SPIRIT LAKE — Brenden Jessen scored eight of his team-high 16 points in the fourth quarter as the Timberlake Tigers beat the Priest River Spartans 51-46 in the annual Battle for the Buck spirit game.

“Brenden’s our defensive stopper and plays hard-nosed defense,” Timberlake coach Michael Scott said. “Tonight, the turnovers turned into points for him.”

Brayden Menti and Colton Counts scored 11 points each for Timberlake (5-3, 1-1 Intermountain League), which was playing for the first time since Dec. 20.

“Defensively, we just switched some things and were able to convert on some turnovers in the second half,” Scott said. “We haven’t played in a while and in our first game back, it had to be Battle for the Buck, and it looked like our first game. Priest River battled hard and weren’t going to go down easily.”

Hunter Hartwig scored 21 points for Priest River (4-6, 1-1).

Timberlake visits Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Priest River 15 12 10 9 — 46

Timberlake 14 11 13 13 — 51

PRIEST RIVER — Hegel 11, R. Anselmo 0, T. Anselmo 2, Hartwig 21, Haggerty 9, Luckey 2, McCracken 1.

TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 2, Dickinson 0, James 4, Counts 11, Sommers 3, Ostler 4, Menti 11, Jessen 16, Hausladen 0.

Moscow 53

Sandpoint 48

SANDPOINT — Trailing by one point with 3 minutes left, the host Bulldogs committed two turnovers in the closing minutes to allow the Bears to open up enough of a cushion in the 4A Inland Empire League game at Les Rogers Court.

“We had a couple bad turnovers and they got up 49-44 and we had to play the foul game, and they did not miss,” Sandpoint coach Kent Leiss said. “We had a couple critical turnovers, and we missed four consecutive free throws in that time frame.”

Glen Gosse scored 17 points, Cooper Stephens 15 for Moscow (9-7, 2-0 4A IEL), which has opened league play by winning its two road games.

Spencer Thompson had 18 points for Sandpoint (2-10, 0-1). Robbie Johnson added 15 points and Alex Stockton had 10 points and eight rebounds.

Sandpoint plays at Lakeland on Friday in the inaugural Battle for the Paddle.

Moscow 13 12 9 19 — 53

Sandpoint 16 10 6 16 — 48

MOSCOW — Miller 2, Stephens 15, Gosse 17, Boennecke 9, Pickard 1, Quinnett 6, Johnson 0, Davis 3, Knott 0, Ewart 0.

SANDPOINT — Thompson 18, McLaughlin 0, Davis 0, Rockwell 2, Jones 0, Johnson 15, Stockton 10, Roos 3.

St. Maries 50

Orofino 26

ST. MARIES — Brady Martin had 13 points and seven rebounds and Bryant Asbury scored seven of his 11 points in the first quarter, leading the Lumberjacks past the Maniacs in a Central Idaho League game.

“We worked on our defense a little this week,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “They’re a pretty big team and we tried to work on helping in the post, and it made a difference. We were able to keep good pressure on their guards and limit them as well.”

Jake Sieler had 10 points, five assists and five steals and Kiefer Gibson 13 points and eight rebounds for St. Maries (7-3, 2-0 CIL), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Thursday.

Garrison Bretz, a transfer from Kamiah, scored eight points for Orofino (5-3, 0-1).

Orofino 7 9 8 2 — 26

St. Maries 20 10 16 4 — 50

OROFINO — Burke 0, Bretz 8, Glaze 0, West 4, Taitano 2, Noah 6, Chatfield 6.

ST. MARIES — Gibson 13, Sands 0, Sieler 10, Flach 2, Martin 13, Wilson 0, Asbury 11, Buell 1, Pritchard 0, Howard 0, Hammond 0, McGregor 0.

Kootenai at

Clark Fork

CLARK FORK — No report was received.

N.I. Christian 55

Christian Center 25

COEUR d’ALENE — Garrett White had 26 points and 15 rebounds for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win against the Lions at Holy Family Catholic School.

Kobe Cottier had eight rebounds and three assists, Cross Pilgrim five rebounds, three assists and two steals and Nick Beck four assists and two steals for North Idaho Christian (19-2, 8-0 MCL), which faces Immaculate Conception on Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Elijah Blake scored 11 points for Christian Center (5-5, 3-3), which faces Christian Heritage on Monday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

Christian Center 8 2 7 8 — 25

N.I. Christian 16 12 15 12 — 55

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Jerome 0, Boadle 2, Hansen 10, Allen 0, Blake 11, Sovereign 1, Misita 2, Owens 0, Macomber 0, Graydin 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Kelly 5, Schintek 8, Brennan 2, Walker 0, Bailey 2, Pilgrim 2, Beck 4, White 26, Cottier 4, Fish 2.

Lakeside 72

Mullan 39

MULLAN — Takoda Abrahamson scored 16 points as the visiting Knights rolled past the Tigers in North Star League play late Friday at the Mullan Pavilion.

Lakeside (4-5, 1-1 NSL), hit 9 of 22 3-pointers, led by senior Tyrell Ambro, who hit 2 of 3 from beyond the arc. Alex Pakootas also hit a pair of treys for the Knights, who play host to Clark Fork on Tuesday.

Gryphon Todd scored a game-high 17 points for Mullan (1-6, 0-5), which returns to action Jan. 24 at home vs. Kootenai.

Lakeside 18 17 19 18 — 72

Mullan 9 12 9 9 — 39

LAKESIDE — Abrahamson 16, J. Davison 13, Vassar 4, Bighead 11, Sperber 7, Pakootas 6, Sanchez 7, Ambro 6, Diaz 2.

MULLAN — Todd 17, Gallaway 11, Trogden 2, Peite 2, Crandall 7, Hess 0, Barnes 0.