PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Late push sends Lakeland past visiting East Valley
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 13 years, 10 months AGO
RATHDRUM - Alex Opland had 19 points and four assists for the Lakeland Hawks, who went on a 17-3 run to start the fourth quarter and defeated the East Valley Knights 60-51 in a nonleague basketball game Tuesday night at Hawk Court.
Opland, Matt Horne, Tyrel Derrick and Randy McCabe hit 3-pointers early in the fourth quarter for Lakeland (2-2), which hosts Colville on Thursday.
"We just started to playing better defense," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. "We got a bit of a lead and they started fouling and we were able to close it out."
Derrick had 10 points and Scott Simpson grabbed 10 rebounds for Lakeland.
Cole Hofstee scored 21 points for East Valley.
East Valley 12 11 17 11 - 51
Lakeland 11 11 12 26 - 60
EAST VALLEY - Zurfluh 0, George 0, Keplin 0, Jordan 0, Phelan 15, Hofstee 21, Dusenberry 0, Brown 13, Taylor 2.
LAKELAND - Opland 19, Horne 11, Carr 4, Derrick 10, Millsap 0, Bayley 3, Stanford 0, Simpson 8, McCabe 5.
Hanford 70
Post Falls 64
RICHLAND, Wash. - The visiting Trojans pulled within three twice in the fourth quarter, but couldn't get over the hump in the loss to the Falcons in nonleague play.
Post Falls (3-3) committed 21 turnovers and went to the foul line just four times, making three. Hanford was 17 of 25 from the line.
Corey Koski had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Trojans, Matt Hillman added 12 points, Keaton Corr had 11 points and Timmy Mueller grabbed six rebounds.
"They just jumped out on us, and we couldn't overcome it," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "I was very happy with Matt Hillman, he got us back in the game by making some tough shots. And Keaton Corr played well off the bench. But we had 21 turnovers, and that's unacceptable. Careless turnovers are killing us."
Joe Douglas scored a game-high 27 points for Hanford, and teammate Jalen Watson added 18.
Post Falls is idle until Dec. 21, when it hosts Lakeland in the Battle for the Prairie Pig.
Post Falls 13 20 20 11 - 64
Hanford 19 20 19 12 - 70
POST FALLS - Hall 11, McKeown 1, Davenport 3, Jackson 3, Hillman 12, Mueller 4, Conger 0, Thompson 7, Corr 11, Koski 12.
HANFORD - K. Watson 2, Jones 0, Heid 3, Devine 14, J. Watson 18, Douglas 27, Dobken 6.
Cd'A Charter 72
Valley Christian 57
COEUR d'ALENE - Senior forward Bryan Smith had 29 points and seven rebounds as the host Panthers beat the visiting Panthers in nonleague play at Holy Family Catholic School.
Smith scored 12 of his points in the second quarter for Coeur d'Alene Charter (5-2). Christian Pedersen added 23 points and eight assists for Charter, and the two combined for 33 of Charter's 36 first-half points.
"Christian got us off to a good start in the first quarter with his defense, and getting us into the transition game," Charter coach Chris Pedersen said. "And Bryan caught fire from pretty much everywhere on the floor in the second quarter."
R.J. Hallett scored 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter, including three 3-pointers, for Charter, which travels to Mt. St. Michael's on Saturday.
Nick Cox led Valley Christian with 24 points.
Valley Christian 16 18 13 10 - 57
Cd'A Charter 17 19 19 17 - 72
VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Gage 4, Dickenson 10, Cox 24, Hershel 0, Cor 2, Piersol 12, Murchant 5.
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Pedersen 23, Hallett 13, Johnson 3, Adams 4, Smith 29, Moreno 0.