SPIRIT LAKE — The St. Maries Lumberjacks came out a little sluggish in the first half — something coach Bryan Chase thought could happen, for a young team playing its first road game of the season.

Then Eli Gibson, one of the few holdovers from last year’s state 2A runner-up squad, got St. Maries going.

Gibson scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, including a steal at midcourt and basket early in the fourth quarter to give his team the lead for good, and the Lumberjacks went on to beat the 3A Timberlake Tigers 53-48 in nonleague play Tuesday night.

“He was pretty fired up (at halftime),” Chase said. “It was nice to see some leadership out of him. He led the troops out of the locker room, and the kids seemed to follow suit.”

Randie Becktel added 10 points and eight rebounds for St. Maries (3-0), which trailed 24-15 at halftime. Gibson also had five steals and four assists. He hit two 3-pointers in the third quarter, helping the Lumberjacks tie the game at 33 heading into the fourth. He hit 4 of 4 free throws in the fourth quarter to help seal the win.

Jack McDonald scored 12 points — all on 3-pointers — in the fourth quarter for Timberlake (1-3). He finished with 16 points.

“They just played a better two minutes at the end of the game,” Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. “Their offense just came alive; the second half they started hitting shots, and Gibson got hot.”

On Thursday, St. Maries is home vs. Wallace, and Timberlake is home vs. Sandpoint.

St. Maries 6 9 18 20 — 53

Timberlake 8 16 9 15 — 48

ST. MARIES — Sands 3, Ross 5, Becktel 10, Nelson 10, Stancil 5, Elliott 2, Gibson 18.

TIMBERLAKE — Mullins 0, Peightal 6, Menti 8, Higgins 0, Paslay 0, Yetter 6, McDonald 16, James 3, Dickinson 2, Simpson 7.

Post Falls 87

Moses Lake 61

POST FALLS — The Trojans had five players in double figures — including two reserves — in the nonleague win over the Chiefs at The Arena.

Colby Gennett and Cole Rutherford each scored 14 points for Post Falls (2-0). Reserve Zack Rodriguez added 13 points and nine rebounds, and reserve James Lee had 12 points and eight boards.

“Our guys off the bench did exceptionally well,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “Zack and James played exceptionally well at the offensive end. And Riley Peterson’s and Josiah Shields’s energy was really good. We did a good job on the offensive end, but our defense was subpar.”

Post Falls held 6-foot-7 Kyle Kartetter of Moses Lake, an Idaho State signee, to six points.

“We didn’t do anything special; we were aware of him, made him work for everything,” McLean said.

Post Falls travels to Cheney on Thursday.

Moses Lake 14 13 17 17 — 61

Post Falls 23 17 24 23 — 87

MOSES LAKE — Roylance 9, Regimbal 8, Tibbs 4, Smith 4, Lindgren 0, Harts 4, Lucio 1, Nordberg 12, Sperline 13, Karstetter 6.

POST FALLS — Gennett 14, McLean 9, Wubbolding 4, Rodriguez 13, Peterson 8, Rutherford 14, Ballew 2, Lee 12, Horning 10, Shields 1.

Richland 62

Coeur d’Alene 58

RICHLAND, Wash. — Mayson Whittaker scored 16 points for the Vikings, who cut the deficit to 60-58 with 27 seconds remaining in a loss to the Bombers.

William McClelland hit two free throws to put the game away late for Richland.

“We caused some turnovers and got some quick buckets,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “We had our chances, but couldn’t get a shot to fall.”

Devon Johnson scored 10 points for Coeur d’Alene (1-3), which travels to North Central on Thursday.

“Richland’s a good team,” Hanna said. “We played hard, crashed the boards really well, but we’ve got to put the ball in the hoop.”

Andrew Albrecht scored 21 points for Richland.

Coeur d’Alene 17 12 13 16 — 58

Richland 19 15 15 13 — 62

COEUR d’ALENE — Whittaker 16, Bengtson 5, C. Smith 0, Johnson 10, Karns 8, Cope 6, O. Smith 2, Prka 6, McLaughlin 5.

RICHLAND — Schuster 2, Gladney 11, Fewel 6, Wasar 7, Albrecht 21, Bradshaw 2, Coleman 0, Larson 0, McClelland 13.

Moscow 55

Lake City 52

MOSCOW — Brayden Decker banked in a 30-footer from the right wing at the buzzer, lifting the Bears past the Timberwolves in nonleague play at Bear Den.

With 3 seconds left, Moscow threw the ball the length of the court to its big man, Blake Buchanan, who kicked it to Decker for the game-winner. He finished with 20 points.

“Tough way to lose, but I’m not sure we played well enough to win,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said.

Jack Kiesbuy hit four 3-pointers and scored 20 points for Lake City (2-1). Kolton Mitchell hit two 3s and added 14 points and six assists, and Seth Hanson had 13 points and six boards.

The T-Wolves made 8 of 29 from behind the arc.

“We didn’t have the same defensive intensity at the start that we had in the first two games, and seemed to be in kind of a rush,” Reed said. “We never really settled into a groove.”

Lake City plays host to North Central on Friday.

Lake City 15 11 10 16 — 52

Moscow 10 15 16 14 — 55

LAKE CITY — Irvin 0, Janke 0, Kiesbuy 20, Spellman 0, Johnson 5, Hanson 13, Mitchell 14, Sundstrom 0, Meredith 0.

MOSCOW — Diego 0, Decker 20, Abendroth 4, Simpson 4, Colter 6, Buchanan 9, Kitchel 10, Skinner 2.

Lakeland 93

Bonners Ferry 55

BONNERS FERRY — Noah Haaland scored 20 points, Abe Munyer had 13 points and seven assists and the Hawks beat the Badgers in nonleague play.

“We were hitting our shots early and our defense was working really well,” said Lakeland coach Dave Stockwell, whose team led 56-22 at halftime. “We got out and ran and played really good defense and played really well as a team. Bonners is really young, but our execution was really good tonight.”

Ben Zubaly scored 12 points for Lakeland (5-0), which hosts Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls on Saturday.

Braden Blackmore scored 18 points for Bonners Ferry.

Lakeland 29 27 24 13 — 93

Bonners Ferry 10 12 17 16 — 55

LAKELAND — Zubaly 12, Furey 5, Seay 10, Henry 2, Ab. Munyer 13, Am. Munyer 6, Haaland 20, Roth 4, Elizondo 3, Waddington 9, Derrick 5, Saason 4.

BONNERS FERRY — Williams 10, Bateman 5, Hubbard 7, Mai 6, Peterson 2, Blackmore 18, Morgan 6.

N.I. Christian 58

Immaculate Conception 47

LIBERTY LAKE — Malachi Bullington, a 7-foot sophomore, totaled 29 points, eight rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals as the Royals defeated the Cristeros in nonleague play at the HUB Sports Center.

Bullington was 13 of 15 from the field for North Idaho Christian (3-1). Phil Connelly added nine points, seven steals and three assists for the Royals, who play host to Pullman Christian on Friday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene.

N.I. Christian 14 17 11 16 — 58

ICA 7 14 8 18 — 47

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Desrochers 0, Pilgrim 1, Connelly 9, Peterson 6, Hill 6, Tomes 0, Kelly 7, Koonze 0, Bullington 29.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — S. Eloe 10, J. Darakjy 3, A. Brunson 3, M. Fonte 8, Q. Harvey 0, T. Lloyd 0, S. Kramer 2, L. Kramer 21.