SANDPOINT — Brooke Jessen and Lilly Kelley each scored 12 points, and Timberlake hit some timely 3-pointers late in the game to break open a close contest and down host Sandpoint 48-41 on Saturday during senior night at Les Rogers Court.

The 4A Bulldogs (9-8) were coming off an emotional spirit game win the night before over Lakeland, and hung with the No. 2-ranked 3A Tigers (14-3) for three quarters, eventually taking a two-point lead into the fourth before being outscored 15-6 down the stretch.

Ciera Bailey scored 11, Grace Kirscher 10 for the Bulldogs, and both were among the seven seniors honored before the game. The Bulldogs are finally fully healthy, and look to be a dangerous team in the 4A ranks, but they simply ran out of gas against a tough Tigers squad, which capped a 6-0 run this year against 4A IEL teams.

“We didn’t have much left in the tank in the fourth quarter and couldn’t get the shots to fall. Timberlake is such a good team that you can’t afford empty trips late in a close game with them,” Sandpoint assistant coach Will Love said. “Our girls played hard on defense and did a good job on the boards. We just had a hard time stopping Jessen inside in the second half and they hit some key 3s in the fourth quarter.”

Sandpoint hosts Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday in the final nonleague tune-up of the season.

Timberlake plays host to Genesis Prep on Thursday.

Timberlake 6 9 18 15 — 48

Sandpoint 12 7 16 6 — 41

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 4, Starr 5, Kelley 12, Kroneberg 6, Soumas 6, Jessen 12, Willis 2.

SANDPOINT — Mattila 0, Bailey 11, Morgan 9, Driggs 2, Kaul 5, Laybourne 0, Golder 3, Kirscher 10, Petit 1.

Big Sky 49

Coeur d’Alene 47 (OT)

COEUR d’ALENE — Ty McGreevey scored five of her nine points in overtime as the visiting Eagles from Missoula edged the Vikings at Elmer Jordan Court.

Julia Riekena led Big Sky with 17 points.

Rey Louden scored 17 points, Emily Minerath 12 for Coeur d’Alene (6-12), which travels to Sandpoint on Tuesday.

Big Sky 10 7 10 14 8 — 49

Coeur d’Alene 13 9 10 13 6 — 47

BIG SKY — Peterson 0, Foote 4, McQueary 1, Sandau 10, Gentri 0, Kitchel 2, Zanto 6, McGreevey 9, Riekena 17.

COEUR d’ALENE — Minerath 12, Morton 4, Brainard-Adams 4, Chavez 0, Whiteman 10, Younker 0, Louden 17, Breen 0.

Kellogg 55

St. Maries 40

ST. MARIES — Kaili Cates scored 18 points and the visiting Wildcats used strong first and third quarters to topple the Lumberjacks in the Brawl for the Ball girls game.

Kat Rauenhorst added 12 points for Kellogg (5-6), which plays host to Superior (Mont.) on Tuesday.

“They played pretty tough defense tonight,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said of Kellogg. “They moved the ball well, and rebounded well. We didn’t shoot real well (28 percent). I thought we ran the court well and got some easy looks, we just couldn’t convert.”

Kaci Haeg had 11 points and Kaylee Auer had 10 points and eight rebounds for St. Maries (8-5). Madison Cordell added seven assists and four steals.

St. Maries plays host to Potlatch on Monday.

Kellogg 15 8 20 12 — 55

St. Maries 8 12 10 10 — 40

KELLOGG — Cates 18, Riekena 5, Nusz 0, Rauenhorst 12, Van Hoose 3, Senteney 4, Bristow 2, Figueroa 3, Brandt 6.

ST. MARIES — Sines 8, Borgman 1, Haeg 11, Cordell 6, Hill 0, Becktel 0, Wilson 4, Holder 0, Hammond 0, Auer 10.

Genesis Prep 63

Lakeside 35

POST FALLS — Bella Murekatete had 33 points and 18 rebounds as the host Jaguars defeated the Knights at Post Falls Middle School in a matchup of teams who entered the game tied for first place in the North Star League.

Rachel Schroeder added 14 points and seven assists for Genesis Prep (9-8, 6-0 NSL).

“The girls wanted to come out after a tough loss and show how mentally tough they can be,” said Genesis Prep coach Brandon Haas, whose squad lost 39-35 at Hellgate of Missoula on Friday.

Tommia Pakootas scored 16 points for Lakeside (9-8, 5-1), which visits Clark Fork on Tuesday.

Genesis Prep travels to Timberlake on Thursday.

Lakeside 6 15 10 4 — 35

Genesis Prep 15 10 22 16 — 63

LAKESIDE — Brown 0, S. Pakootas 0, SiJohn 4, Allen 7, T. Pakootas 16, Peters 3, Anderson 0, Olson 4, Hendrickx 1.

GENESIS PREP — Morrow 9, Schroeder 14, iManzi 6, Scribner 0, Martinez 1, Kim 0, Martin 0, Murekatete 33, Greiner 0.