5A REGION 1 BOYS BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene upended by Lewiston, which will face Lake City in title game

Top-seeded Lake City triumphed as expected, beating No. 4 Post Falls 77-47 in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament Friday night.

But No. 2 seed Coeur d’Alene stumbled late, falling 51-47 to No. 3 Lewiston at home.

Lake City (21-1) will play host to Lewiston (17-5) on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the regional championship game. The Bengals are the only team to beat the Timberwolves this season, winning 62-57 at Lewiston on Feb. 3.

“I know our kids will be ready,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said.

Coeur d’Alene (14-5) will play host to Post Falls (4-18) in a loser-out game Tuesday at 6:30.

“It’s a tougher road (to state), but we’re ready for it,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said.

Lewiston 51, Coeur d’Alene 47: Chanse Eke’s three-point play with 1:05 remaining put the Bengals up 48-46. The Vikings committed a couple of turnovers in the final minute, and Lewiston hit 3 of 4 free throws to seal it.

“I’m disappointed that we didn’t have better balanced scoring, didn’t move the ball well, and didn’t close out the game,” Adams said.

Point guard Steven Burgess had 11 of his 21 points in the first quarter for the Vikings, whose main inside presence, Cameren Cope, played sparingly due to illness and finished with six points.

Braydon Forsman scored 13 points, James White 11 for Lewiston, which lost 57-46 and 68-62 to Cd’A during Inland Empire League play.

Lewiston 16 7 13 15 — 51

Coeur d’Alene 16 9 11 11 — 47

LEWISTON — Eke 5, McKarcher 9, Way 9, Hepburn 2, A. Hottinger 0, Forsman 13, Wren 0, Lawrence 5, White 11, D. Hottinger 6.

COEUR d’ALENE — Degraw 0, Entzi 0, King 4, C. Larson 7, Wellsandt 0, Nipp 5, Cope 6, Burgess 21, Orchard 4, G. Larson 0.

Lake City 77, Post Falls 47: Junior Kolton Mitchell hit eight 3-pointers, six in the second half, and scored 18 of his 29 points after intermission for the host T-Wolves.

“Kolton was spectacular tonight; he was firing on all cylinders,” Winger said. “He did a great job pushing the ball, we ran the floor well … just an all around good game.”

Zach Johnson added 15 points, Blake Buchanan 13 for Lake City.

“The excitement and energy was there,” Winger said. “We played hard; it was a really good effort.”

Jack Sciortino led Post Falls with 14 points.

Post Falls 11 14 13 9 — 47

Lake City 20 21 14 22 — 77

POST FALLS — Sciortino 14, Naylor 3, Shields 10, McCarthy 6, VonBruck 2, Craig 4, Bowie 5, Blake 0, Butler 3, Cameron 0, Cooper 0.

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 13, Strawn 8, Jones 4, Miller 0, Kiesbuy 5, Hocking 3, Z. Johnson 15, Weaver 0, Hill 0, Mitchell 29, Lind 0.