PREP BASKETBALL: McCarthy lifts Post Falls to win over Lakeland

• BOYS

RATHDRUM — Junior Neil McCarthy hit some big 3-pointers in the third quarter and big free throws late, scoring 15 of his 18 points in the second half as the Post Falls Trojans held off the Lakeland Hawks 60-52 in Inland Empire League play Saturday night at Hawk Court.

With Post Falls (4-15, 2-5 IEL) leading by three points at halftime, McCarthy hit a 3 to open the quarter, helping the Trojans build a 10-point lead.

After Lakeland (3-13, 1-4) cut the deficit to three, McCarthy hit back-to-back 3s to increase the Trojans’ lead to nine.

“He’s really the one consistent shooter on their team, and we just lost him,” Lakeland coach Tony Hanna said. “Those are the kinds of little things that (cost you).”

McCarthy also hit 4 of 4 free throws down the stretch to seal it for Post Falls, which has won two of its last three.

Scotty Hocking hit two 3s, both in the third quarter, and scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half for Lakeland.

Tyras Blake added 13 for Post Falls.

“They have some strong kids; they’re young but they’re strong,” Hanna said of Post Falls. “They had a size advantage and they used it well.”

On Wednesday, Post Falls is at Sandpoint, and Lakeland is home vs. Lewiston.

Post Falls 16 9 19 16 — 60

Lakeland 14 8 17 13 — 52

POST FALLS — Anderson 0, Ostlund 2, McLean 0, McCarthy 18, Shields 6, Craig 8, McKeown 0, Blake 13, Bowie 9, Carver 4.

LAKELAND — Nowell 6, Cameron 3, Ferguson 7, Ryan 2, Tebbe 0, Loutzenhiser 10, Hocking 23, Hensley 0, Anderson 0, Harris 1, Locke 0.

Lake City 84

Moscow 40

MOSCOW — The Timberwolves, ranked No. 1 in 5A, shot 63.6% from the field in the Inland Empire League romp over the 4A Bears at Bear Den.

Nathan Hocking scored 23 points, Kolton Mitchell 16 for Lake City (18-0, 6-0 IEL), which shot 35 of 55 for the game, including 12 of 25 from 3-point range.

“They ran zone. We’ve been seeing a ton of zone, and we’ve got a pretty good shooting team if you’re going to run a lot of zone,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “We move the ball well against the zone. Nathan was fantastic tonight offensively.”

Mitchell hit four 3s for Lake City. Hocking, Deacon Kiesbuy and Cason Miller hit two each, Reese Strawn one.

Besides their sharp shooting, the Timberwolves also broke the game early with its defense — primarily with a half-court trap, with a little full-court pressure mixed in.

“I thought our presses were really good tonight,” Winger said. “For a Saturday afternoon game, we were very focused, very intent on our business and on what we needed to do.”

Zac Skinner led Moscow (8-9, 2-4) with 10 points.

Lake City travels to Lewiston on Tuesday.

Moscow plays host to Coeur d’Alene on Wednesday.

Lake City 28 17 26 13 — 84

Moscow 10 13 8 9 — 40

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 12, Strawn 7, J. Hill 0, Miller 8, Kiesbuy 11, Ja. Hill 0, Johnson 4, Mitchell 16, Snow 3, Hocking 23.

MOSCOW — Wilson 8, Reed 0, Cummings 6, Afatchao 3, Rehder 3, Abendroth 2, Williams 4, C. Skinner 4, Z. Skinner 10.

Lewiston 58

Sandpoint 48

SANDPOINT — Despite 22 points from Rusty Lee, the host Bulldogs fell to the Bengals in an Inland Empire League game at Les Rogers Court.

Carson Way scored 21 points for Lewiston (12-5, 4-3 IEL), which jumped out to a 14-6 lead after one quarter and never looked back.

“We had a hard time getting out of the gate today,” Sandpoint coach Brian Childs said. “We really struggled to find that spark and energy to start the game.”

Sandpoint (8-10, 3-3) plays host to Post Falls on Wednesday.

Lewiston is home vs. Lake City on Tuesday.

Lewiston 14 12 13 19 — 58

Sandpoint 6 11 15 16 — 48

LEWISTON — Way 21, Knewbow 2, Bramlet 0, Alldredge 0, Bogar 0, Mader 5, White 13, Wren 7, Bensching 0, Hottinger 4, Arlint 0, Lawrence 6.

SANDPOINT — Pettit 5, R. Lee 22, Frank 8, VanDenBerg 2, Medeiros 0, Leisy 0, Eacret 0, Dickinson 0, Childs 2, Lane 6, Jones 3, Hindberg 0, Bopp 0, V. Lee 0.

St. Maries-Logos

Lakeside 75

St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse 60

PLUMMER — Junior Liam Hendrickx scored 17 of his game-high 23 points in the first half for the Knights in a nonleague win over the Eagles at Ron Miller Court.

Senior Vander Brown scored 18 points for Lakeside (12-3), which has won five straight since a setback to Bonners Ferry, ranked No. 2 in this week’s state 3A boys basketball media poll.

“We played really well for the first three quarters,” Lakeside coach James Twoteeth said. “Liam was aggressive getting to the basket, and so was Vander.”

Lakeside travels to Wallace on Wednesday.

Matthew Deford scored 16 points for St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse (8-9).

St. John-End. 15 15 16 14 — 60

Lakeside 27 12 22 14 — 75

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT/LACROSSE — Brown 0, Brewer 7, Gonzalez 2, Fleming 6, Molina 10, Maloney 9, Deford 16, Swannack 9, Miller 6.

LAKESIDE — Brown 18, SiJohn 7, Callahan 5, Hall 10, Hendrickx 23, Spotted Horse 0, Charley 7, Peone 0.

• GIRLS

St. Maries 46

Priest River 26

ST. MARIES — Leading by five points after three quarters, the fourth-seeded Lumberjacks outscored the fifth-seeded Spartans 14-0 in the fourth quarter to capture the loser-out game to open the 2A District 1-2 tournament.

Stacie Mitchell had 12 points and 11 rebounds for St. Maries (10-10), which plays at No. 1 Grangeville (13-8) on Monday at 6 p.m. in a semifinal game. No. 3 Orofino plays at No. 2 Kellogg on Monday in the other semi.

Taci Watkins added 11 points, Berkli McGreal 10 for St. Maries.

Samantha Pound scored 12 points for Priest River, which finished 2-14 in its first season after dropping from class 3A.

Priest River 10 6 10 0 — 26

St. Maries 12 8 11 14 — 45

PRIEST RIVER — Marinello 0, Pound 12, Burgess-Duquette 0, Humphrey 7, Yount 0, McCracken 3, Kingery 0, Jensen 0, Coleman 4.

ST. MARIES — McGreal 10, Sexton 2, Watkins 11, Mitchell 12, Elliott 0, Sindt 5, Janssen 2, Baird 0, Sloper 0, Linnemeyer 3, Lockridge 0.