PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Timberlake scores game's final 10 points to beat Bonners Ferry

BONNERS FERRY — Junior Jozee MacArthur scored 22 points, including the go-ahead three-point play with 2:06 remaining, and the Timberlake Tigers scored the game’s final 10 points to defeat Intermountain League foe Bonners Ferry 66-61 in the Backwoods Brawl spirit game Saturday.

“I really really liked our grit,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “I felt like not much went our way, but we kept fighting and fighting, and found a way to gut out a win.”

Bonners Ferry (8-5, 0-1 IML) took a 61-56 lead on freshman Taren Bateman’s backdoor cut and layup with 3 minutes left. 

Kursten McKellips answered for Timberlake (12-3, 1-0) with what Miller said was the Tigers’ biggest basket of the game, a 3-pointer. MacArthur then spun in the lane for a basket, drew the foul and hit the free throw to put Timberlake ahead to stay.

Diana Nelson, who scored 12 of her 13 points in the second half, scored inside for the Tigers, and Marissa Needs capped the scoring with two free throws with 39 seconds left.

“They showed a lot of resilience,” Miller said. “A lot of teams that would have struggled for that long would have given up and folded. (Jozee) played really tough; she embodied that grit the whole team had. She led that toughness charge of keep working, keep trying.”

McKellips finished with 11 points, Needs 10 for the Tigers.

Bateman led all scorers with 26 points. Asha Abubakari added 12 for the Badgers.

After the game Timberlake High was declared winners of the spirit competition for the second straight year.

Timberlake plays host to Bonners Ferry on Wednesday to conclude league play between the only two basketball-playing schools in the IML.

Timberlake    16    12    17    21    —    66

Bonners Ferry    19    16    16    10    —    61

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 1, Young 5, Nelson 13, McArthur 22, Simpson 4, Sjolund 0, Needs 10, McKellips 11.

BONNERS FERRY — Petesch 0, Kimball 9, Baisden 4, Pluid 10, Bateman 26, Mierke 0, Abubakari 12.

Genesis Prep 45

St. Maries 34

ST. MARIES — Junior Sienna Williams scored 19 points as the visiting Jaguars got off to a fast start and beat the Lumberjacks in nonleague play.

Katie Yount added 11 points for Genesis Prep (9-8).

“We came out flat, and never got un-flat,” St. Maries coach Gary Krumheuer said. “We couldn’t keep them off the foul line. We had more field goals than they did, but they were 18 of 25 from the foul line.”

Raevyn Yearout scored 11 points for St. Maries (2-11), which travels to Kellogg on Monday.

Genesis Prep plays host to Lakeside on Thursday.

Genesis Prep    14    15    11    5    —    45

St. Maries    7    12    6    9    —    34

GENESIS PREP — S. Martin 0, Covey 2, E. Martin 11, Williams 19, Nelke 2, Yount 11, Nichols 0.

ST. MARIES — B. Elliott 3, Timken 0, Martin 3, Baird 1, R. Yearout 11, Sindt 7, K. Elliott 0, Sloper 6, M. Yearout 0, Linnemeyer 3.

Grangeville 73

Priest River 22

GRANGEVILLE — Madalyn Green scored 20 points for the Bulldogs in a Central Idaho League win over the Spartans at Priest River High.

Caryss Barger scored 18 points for Grangeville (14-2, 4-0 CIL), which travels to Orofino on Tuesday.

Junior Desi Humphrey scored seven points for Priest River (7-5, 1-3), which travels to the Sandpoint JV on Tuesday.

Grangeville    23    17    20    13    —    73

Priest River    9    7    4    2    —    22

GRANGEVILLE — Barger 18, Wagner 5, York 0, Adams 2, Bashaw 2, Green 20, Thacker 12, Vanderwall 11, Told 2.

PRIEST RIVER — Coleman 3, Pound 4, White 2, Thompson 0, Burgess-Duquette 2, Humphrey 7, Yount 0, McCracken 2, Jensen 2.

Lake Roosevelt 54

Lakeside 47

COULEE DAM, Wash. — Martina Rivera scored a game-high 17 points, Kyleigh Wolfe 15 for the visiting Knights (4-8), who fell to the Raiders (6-5) in nonleague play

Lakeside travels to Colville on Tuesday.

Lakeside    10    16    7    14    —    47

Lake Roosevelt    12    18    15    9    —    54

LAKESIDE — Gorr 0, Pluff 4, Wolfe 15, Rivera 17, A. Lowley 0, Wienclaw 0, Hodgson 0, Lozon 1, D. Lowley 3, Nomee 0, Lambert 7.

LAKE ROOSEVELT — Raeley P. 14, Shyanne 14, Talliyah 0, Shae 2, Carly 8, Kenzie 12, Madelynn C. 4.

Clark Fork 40

Troy (Mont.) 36

TROY, Mont. – Hannah Thompson scored 11 points, Priscilla Mayorga seven, both season highs, as the visiting Wampus Cats took down the Trojans in nonleague action.

“We started in a zone defense and really struggled with rebounding,” Clark Fork assistant coach Chris Cavanaugh said. “We switched up to man and that helped a lot … we have some stuff to clean up with cuts and screens.” 

Lily Reuter had 10 points for Clark Fork (4-7), which travels to Wallace on Tuesday.

Clark Fork 2 11 13 14 – 40

Troy (Mont.) 9 8 8 11 – 36

CLARK FORK — Thompson 11, Reuter 10, Mayorga 7, Scarlett 5, Shelton 3, Hoy 2, Boehme 2. 

TROY — Ad. Fisher 11, Dungan 10, Rogers 7, Au. Fisher 3, Jellesed 2.

Stillwater Christian 47

N.I. Christian 45

KALISPELL, Mont. — The visiting Royals suffered just their second loss of the season, as the hosts came from behind in the final quarter, taking the lead for good with a minute to play at Sommers Middle School.

Symone Pilgrim had 16 points and 11 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (18-2). Danica Kelly added 16 points, seven assists and six steals, and Chelsey Cate had 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots.

Emi Ophiem and Dre Ophiem each scored 10 points for Stillwater Christian.

North Idaho Christian plays Christian Center School on Thursday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

N.I. Christian     11    12    13    9    —    45

Stillwater Chr.     8    7    14    18    —    47

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Cate 10, Salaiz 0, Kelly 16, S. Pilgrim 16, Sanwald 1, Brotherton 0, Y. Pilgrim 2.

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Conolly 9, Patten 0, Emi Ophiem 10, Mathiason 3, Williams 8, Dre Ophiem 10, White 0, Potts 0, Kenney 5, Bukner 2.