SPOKANE — Ben Zubaly and Carson Seay scored 15 points each for the Lakeland Hawks in a 65-40 win over the North Central Indians on Tuesday night.

“I thought we played pretty well defensively tonight,” Lakeland coach Dave Stockwell said. “It was a really good team effort tonight. Defensively is where we really shined tonight, and they had a hard time with it.”

Noah Haaland had 10 points and eight rebounds and Ammon Munyer 14 points for Lakeland (2-0), which faces East Valley in the Border Clash on Friday at West Valley High.

Ayden Barnufsky scored 10 points for North Central in its opener.

Lakeland 22 12 20 13 — 65

North Central 12 15 11 8 — 42

LAKELAND — Zubaly 15, Seay 15, Ab. Munyer 7, Am, Munyer 14, Haaland 10, Derrick 2, Sassen 2.

NORTH CENTRAL – Edwards 8, Barnufsky 10, King 2, Auld 2, Schoeffler 1, Thomason 6, Martin 4, Renz 7.

Ferris 66

Coeur d’Alene 46

SPOKANE — Alex Karns hit a pair of 3-pointers to push the Vikings to a 9-0 lead in the first quarter, but the Saxons outscored Coeur d’Alene 39-23 in the second half of a 66-46 win on Tuesday night.

“We came out of the gates really well,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “They’re young, but good and we’ve got a long way to go. We’re missing pieces and just a little behind. But the good think is it’s a long season. We’ve got kids that can compete, and they’re good kids, but we’ve got to focus on us for a while.”

Senior guard Devon Johnson has yet to play for Coeur d’Alene due to a knee injury. Hanna said Johnson could be back as soon as next week, or perhaps not until after the Christmas break.

Luke McLaughlin scored 13 points for Coeur d’Alene (0-2), which hosts Rogers of Spokane on Friday.

McCoy Spink scored 16 points for Ferris in its opener.

Coeur d’Alene 10 13 13 10 — 46

Ferris 13 14 22 17  — 66

COEUR d’ALENE — Whittaker 5, Bengtson 3, C. Smith 5, Karns 9, Cope 6, O. Smith 3, Prka 2, McLaughlin 13.

FERRIS — Wheeler 0, Floyd 4, Michelbook 0, Possin 0, Omlin 8, Fleming 6, Spink 16, Smith 7, Tensley 2, Backlund 10, Crumley 0, Hocking 13.

Lewiston 71

Timberlake 36

LEWISTON — The visiting 3A Tigers hung tough for a half before the 5A Bengals pulled away in the second half in the season opener for both teams at Booth Hall.

Zach Yetter, Jacob James and Wyatt Dickenson each scored 10 points for Timberlake, which trailed 33-25 at intermission, then was outscored 24-6 in the third quarter.

“Just their size wore on us,” Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. “That third quarter was tough; we couldn’t compete with their numbers and their size.”

George Forsmann led Lewiston with 17 points, and Kash Lang added 15.

Timberlake plays the Post Falls junior varsity on Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the first round of the Silver Valley Tournament in Kellogg. Wallace and Kellogg meet in the other game at 7.

Timberlake 8 17 6 5 — 36

Lewiston 13 20 24 14 — 71

TIMBERLAKE — Mullins 0, Peightal 2, Menti 0, Higgins 0, Yetter 10, McDonald 4, James 10, Dickenson 10, Simpson 0.

LEWISTON — Eke 2, McKarcher 4, Lang 15, White 3, Mullikin 10, Hottimer 2, Hepburn 11, Eckert 2, B. Forsmann 5, G. Forsman 17.

Genesis Prep 56

N’west Christian 50

COLBERT, Wash. — Senior Seth Neely and varsity newcomer Steven Burgess each scored 15 points as the visiting Jaguars beat the Crusaders in the season opener for both teams.

Scott Mwinuka added 12 points for Genesis Prep.

“Not bad for a first outing, with pretty much a new team — three returners and nine new kids,” Genesis Prep coach Marsell Colbert said. “We got off to a good start, but you could tell we weren’t used to playing how we want to play.”

Micah Littleton scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half for Northwest Christian.

Genesis Prep travels to Lapwai on Friday.

Genesis Prep 17 13 19 7 — 56

NW Christian 13 15 9 13 — 50

GENESIS PREP — Mwinuka 12, Neely 15, Brosenne 3, Gonzales 1, Weeks 8, Schroeder 0, Snowder 2, McLuskie 0, Daniels 0, Burgess 15.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN — Littleton 16, Kaiser 7, Lewis 0, Tibbetts 0, G. Young 7, M. Young 6, Maynard 12, Swanson 0.

Lakeside 70

N.I. Christian 44

PLUMMER — Talon Twoteeth scored 16 points and Day Day Higgins added 14 points for the Knights in a season-opening win over the Royals at Ron Miller Court.

“Our starters came out and played pretty well,” Lakeside coach James Twoteeth said. “It was the best start we’ve had in three years. We didn’t have many turnovers in this game and we came out ready to play.”

JJ Hall scored 14 points for Lakeside, which competes in the Nixyaawii Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Pendleton, Ore.

Malachi Bollington and Jack Hill scored 11 points each for North Idaho Christian.

N.I. Christian 9 9 17 9 — 44

Lakeside 16 15 23 16 — 70

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Pilgrim 0, Peterson 10, Connelly 10, Hill 11, Holmes 2, Kelly 0, Bollington 11.

LAKESIDE — Brown 4, J. Abuan 3, Higgins 14, White 5, Arroyo 0, Hall 14, Twoteeth 16, Spotted Horse 12, Matt 2.