Thompson's 3 seals Post Falls victory at Lewis and Clark

- BOYS

SPOKANE — With the shot clock winding down, Drake Thompson sank a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left to boost Post Falls’ lead to 4, enough to seal the Trojans’ 58-56 victory over the Lewis and Clark Tigers on Friday night.

“We ran a set, and they took away our first and second option. We trusted our teammate and he stepped up and hit a big shot,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “Tonight was the first night we had four quarters of solid defensive effort. Against Gonzaga Prep we had some huge lapses, so we put in some work in practice and played better defensively.”

Tanner McCliment-Call hit three 3-pointers in the second half and led Post Falls (2-1) with 17 points. David Bourgard also hit three 3s and added 14 points and eight rebounds. Thompson finished with seven assists.

McLean also had praise for Nic Morris, who finished with 10 points and five rebounds, including four offensive boards in the second half.

Naje Smith scored a game-high 20 points for Lewis and Clark (5-3).

Next up for Post Falls is the Tarkanian Classic Dec. 20-23 in Las Vegas. The Trojans open Wednesday against Rancho Christian of Temecula, Calif., at the Orleans Arena.

Post Falls 10 14 15 19 — 58

Lewis and Clark 8 12 16 20 — 56

POST FALLS — Gennett 6, Thompson 7, Buer 0, McCliment-Call 17, Walker 0, Bourgard 14, Ballew 0, Pfennigs 4, Morris 10.

LEWIS AND CLARK — Effenberger 14, Rosenau 4, Merritt 2, Guillory 2, Sieveke 8, Love 4, Smith 20, Schofield 2.

• GIRLS

Lewiston 64

Coeur d’Alene 30

LEWISTON — Cameron Cady scored 16 points and the host Bengals (9-1) cruised past the Vikings (2-4) in the Inland Empire League opener for both teams at Booth Hall.

Rey Louden scored nine points for Coeur d’Alene, which travels to Northwest Christian of Colbert, Wash., on Monday.

Coeur d’Alene 5 11 7 7 — 30

Lewiston 15 19 16 14 — 64

COEUR d’ALENE — Minerath 2, Morton 1, Brainard-Adams 4, Chavez 0, Whiteman 4, Younker 4, Kane 5, Louden 9, Breen 1.

LEWISTON — Randall 10, Ralstin 4, Cornelia 4, Genzer 10, Isley 7, Cady 16, Eke 5, Stoddard 8.

Lewis and Clark 45

Lake City 32

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Timberwolves were held to six points in the second half of a loss to the Tigers of the Greater Spokane League.

“We got cold from the field and had a hard time getting a basket,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “They did a good job defensively, and we didn’t have a lot of great looks in the second half. We didn’t do a good job of responding when they closed in on defense and it slowly got away from us.”

Keara Simpson had 10 points and eight rebounds, Brooklyn Rewers 10 points, Chloe Teets seven rebounds for Lake City (6-4), which faces Ferris of Spokane in the opening round of the Avista Holiday Classic at Lewis-Clark State in Lewiston on Dec. 28.

Kaylee Bishop scored 14 points for Lewis and Clark (4-5).

Lewis and Clark 15 8 10 12 — 45

Lake City 13 13 4 2 — 32

LEWIS AND CLARK — Bishop 14, Buckley 10, Peters 3, Zylack 0, Arquette 6, Simpson 7, Mann 0, Sides 0, Maxwell 0, Reeves 7.

LAKE CITY — Avery 3, Barber 0, Teets 3, Muehlhausen 2, Hawkins 0, Wilson 2, Zufelt 2, Halliday 0, Rewers 10, Simpson 10.

Timberlake 60

Flathead 34

SPIRIT LAKE — Lilly Kelley scored 16 points and the host Tigers jumped out to a 24-5 lead after one quarter en route to the victory over the Braves from Kalispell, Mont.

“We played really well in spurts, and not so well in other spurts,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “I thought our good spurts were longer and our bad spurts were shorter, so I guess that’s progress. We played really well on defense in the first half — created some offense and momentum.”

Shelby Starr added 10 points for Timberlake (6-1), which plays host to East Valley today at 4:30.

Guard Clara Vandenbosch hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points for Flathead.

Flathead 5 9 13 7 — 34

Timberlake 24 14 7 15 — 60

FLATHEAD — Lemiske 0, Wilson 0, Walter 0, Malmin 0, Olson 6, Heaton 6, O’Dell 2, Vandenbosch 20.

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 1, Starr 10, Kelley 16, Kronenberg 3, Soumas 9, Bronson 3, Jessen 6, Bremer 0, Allen 2, Linehan 0, Jezek 8, Willis 2.

- POSTPONEMENTS

Nonleague boys and girls basketball games featuring Lakeland at Clarkston, as well as Sandpoint boys at St. Maries were called off due to weather and road conditions. Kootenai postponed its girls basketball game at Troy due to illness and injuries preventing the visiting Warriors from fielding a team.

No makeup dates were announced.