get to the basketball and kick it out for 3-pointers. We didn’t do a great job defensively in the first half and guys were losing their man. But we really didn’t have an off quarter and it was kind of fun to watch.”

Steven Burgess scored 18 points and Caden Symons 12 for Coeur d’Alene (8-2), which finished 25 of 29 from the free-throw line.

The Vikings host Bishop Kelly tonight at 7.

Ryan Baker scored 14 points for Meridian (2-5).

Meridian 20 22 8 12 — 62

Coeur d’Alene 26 28 25 23 — 100

MERIDIAN — Gwilliam 4, Deere 7, Verity 3, Christensen 9, Thomas 4, Baker 14, Fortin 8, Anderson 0, Reynolds 2, Pearce 0, Sanor 11.

COEUR d’ALENE — Orchard 8, Cherny 3, Smith 6, Nipp 14, Entzi 7, Rupp 23, Burgess 18, Symons 12, Ka. Wheeler 6, Ivanovich 2.

Post Falls 63

Bishop Kelly 60

POST FALLS — Junior Alexander Shields had 17 points and five rebounds for the Trojans, who held off the Knights of Boise at The Arena.

“We did a better job of taking care of the ball tonight,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “We did a good job of getting into our high-low offense. We tried to be prepared for what they were going to do and it was nice to see some carryover from the film and drills. It was a real positive for us.”

Cooper Craig had 12 points and six rebounds, Neil McCarthy 10 points and Asher Bowie six points and five rebounds for Post Falls (2-8), which hosts Eagle tonight.

Thomas Lodge scored 19 points for Bishop Kelly (1-5), which had a tying 3-pointer waved off after time expired.

Bishop Kelly 9 12 20 19 — 60

Post Falls 15 10 20 18 — 63

BISHOP KELLY — Cammann 6, Fettic 5, Johnson 10, Behrand 12, Colwell 0, Monahan 0, Lodge 19, Saches 3, Martin 0, Suboh-Meuret 5.

POST FALLS — Anderson 0, Ostlund 0, McLean 3, McCarthy 10, Shields 17, Cameron 3, Craig 12, Wolfe 0, Blake 6, Bowie 6, Carver 6.

Pullman 97

Lakeland 50

SPOKANE VALLEY — Senior guard Jaedyn Brown, who received an offer from Idaho State recently, scored 20 of his 35 points in the second half for the Greyhounds in a win over the Hawks at the West Valley Holiday Tournament.

“He’s a fantastic player,” Lakeland coach Tony Hanna said of Brown, who did not miss a shot in the second half. “I thought we did a decent job on him and contested most of his shots. He’s just a good player, doesn’t get out of rhythm and is a solid player.”

Nick Nowell scored 12 points, Scotty Hocking 11 for Lakeland, which trailed 42-32 at halftime.

“I thought we played really well in the first half and did a lot of good things,” Hanna said. “Pullman came out and turned it up a notch in the second half. We did a good job of keeping the ball out of the middle as much as we could, but we need to start putting together full games.”

Lakeland (2-6) faces Davenport, Wash., on Thursday at 9 a.m. at West Valley High.

Pullman is 6-0.

Lakeland 14 18 9 9 — 50

Pullman 20 22 29 26 — 97

LAKELAND — Nowell 12, Cameron 3, Ferguson 5, Ryan 2, Rothrock 2, Loutzenhiser 2, Hocking 11, Anderson 6, Harris 3, Locke 4.

PULLMAN — Thompson 0, Brown 35, Barbour 13, Powaukee 15, Bickelhaupt 6, Hill 0, Northcroft 5, Sykes 12, Pendry 2, Hunt 9.

Liberty 66

Timberlake 47

SPOKANE VALLEY — The visiting Tigers turned the ball over 14 times in a loss to the Lancers of Spangle in the opening game of the West Valley Holiday Tournament.

“We just came out flat and didn’t have any energy,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “We got outrebounded, outshot and outhustled.”

Ayson McLuskie and Vaughn Higgins scored 11 points each for Timberlake (3-6), which had not played since Dec. 19 due to postponements.

Timberlake faces Pullman on Thursday at West Valley High at 10 a.m.

Liberty is 3-4.

Timberlake 8 10 14 13 — 47

Liberty 15 15 18 18 —` 66

TIMBERLAKE — Oliveri 0, Dykeman 0, Jonas 0, McLuskie 11, Yetter 6, Vallieres 5, McDougal 0, H. Higgins 8, V. Higgins 11, MacArthur 6.

LIBERTY — Foland 14, Wilson 10, Finay 13, Thomas 4, Budde 2, Kimball 0, Jeske 9, Hodl 10, Carter 4.

• GIRLS

Timberlake 68

Ephrata 30

SPOKANE VALLEY — For the Tigers, once it clicked on one end, the other came easier.

Freshman Malia Miller scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half, senior Ciara Soumas added 16 for the Tigers in a win over Ephrata in the opening game of the West Valley Holiday Tournament.

“We struggled on both ends of the court in the first half,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller, whose team led 28-22 at halftime before gaining a 40-8 second half advantage. “We were more locked in in the second half and shots started to fall. Once the defense got where it needed to be, everything we did got easier.”

Jozee MacArthur scored 13 points for Timberlake (9-0), which faces Liberty of Spangle, Wash., on Thursday at 8 p.m.

Timberlake 10 18 20 20 — 68

Ephrata 11 11 6 2 — 30

TIMBERLAKE — C. Soumas 16, Dickinson 6, Young 4, Nelson 8, MacArthur 13, S. Soumas 0, Needs 0, Miller 19, Chase 2.

EPHRATA — Hector 2, Falconer 0, Hagy 2, Zielinski 0, Lopez 0, Soto 13, Jenn 4, Lutz 0, Mills 9, Evenson 0, Bicondora 0, Durfee 0.

Lakeland 69

Riverside 17

SPOKANE VALLEY — Lila Kiefer scored 21 points and Kenna Simon had 11 points and 12 rebounds as the Hawks overpowered the Rams in the opening round of the West Valley Holiday Tournament.

Landree Simon scored 15 points for Lakeland, which faces St. George’s on Thursday.

Lakeland 20 27 11 11 — 69

Riverside 4 3 3 7 — 17

LAKELAND — L. Simon 15, K. Kiefer 5, Munyer 6, Knowles 3, Gallus 2, Holte 4, K. Simon 11, L. Kiefer 21, Sterling 2.

RIVERSIDE — Mally 2, Kasinger 0, Bradfish 2, Lapano 2, Oerfel 0, Gannon 9, Potter 0, Schnieder 2.

N.I. Christian 62

Flathead Valley H.S. 43

COEUR d’ALENE — Jennifer Peterson scored 20 points, Danica Kelly had 11 points, 10 assists and six steals for the Royals in a win over Flathead Valley Home School of Kalispell at Holy Family Catholic School.

Symone Pilgrim had 10 points and 13 rebounds, Chelsey Cate 10 points and 10 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (13-1), which faces Stillwater Christian of Kalispell today at 4 p.m. at Holy Family.

Ellie Kenney scored 12 points for Flathead Valley.

Flathead Valley 11 10 10 12 — 43

N.I. Christian 21 17 14 10 — 62

FLATHEAD VALLEY — Howery 2, E. Opheim 11, Mathiason 2, Williams 5, Patten 0, D. Opheim 11, White 0, Potts 0, Ellie Kenney 12.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Peterson 20, Cate 10, Salaiz 0, Hodson 0, Kelly 11, Overturf 7, Pilgrim 10, Overall 2, Sanwald 0, Knight 2.