PREP BASKETBALL: Viking boys wind down busy week with win over Liberty

• BOYS

COEUR d’ALENE — After playing three high-intensity games in as many days at the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas, flying home immediately after, and arriving home after midnight, you can forgive Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams for wondering just how full the tank was for his team on Saturday. 

As it turned out, it was still pretty full. 

Senior Carter Rupp scored 23 of his game-high 29 points in the second half, hitting six 3-pointers as the Vikings beat the Liberty Patriots of Renton, Wash., 88-72 at North Idaho College. 

“Carter is so good in the open court, and he can stop on a dime and get his shot,” Adams said. “He put the nail in them in the second half, but it was really a team effort. Kai (Wheeler) and Evan (Robertson) were really good around the basket. Maxwell (Riley) had another good game around the basket and Caden (Symons) made a lot of plays.” 

Coeur d’Alene (5-4), which played three games in Boise last weekend, returned home for two days, then traveled to Las Vegas on Tuesday, then returned home late Friday for Saturday’s game. 

“We’d played seven games in nine days, so I was a little nervous considering how late we got back,” Adams said. “I was a little nervous with the energy and effort in the tank, but they made this game a track meet. I was really impressed with them for that.” 

Riley scored 19 points, Wheeler 15 points and Symons 14 points for Coeur d’Alene, which hosts Hermiston (Ore.) on Jan. 3. 

Isaac Roberts and Jackson Whitaker scored 15 points each for Liberty (8-1). 

Liberty        10    17    21    24    —    72 

Coeur d’Alene    16    24    28    20    —    88 

LIBERTY — Hatcher 3, Vermeulen 13, Nordland 6, Kalasountas 4, Fan 7, Whitaker 15, Roberts 15, Burley 9. 

COEUR d’ALENE — Murray 2, Rupp 29, Montague 0, Booth 0, Sutich 0, Riley 19, Wheeler 15, Symons 14, Johnston 0, Robertson 9. 

Lake City 79 

Mead 73 

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Reese Strawn scored 18 points for the Timberwolves in a nonleague win over the Panthers at Lake City High. 

Sophomore Jordan Carlson scored 17 points for Lake City (8-3), which hosts Mt. Spokane on Friday. 

Bryce Lynd and Brady Thornton scored 19 points each for Mead (5-3). 

Mead        18    16    17    22    —    51 

Lake City    21    21    19    18    —    79 

MEAD — Maze 12, Lynd 19, Blanchat 11, Thornton 19, Kennedy-Gibbens 0, Picicci 0, Daines 0, Gustafson 14. 

LAKE CITY — Winey 3, Strawn 18, Miller 16, Watson 7, Kloos 8, Bowman 5, Pearson 2, Carlson 17. 

Lakeside 66 

Genesis Prep 56 

PLUMMER — Trailing by 10 points at halftime, the host Knights outscored the Jaguars 42-22 in the second half of the Scenic Idaho Conference game at Ron Miller Court. 

Hallah Peone hit three 3-pointers and scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half for Lakeside (6-1, 3-0 SIC). Tyson Charley added 18 points, Preston SpottedHorse 12, Jadin Pluff 10 for the Knights. 

Dylan Tosh hit five 3-pointers and scored 24 points for Genesis Prep (3-6, 1-1), and Gabe Meyer added 21. 

Genesis Prep plays Coeur du Christ on Friday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene. 

Lakeside returns to action Jan. 3-4 at a tournament at Wellpinit, Wash. 

Genesis Prep     12    22    9    13    —    56 

Lakeside     7    17    19    23   —    66 

GENESIS PREP — Nichols 5, Tosh 24, Martin 2, S. Bateman 3, Earley 0, Meyer 21, Gintz 0, Farrell 1. 

LAKESIDE — Peone 20, Louie 0, Greensky 2, Mitchell 4, SpottedHorse 12, Charley 18, Pluff 10. 

• GIRLS 

Sandpoint 64 

University 54 

SANDPOINT — Sophomore Jordyn Tomco scored a game-high 22 points for the Bulldogs in a win over the Titans at Les Rogers Court. 

Sophomore Brecken Mire had 13 points and four assists for Sandpoint, which trailed 35-34 before making a run to end the third quarter. 

“I’m really proud of the girls for the way that competed and for the composure that they had throughout the game,” Sandpoint coach Will Love said. “We played U-High twice in the summer and they got us both times. Our girls know theirs through club basketball, so it was a big game for us in a couple of different ways.” 

Sandpoint (5-2) faces Kennewick in the West Valley Eagle Classic on Dec. 27 in Spokane Valley. 

Sophie Carbajal scored 15 points for University (3-4). 

University    8    16    13    17    —    54 

Sandpoint    13    14    17    20    —    64 

UNIVERSITY — Carbajal 15, K. Handran 14, Altender 8, M. Handran 6, Donahue 5, Roberts 4, Ashton 2. 

SANDPOINT — Tomco 22, Mire 13, L. Driggs 11, Ch. Laybourne 8, D. Driggs 4, Ca. Laybourne 4, Thaete 2. 

Francis Parker 68

Coeur d'Alene 59

LAS VEGAS — The Vikings fell to the Lancers of San Diego for the second time in a Diamond Bracket game in the Tarkanian Classic at Durango High.

Coeur d'Alene fell to Francis Parker 47-40 on Wednesday.

Coeur d'Alene (6-7) returns to action on Jan. 3, hosting Timberlake.

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Coeur d'Alene sophomore guard Ben Murray attempts to drive by Liberty sophomore guard Tyson Burley during the first quarter of Saturday's game at North Idaho College.


  

    JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY Sandpoint junior Mia Driggs and University sophomore Keely Handran fight for possession of the ball during Saturday's game at Les Rogers Court.