PREP BASKETBALL: North Idaho Christian boys beat Pullman Christian

| February 1, 2022 1:10 AM

PULLMAN — North Idaho Christian defeated Pullman Christian 65-51 in league action.

Malachi Bullington led North Idaho Christian with 34 points to go with 24 rebounds and 7 blocks.

Bryce Koontz pitched in 10 and Karon Dinkins added 7 points to go with 4 rebounds and 4 steals.

Shane Shaffer led Pullman Christian with 17, with Ethan Coldiron pitching in 12 points and Kyle Gleason hitting for 10.

NICS 17 11 15 12 — 65

Pullman Ch. 10 13 9 19 — 51

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Desrochers 2, Alliano 0, O’brien 3, Dinkins 7, Smith 5, Koontz 10, Grassi 2, Bullington 34, Sakae 2

PULLMAN CHRISTIAN — Cimigotti 7, C. Gleason 0, Shaffer 17, K. Gleason 10, Weller

0, Coldiron 12, Fitzgerald 5

Mullan 57

Genesis Prep JV 30

MULLAN — Mullan beat Genesis Prep JV 57-30 in nonleague action to improve to 3-9 overall (2-2 league). Luke Trogden led Mullan with 24 points, while Floyd Nelson and Alex Trogden pitched in 8 apiece. Mullan plays next at 4:30 p.m. at Timberline- Weippe on Feb. 9.

GP JV 10 6 5 9 — 30

Mullan 15211011—57

GENESIS PREP JV — Bateman 10, Stewart 3, Martin 2, Early 2, Tosh 7, Meyer 3, Blood 2, Royalty 0, Cecil 0, Yasmenko 0, Jones 0, Wood 0, Nichols 0

MULLAN — Luke Trogden 24, Alex Trogden 8, Floyd Nelson 8, Austin Zingler 6, Stephen Petit 7, L. Petit 0, Talen Rupp Connors 0, Trystan Zingler 4, Appiah 0, Knoll 0

GIRLS

Genesis Prep 37

Mullan JV 25

MULLAN — Bella DeBoer scored 15 points to lead the Jaguars past the Tigers JV at the Mullan Pavilion.

Genesis Prep (7-6) travels to Wallace on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Leah Frazier scored 14 points for Mullan JV.

GenesisPrep12 8 17 0 — 37

Mullan 4 3 5 13 — 25

GENESIS PREP — E. Martin 4, S. Martin 0, Williams 4, DeBoer 15, Yount 2, Nichols 0, Anderson 8, Nelke 0, Wilson 4, Meerdink 0.

MULLAN JV — Lowman 0, Nelson 11, Garitone 0, Charvez 0, Frazier 14.

North Idaho Christian 42

Pullman Christian 36

PULLMAN — North Idaho Christian beat Pullman Christian 42-36, winning the Mountain Christian League season championship for the fourth year in a row.

Rylee Overturf led North Idaho Christian with 14 points to go with 15 rebounds and 3 blocks. Symone Pilgrim pitched in 4 points, 7 rebounds and 6 steals and Danica Kelly scored 12, nabbed 7 rebounds and sunk four free-throws to seal the game.

Anna Fitzgerald paced Pullman Christian with 12 points, while Faith Berg chipped in 11.

North Idaho Christian improved its record to 25-5 overall (13-1) and plays at 6 p.m. tonight at Lakeside.

NI Christian 14 12 6 10 — 42

Pullman Ch. 4 10 4 18 — 36

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Cate 6, Kelly 12, Overturf 14, Malinauskas 6, S. Pilgrim 4, Y. Pilgrim 0

PULLMAN CHRISTIAN — F. Berg 11, Goetze 7, G. Berg 4, Fitzgerald 12, Lindstrom 2