MOSCOW — A dominating second quarter and strong interior defense were big keys as the Sandpoint Bulldogs earned a 39-35 4A Inland Empire League win over the Moscow Bears on Saturday at Bear Den.

Grace Kirscher scored 18 points, Dawson Driggs 11 for the Bulldogs (8-6, 1-0 4A IEL), who outscored the Bears 15-4 in the second quarter while allowing just 12 points in a stingy first half.

“Our inside defense with Calli Laybourne and Natalie Petit was big, it helped us corral Gracey Meyer,” said Bulldogs head coach Duane Ward, whose team had to play with Kirscher in foul trouble for much of the second half. “Our kids made a little run and got us back in there. It was a great team effort. They hung in there, and we’re real happy with that.”

Ward praised the rebounding of Driggs, Katherine Kaul and Ciera Bailey, limiting the Bears’ second-chance opportunities. Meyer led the Bears (6-7, 1-1 4A IEL) with a game-high 18 points.

Sandpoint hosts 5A Lewiston on Monday.

Sandpoint 6 15 6 12 — 39

Moscow 8 4 13 10 — 35

SANDPOINT — Matilla 2, Bailey 0, Edwards 0, Morgan 2, Driggs 13, Laybourne 2, Kaul 2, Kirscher 18, Petit 0.

Timberlake 71

Priest River 15

PRIEST RIVER — McKeeley Tonkin, Taryn Soumas and Brooke Jessen each scored 12 points for the visiting Tigers in the Intermountain League win over the Spartan in the Battle of the Buck spirit game.

Lilly Kelley added 11 points for Timberlake (12-3, 4-0 IML), which led 19-0 at the quarter and 45-4 at the half. In all, 10 Tigers scored.

“We shared the ball well, and made some good decisions in transition,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said.

Timberlake plays host to Moscow on Tueday.

Karah Fink scored eight points for Priest River (2-12, 0-3).

Timberlake 19 26 15 11 — 71

Priest River 0 4 5 6 — 15

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 12, Starr 7, Kelley 11, Kronenberg 1, Soumas 12, Bronson 0, Jessen 12, Bremer 5, Allen 2, Linehan 0, Jezek 6, Willis 3.

PRIEST RIVER — Kren 3, Rusho 2, Brown 0, Fink 8, Fitzmorris 0, Martinez 0, Jo. Martin 0, Ja. Martin 0, Minish 2.

St. Maries 53

Orofino 17

ST. MARIES — Kaylee Auer had 14 points, 10 rebounds and five steals for the host Lumberjacks, who led 24-2 at the quarter and 40-4 at the half in a Central Idaho League victory over the Maniacs.

Kaci Haeg had 11 points, and Madison Cordell and Devyn Wilson had six assists each for St. Maries (8-4, 3-0 CIL), which had 17 steals.

“We played really well the first half,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. “I think we only allowed nine shot attempts — and that’s without a press.”

Orofino is 5-9, 0-2.

Next up for St. Maries is the Brawl for the Ball spirit game vs. Kellogg on Saturday.

Orofino 2 2 7 6 — 17

St. Maries 24 16 9 4 — 53

OROFINO — Bretz 9, Sparano 1, Anderson 0, Rasmussen 0, Peterson 2, Thomas 3, Kitchen 0, Johnson 2.

ST. MARIES — Sines 7, Borgman 2, Haeg 11, Cordell 8, Hill 0, Becktel 6, Wilson 5, Holder 0, Hammond 0, Auer 14.

Clark Fork 46

Kootenai 32

CLARK FORK — Tessa Sutton dropped in 13 points and Brooke Stevens added 10 as the Wampus Cats notched a North Star League win over the Warriors.

Clark Fork (4-8, 1-3 NSL) coach Jordan Adams felt her all-underclassmen team played a solid game in all phases to earn her first league win as a head coach.

“They’ve played basketball together for a long time,” she said, noting they went back to basics in practice recently. “We’ve been working on our individual abilities and fundamentals, and they went out and did what I asked them.”

Lily Simko added six points, Ali Sutton and Sara Hathaway five, Ellie Kiebert four and Ellie Lambert three for the Cats, who travel to face Mullan on Thursday.

Kaili Gentry scored 15 to lead Kootenai (2-7, 0-5), who also got eight points from Jacey Grange, five from Madison Napierala and four from Courtney Lamb in defeat.

Genesis Prep 55

Wallace 47

POST FALLS — Bella Murekatete scored 24 points and Rachel Schroeder added 17 as the host Jaguars fended off the Miners in North Star League play at Post Falls Middle School.

“We beat a scrappy Wallace team that played their hearts out,” Genesis Prep coach Brandon Haas said. “Our girls showed mental toughness and stuck together to pull out a gutsy win.”

Kimmie Krous led Wallace (3-8, 0-3) with 18 points, and Skylar Hill added 11.

Genesis Prep plays at Northwest Christian on Tuesday.

Wallace 6 15 10 16 — 47

Genesis Prep 15 13 13 14 — 55

WALLACE — Oertli 5, Krous 18, Hayman 8, Garitone 0, Hill 11, Sheppard 0, Morin 0, Bayer 0, Howard 5.

GENESIS PREP — Morrow 2, Schroeder 17, Greiner 0, Imanzi 4, Scribner 8, Martinez 0, Martin 0, Murekatete 24.

N.I. Christian 34

Christian Center 18

COEUR d’ALENE — Savannah Seeley had 10 points and five assists, and Mary Schlader added eight points, 12 rebounds and five steals as the shorthanded Royals beat the Lions in Mountain Christian League play at Holy Family Catholic School.

Riley Anderson added eight points and 10 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (13-7, 4-1 MCL), which was missing two of its top six players, then lost a third to a knee injury one minute into the game.

The Royals play host to Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday at Holy Family.

N.I. Christian 6 10 11 7 — 34

Christian Center 7 4 6 1 — 18

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Malinauskas 0, Parks 6, Gwin 2, Anderson 8, Knight 1, Schlader 8, Seeley 10.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Rachel Cashen 9, Ryssel 6, Rives 2, Haman 1, Wood 0, May 0, Kramer 0, James 0, Sisco 0.