RATHDRUM — Josh Neilson scored 15 points for Lakeland, which unable to cool down Moscow Bears from the field in the first quarter as the Bears beat the Hawks 67-49 in a 4A Inland Empire League game at Hawk Court on Thursday.

“They shot the ball really well for the game,” said Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan of Moscow, who finished the game 29 of 49 from the field, including 9 for 12 in the first quarter. “They came out in the first quarter, defended hard and ran their stuff really well. They played well in every phase of the game.”

Nathan Johnson scored 12 points for Lakeland (10-4, 1-2 4A IEL), which travels to Lake City tonight.

Moscow is 7-10, 3-0 in league.

Moscow 23 13 14 17 — 67

Lakeland 9 9 12 19 — 49

MOSCOW — Stephens 10, Broenneke 14, Johnson 0, Matheson 4, Quinnett 11, Rausch-Edwards 9, Smith 0, Postell 16, Pancheri 0, Kitchel 3.

LAKELAND — Taylor 2, Zubaly 3, Johnson 12, Knight 2, Vahey 6, Davis 2, Skalskiy 7, Neilsen 15, Haaland 0.

Lake City 56

Sandpoint 36

SANDPOINT — The Timberwolves had a built-in excuse for a slow start, what with the bus trip from Coeur d’Alene to Sandpoint delayed for 90 minutes because of a wreck on the Long Bridge.

But they didn’t need one, jumping out to a 27-16 halftime lead and riding a stingy defense to a 56-36 win over Sandpoint at Les Rogers Court.

Hunter Schaffer drained three 3-pointers among his game-high 15 points for the Timberwolves (8-7), who got some quality looks in transition and were able to get to the rim in half court sets, while James Carlson added 11.

“We came out ready to play after it took two and a half hours to get here,” said Timberwolves coach Jim Winger. “We played great defense and ran some good things offensively.”

Robbie Johnson and Alex Stockton combined for 21 points to lead the Bulldogs (6-9), who never seemed to find a rhythm offensively until the fourth quarter.

Sandpoint visits Post Falls on Saturday.

Lake City 12 15 12 17 — 56

Sandpoint 7 9 6 14 — 36

LAKE CITY — Schaffer 15, McCartin 9, Kolden 8, Sensel 0, Spellman 0, Irvin 0, Carlson 11, Manzardo 5, Kiesbuy 2, Pollow 6.

SANDPOINT — Vernon 5, Dalthorp 0, Niemela 0, Ortega 0, Davis 6, Jones 0, Johnson 10, Pettit 0, Stockton 11, Casey 4.

St. Maries 42

Timberlake 31

ST. MARIES — Glover Buell had 16 points, five rebounds and three steals to lead the Lumberjacks past the Tigers in a nonleague game.

“It kind of looked like apple, cherry and blueberry on the court, because there was a lot of turnovers,” said St. Maries coach Bryan Chase, who added the teams combined for 43 turnovers on the night. “We kind of willed our way to a win tonight.”

Kevin Duffield had nine rebounds for St. Maries (11-3), which hosts Grangeville on Saturday.

Jordan Hardy scored nine points for Timberlake (6-10), which hosts Kellogg on Saturday.

Timberlake 10 9 2 10 — 31

St. Maries 8 13 15 6 — 42

TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 9, Wilfong 8, Cramer 2, Meijerink 4, Kluss 0, James 2, Gardom 4, Kistler 2.

ST. MARIES — Gibson 4, Basset 0, Duffield 2, Green 0, Lohman 2, Sands 2, Pritchard 2, Buell 16, Hammond 2, Howard 12.

Deary 57

Kootenai 37

DEARY — No other information was available.