SANDPOINT — With the game tied at 37-37 and less than 20 seconds on the clock, the Sandpoint Bulldogs put the ball in the hands of their best player, and Grace Kirscher delivered, getting fouled and sinking the winning free throw with five seconds left in a big 38-37 win over Moscow on Saturday in a 4A Inland Empire League clash at Les Rogers Court.

Trinity Golder had another strong scoring night for the Bulldogs (6-9, 1-0 4A IEL), draining four 3-pointers en route to a team-high 17 points and six rebounds, while Kirscher had two of her five steals late in the game, a back and fourth affair that was tight throughout in the fourth quarter.

Gracey Meyer led the Bears (1-1 4A IEL) with 15 points, and they raced out to an early 14-6 lead before Sandpoint answered.

“I liked how resilient they were to fight from behind and tie it up. We showed a lot of poise at the end,” said Bulldogs head coach Duane Ward, lauding the outside shooting of Golder. “When she gets in that rhythm, she’s a deadly shooter. We’ve got to have that outside shooting.”

The Bulldogs were trailing by one when Taylor Ward pulled down an offensive board and was fouled, hitting one of two free throws to tie the game up. The Bulldogs stole the ensuing in-bounds possession, and put the game away.

Sandpoint is at Lewiston on Monday.

Moscow 14 8 5 8 — 37

Sandpoint 6 10 13 9 — 38

MOSCOW — Haeder 3, Rauch 1, Broyles 11, Meyer 14, Carscallen 0, Waters 0, Jung 7.

SANDPOINT — Matilla 0, Tomazich 0, Kaul 0, Ward 1, Laybourne 0, Golder 17, Hicks 6, Tucker 0, Kirscher 14.

Timberlake 63

Priest River 12

SPIRIT LAKE — Keelie Lawler surpassed the 1,000-point mark in her career as the host Tigers beat the Spartans in Intermountain League play in the annual Battle for the Buck spirit games.

Priest River won the buck.

Lawler scored 11 points, giving her 1,010 for her career. Allison Kirby scored 12 points, Kayle Jezek 10 for Timberlake (14-2, 5-0 IML), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Priest River dropped to 4-9, 1-3.

Priest River 0 7 5 0 — 12

Timberlake 20 13 16 14 — 63

PRIEST RIVER — Hurd 2, Downs 0, Fink 2, Krampert 5, Potthoff 0, Kren 3, Martin 0, Stephenson 0, DeMent 0, Petit 0.

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 4, Kelley 9, Kronenberg 1, Mallet 7, Starr 5, Jezek 10, Kirby 12, Cheevers 4, Bronson 0, Lawler 11.

St. Maries 57

Grangeville 28

ST. MARIES — Kelsey Auer had eight points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots for the Lumberjacks in a Central Idaho League win over the Maniacs.

Kaylee Auer scored 12 points, Shelby Holder had eight points, seven rebounds and three steals and Madison Cordell eight assists for St. Maries, which outscored Orofino 29-6 in the second and third quarter combined.

“We had a really balanced attack on offense,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. “We came out a little flat and looked like we were going through the motions, but in the second quarter we started to play good defense and just shut them down in the middle of the game. We just kept getting better on offense throughout the game and it was a great team effort.”

St. Maries (11-3, 3-0 CIL) travels to Grangeville next Saturday.

Mayra Rodriguez scored nine points for Orofino (7-8, 0-3).

Orofino 11 4 2 11 — 28

St. Maries 10 14 15 18 — 57

OROFINO — Sparano 5, Anderson 0, Schwartz 0, Reggear 0, Tighe 0, Bretz 4, Rasmussen 0, Rodriguez 9, Campbell 7.

ST. MARIES — Sines 6, Peet 7, Borgman 6, Haeg 8, Cordell 0, Wilson 2, Kel. Auer 8, Holder 8, Kay. Auer 12.

Kootenai 51

Clark Fork 34

CLARK FORK — Kaili Gentry led a balanced scoring attack with 13 points, leading the Warriors over the Wampus Cats in North Star League action.

Kennedy LaFountaine added 12 points and Paxton Dotson 11 for the Warriors (3-5, 1-2 NSL), who used a 12-2 fourth quarter run to put the game away.

Sophomore Brooke Stevens led the Wampus Cats (1-10, 1-4 NSL) with 13 points and six steals, Tessa Sutton added 10 points, six boards and two blocks, and Ellie Kiebert three steals in defeat. The Cats kept the game close, but once again suffered through a lull.

“We have that one bad quarter, we aren’t putting a complete game together,” said Cats head coach Mark Stevens, admitting his team is young. “It’s been that way all year.”

Clark Fork hosts Genesis Prep on Tuesday.

Kootenai (3-5, 2-2) hosts Lakeside on Tuesday.

Kootenai 16 9 14 12 — 51

Clark Fork 13 8 11 2 — 34

KOOTENAI — K. LaFountaine 12, Lamb 6, Green 2, M. LaFountaine 7, Dotson 10, Gentry 13.

CLARK FORK — Stevens 13, Crumpton 3, A. Sutton 1, Young 1, Simko 2, Kiebert 4, T. Sutton 10.

N.I. Christian 36

Christian Center 10

COEUR d’ALENE — Kaylee Prosch had 10 points, nine rebounds, seven steals and two blocks for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win against the Lions at Holy Family Catholic School.

Kiki Holmes had 18 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (10-11, 5-2 MCL), which faces The Oaks on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Rebecca Cashen scored five points for Christian Center (10-2, 4-2), which faces Kootenai Thunder on Thursday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

Christian Center 0 1 3 6 — 10

N.I. Christian 6 6 10 14 — 36

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Rives 2, Ryssel 3, R. Cashen 5, M. Cashen 0, Wood 0, May 0, Kramer 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Prosch 10, Whiteman 4, Holmes 4, Brennan 3, Ralls 5, Schlader 4, Seeley 6, Dixon 0.