BONNERS FERRY — After Bonners Ferry lost by only 12 points at Timberlake three weeks ago, Tuesday night’s rematch was shaping up as a statement game of sorts for the host Badgers.

However, the statement was made by the visiting and two-time defending state 3A champion Tigers.

“There was a message, and we were hoping the message was, ‘Here we are,’” Bonners Ferry coach Travis Hinthorn said. “And the message was, ‘No, you’re not.’”

Timberlake outscored Bonners Ferry 23-8 in the second quarter to break the game open, and coasted to a 71-49 victory to clinch its fourth straight Intermountain League title.

“I think they were a little upset that there was so much hype for this game,” Hinthorn said of the Tigers. “We got into foul trouble in the second quarter, and they capitalized on it.”

Lilly Kelley scored 15 points, Brooke Jessen and Kayle Jezek 14 each for Timberlake (17-3, 6-0 IML).

“We went man, and they blew by us, and we went zone and they just passed well and hit a lot of 3s,” Hinthorn said.

Kassy Skeen, Miranda Wenk and Kassy Skeen each scored 11 points for Bonners Ferry (15-4, 3-2), which travels to Kellogg on Thursday in IML play to wrap up the regular season.

Timberlake will face Priest River on Monday at 6:15 p.m. in the first round of the 3A District 1 tournament at North Idaho College. Bonners and Kellogg will meet in a first-round game Monday at 4:30 at NIC.

Timberlake 14 23 17 17 — 71

Bonners Ferry 10 8 9 22 — 49

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 9, Starr 7, Kelley 15, Kronenberg 0, Soumas 4, Bronson 0, Jessen 14, Bremer 0, Allen 0, Linehan 0, Jezek 14, Willis 8.

BONNERS FERRY — Skeen 11, Pluid 9, Villelli 0, Wenk 11, Burt 0, Bateman 5, Ansley 11, Liermann 0, Ram 0, Blackmore 2.

Sandpoint 55

Lakeland 19

RATHDRUM — Sofi Schnepf had seven points, six rebounds and three steals for the Hawks, who closed out the regular season with a 4A Inland Empire League loss to the Bulldogs at Hawk Court.

Grace Kirscher scored 14 points and Ciera Bailey added 11 points for Sandpoint (10-7, 3-0 4A IEL), which hosts Moscow on Thursday.

“Sandpoint just played really well from the get-go,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “Once they established a lead, they played with more confidence and we could just never get our footing and establish any momentum.”

Lakeland (4-15, 0-4) competes in the 4A Region 1 tournament on Monday at 8 p.m. at North Idaho College.

Sandpoint 13 19 16 7 — 55

Lakeland 2 6 7 4 — 19

SANDPOINT — Mattila 7, Bailey 11, Edwards 2, Morgan 5, Driggs 6, Kaul 0, Larson 0, Laybourne 0, Golder 10, Kirscher 14, Pettit 0.

LAKELAND — Leon 0, Cooper 1, Schnepf 7, Edinger 0, Pruitt 2, Elpers 0, Loutzenhiser 0, Neff 0, Kirk 2, Stutheit 2, Ryan 5.

Genesis Prep 48

Lakeside 42

PLUMMER — Bella Murekatete scored 19 points to lead the Jaguars past the Knights in a North Star League game at Ron Miller Court.

With the win, Genesis Prep (10-9, 7-0 NSL) wraps up the league title and will be the top seed to the 1A Division II District 1 tournament starting Feb. 8 at Lakeland High in Rathdrum.

“Our last couple of games, we’ve really put ourselves into a hole at the start, but battled back,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We were really focused on having a good start and picked it up on the defensive end. We just didn’t have enough on the offensive end in the second half. It was a good game and both teams played hard. I was proud of our effort tonight.”

Tommia Pakootas scored 14 points for Lakeside (9-11, 5-3), which is idle until districts next week.

Genesis Prep 9 16 8 15 — 48

Lakeside 12 16 5 9 — 42

GENESIS PREP — Morrow 7, Schroeder 10, iManzi 8, Scribner 4, Murekatete 19.

LAKESIDE — Brown 0, S. Pakootas 0, SiJohn 3, Allen 11, T. Pakootas 14, Peters 0, Anderson 0, Olson 6, Hendrickx 8.

Wallace 33

Kootenai 29

WALLACE — No other information was available.