PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Lakeland falls in wacky finish

RATHDRUM — After Lakeland battled back to take a one-point lead late, Moscow’s Brayson Reed capped a wild finish by drilling a 3-pointer from the left baseline at the buzzer to lift the Bears past the Hawks 63-61 in an Inland Empire League thriller Friday night at Hawk Court.

Nick Nowell hit a turnaround jumper in the lane with 4 seconds left to put Lakeland (3-11, 1-3 IEL) up 61-60.

Moscow (8-7, 2-2) called a timeout.

Then …

“They threw a full court pass, it was tipped, we intercepted, we just started celebrating early, and we got called for a travel,” Lakeland coach Tony Hanna explained. “And they hit a great shot at the end.”

Moscow inbounded under its own basket and Dylan Rehder, who led all scorers with 18 points, passed to his right to Reed, who hit a contested jumper from the corner to win it.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Hanna said. “We had it. Game over.”

Scotty Hocking scored 16 points, Ben Ryan 13, Kenton Ferguson 11 for Lakeland, which jumped out to an 18-8 lead after one quarter.

Trailing by eight at the half, Moscow outscored Lakeland 25-11 in the third quarter, and led 55-46 with three minutes left.

Collin Cameron drilled a 3 to pull Lakeland within 57-54, and Hocking’s 3-point play with 1:17 left tied it at 57. Hocking sank two free throws with 39 seconds left to give the Hawks a two-point lead, Cody Wilson answered with a three-point play for Moscow with 24 seconds left.

Rehder finished with four 3s, Reed 11 points and two 3s for Moscow. Zac Skinner scored 12.

Lakeland travels to Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Moscow 8 18 25 12 — 63

Lakeland 18 16 11 16 — 61

MOSCOW — Wilson 9, Reed 11, Cummings 0, Atatchao 0, Rehder 18, Abendroth 6, Williams 2, C. Skinner 5, Z. Skinner 12.

LAKELAND — Nowell 9, Cameron 9, Ferguson 11, Ryan 13, Tebbe 0, Rothrock 0, Loutzenhiser 1, Hocking 16, Anderson 0, Harris 2, Locke 0.

Bonners Ferry 79

Timberlake 64

SPIRIT LAKE — The Williamses — Ridge and Asher — combined for 19 of the Badgers' 27 third-quarter points in a win over the Tigers in the Backwoods Brawl spirit game at Timberlake High.

Bonners Ferry (14-1) finished 22 of 26 from the free-throw line, compared to 9 of 22 for Timberlake (6-10) in the first of two games between the lone two teams in the Intermountain League.

Ayson McLuskie scored 11 of his team-high 18 points in the second quarter for Timberlake.

“I was proud of the way our kids played,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “Ayson had a phenomenal night and was 3 of 3 from the 3-point line in the second quarter. We had a little longer halftime and I don’t know that it cooled us down. That third quarter just killed us.”

Timberlake and Bonners Ferry, ranked first in this week’s state prep boys basketball media poll, meet again at Bonners Ferry on Feb. 17.

“Our kids are learning that we can play with them,” LaFountaine said. “Bonners is a good team, but we can play with them.”

Bonners Ferry hosts Lakeland on Tuesday.

Timberlake hosts Priest River on Wednesday.

Bonners Ferry 15 18 27 19 — 79

Timberlake 12 24 9 19 — 64

BONNERS FERRY — R. Williams 25, E. Blackmore 11, Henslee 0, Petesch 3, A. Williams 23, Th. Bateman 9, Tr. Bateman 3, B. Blackmore 5.

TIMBERLAKE — Olivieri 10, McLuskie 18, Yetter 5, Vallieres 10, H. Higgins 10, V. Higgins 2, MacArthur 9.

Kellogg 44

Priest River 26

KELLOGG — Kolby Luna had 13 points and Riply Luna eight points and 15 rebounds for the Wildcats, who closed the first half with 17 consecutive stops in a nonleague win over the Spartans at Andrews Gymnasium.

“It was a great effort from the guys tonight on the defensive end,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “Tom O’Neill and Luke Miller helped set the tone for us on that end of the floor and Bridger McLean chipped in with four steals. Our shots weren’t falling, but it was nice to get such a strong defensive effort, even when our offense wasn’t helping fuel our energy.”

Priest River (7-9) is playing an independent schedule and will enter the 2A District 1-2 tournament as the fifth seed.

Kellogg (13-4) hosts Newport, Wash., today.

Priest River 6 4 9 7 — 26

Kellogg 12 12 11 9 — 44

PRIEST RIVER — Matthews 2, Butler 2, Staudt 2, Marinello 0, T. Engelson 6, Z. Engelson 8, Kreager 0, Cook 0, Yount 6.

KELLOGG — Miller 8, Whatcott 6, R. Luna 8, K. Luna 13, McLean 0, Maciosek 6, O’Neill 0, Robinson 0, Hendrix 3, Taylor 0.

Genesis Prep 57

Clark Fork 44

POST FALLS — Senior Joey Specht hit six 3-pointers and finished with 21 points for the Jaguars in a nonleague win over the Wampus Cats at The Courts at Real Life.

“I thought we played pretty good team defense other than fouling too much in the second quarter,” Genesis Prep coach Lon Morast said. “I’m proud of our effort. We put a really good first 12 minutes together, then started fouling and turning the ball over. Clark Fork’s a scrappy team and plays hard.”

Senior Donovan Daniels scored 10 points for Genesis Prep (6-8), which faces Coeur d’Christ today at The Courts at 5 p.m.

Seth Caven scored 14 points for Clark Fork (9-6), which travels to the Sandpoint JV today.

Clark Fork 6 17 9 10 — 44

Genesis Prep 13 15 17 12 — 57

CLARK FORK — Ch. Sanroman 10, Howard 5, Bailey 2, Minken 3, S. Caven 14, Shelton 10, W. Caven 0, Stevens 0, Montgomery 0, Christopherson 0.

GENESIS PREP — Farrell 5, Daniels 10, Russworm 4, Tosh 12, Young 2, Specht 21, Rubert 3, Schultz 0, Wood 0, Martin 0.

Lakeside JV 77

Kootenai 45

PLUMMER — Freshman Hallah Peone scored 32 points for the Knights JV in a win over the Warriors at Ron Miller Court.

Sophomore Preston Spotted Horse scored 23 and Jarius Moffit 14 for Lakeside JV.

“Both Hallah and Preston were working really well together and getting to the basket,” Lakeside JV coach Jess Arthur said. “Jarius did a good job in the post and on the boards getting us some second chances.”

Christopher Moore scored 20 points, Riley Ausman 13 for Kootenai (0-9), which travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.

Kootenai 8 22 10 5 — 45

Lakeside JV 17 20 31 9 — 77

KOOTENAI — Ausman 13, C. Moore 20, Hodges 4, Tiller 8, Addington 0, Myers 0, J. Moore 0.

LAKESIDE JV — Mullins 0, Smith 0, Barnaby 4, Aldrich 1, Spotted Horse 23, Moffit 14, Peone 32, Allen 3.

Immac. Con. 64

Chr. Center 62

LIBERTY LAKE — Liam Kramer scored 36 points, Dominic Wilhelm 14 to lift Immaculate Conception past the Lions in nonleague play at the HUB Sports Center.

Colton Smith had 22 points and five rebounds, Micah Jones four 3-pointers and 13 points, Cade McWhorter three assists for Christian Center School (6-10), which plays the Spokane Athletic Co-op on Monday at the Spokane Fitness Center in Spokane Valley.

Chr. Center 15 18 15 14 — 62

Immac. Con. 15 16 12 21 — 64

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Smith 22, Teske 8, May 4, Ca. McWhorter 2, Stark 2, Jones 13, Mametiff 0, Wimer 2, Siers 0, Coppinger 9.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — Kramer 36, Johnson 4, Wilhelm 14, Jones 8, Kuypers 0, Lloyd 2, Counts 0, Harvey 0, Dishanni 0, Darakjy 0, Demeyer 0.