COEUR d'ALENE - Central Kitsap of Silverdale, Wash. missed plenty of size in 6-foot-7 starting center Alex Smith and 6-foot-5 forward Christian Miller Thursday.

Coeur d'Alene was short-handed itself but it still took full advantage, in a 61-51 nonleague win in the 6th annual Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational on Rolly Williams Court.

Vikings forwards like 6-foot-5 junior Tony Naccarato and 6-foot-3 junior Devin Kluss grabbed rebound after rebound along the offensive glass, scoring several points from within 5 feet. Kluss led Coeur d'Alene (5-1) in scoring with 17 points, along with nine rebounds and three steals, while Naccarato added 15 points to go with seven rebounds. Freshman Joey Naccarato had six points and 10 rebounds and Ryan Walde added seven points and nine rebounds.

"A lot of that was my teammates," Tony Naccarato said of his work inside. "They gave me an opportunity down low. I happened to capitalize ... we were looking for the open guy. We're happy we won but our execution wasn't very good tonight."

Coeur d'Alene has key injuries of its own. Starting center Michael Hicks is out with a torn ligament in his ankle, starting guard Colby Daniels is out after he had his appendix removed and key backup guard Laj Tripp is out with a concussion.

The Vikings broke out early in the second half by jumping out to an 8-0 run and held on the rest of the way. The game got as close as 48-43, after a 3-pointer by Central Kitsap guard Andrew Schweterman, who led all scorers with 22 points and four 3s.

Two turnovers by Cd'A led to easy transition baskets by the Cougars (4-5). With 2:01 remaining in the game, Schweterman airballed a 3-point attempt and he appeared to have been fouled by a Vikings player, but there was no call in front of Central Kitsap head coach Scott McMinds.

While Coeur d'Alene shot 50 percent from the field on a 28 for 56 night, it has a few things to work on before 5A Inland Empire League play begins Jan. 7 at Lake City. The Vikings went 4 for 13 from the free-throw line for a 31 percent clip, made 1 of 8 3-pointers and had several turnovers at inopportune times.

Despite all that, the home team built a 57-49 lead a little less than 1:30 left in the game to seal the deal. With 23 seconds left, Kluss had a slam dunk to put a punctuation mark on the night.

"It was just a sloppy game," Vikings coach Kurt Lundblad said. "I thought our execution and attention to detail (was off) ... I'm happy the kids gutted out the win. In the first half we were too selfish, we'd have one or two passes and just put it up. In the second half, we should've just taken the shot. Our decision making was poor, we had far too many turnovers. We haven't shot free throws very well all year. There are things we've got to get better on and that's why we're in the tournament."

Coeur d'Alene plays Kelowna Secondary School (British Columbia) tonight at 6 p.m. at Rolly Williams Court.

Central Kitsap 15 11 10 15 - 51

Coeur d'Alene 11 15 18 17 - 61

CENTRAL KITSAP - Schweterman 22, Johnson 3, Murray 4, Sadaya 2, Rowen 0, Parrish 0, Goessman 8.

COEUR d'ALENE - Kluss 17, Walde 7, Carpenter 10, T. Naccarato 15, Williams 2, Paulsen 1, Sparks 3, J. Naccarato 6, Kuetemeyer 0.

Post Falls 60, Prairie 41: Coming off a holiday break, Post Falls boys basketball coach Mike McLean wasn't sure what to expect going into the Trojans opener in the sixth annual Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational.

Turns out, it was the same thing that the schools has became familiar with - a win.

Dalton Thompson scored 12 points and Matt Hillman added 11 as the Trojans defeated the Prairie Falcons of Vancouver (Wash.) 60-41 at Rolly Williams Court.

"You never really know what to expect coming off a break with Christmas being yesterday (Wednesday)," said McLean, whose team is 14-1 in the annual tournament. "I wasn't sure what to expect coming out of the gate, but I think our kids responded well."

Post Falls opened a nine point lead early in the second quarter and finished the game with nine 3-pointers as a team.

"We got off to a good start," McLean said. "I think that's the first team we've faced this season that came out in a zone right off the bat, so it was nice to make a couple of shots early to get things going. When you're making shots, we can get into the different kinds of pressure we like to use. We shot the ball really well. We like playing here. NIC is a nice facility. Anytime you're making your shots, it makes everything else go better. I didn't think we had as many lapses in our defensive rotation. We like to say we can play defense anywhere, but overall, we got a lot of contributions from a lot of different guys tonight and that's going to help us."

Post Falls will play Central Kitsap today at 4:15 p.m.

James Phillips scored 12 points for Prairie, which faces Eisenhower today at 2:30 p.m.

Prairie 5 13 12 11 - 41

Post Falls 13 14 19 14 - 60

PRAIRIE - Goeke 0, Davidson 3, Stockbridge 1, Papworth 2, Phillips 12, Pack 9, Jackson 3, Marti 0, Rouse 0, Bernash 2, McPherson 9.

POST FALLS - Hall 8, McKeown 2, Davenport 0, Pfennigs 0, Hillman 11, Gondo 3, Anderson 7, McCullough 10, Thompson 12, Franklin 0, Bowers 2, Koski 5.

Kelowna 62, Eisenhower 60: Parker Simson scored 23 points to lead the Owls back from a 20-4 deficit after the first quarter to defeat the Cadets.

Kelowna 4 20 21 17 - 62

Eisenhower 20 16 6 18 - 60

KELOWNA - Sandhill 5, Cato 6, P. Simson 23, Truss 18, Rondbarker 0 C. Simson 7.

EISENHOWER - Backes 8, Adams 0, Harris 13, McLin 4, Moya 5, Davis 0, Hinman 11, Gomez 1, Stebbins 4, Soto 14.a