POCATELLO — Game 1 of what their coach called the “Toughness Tour” went the way of the Post Falls Trojans on Thursday night.

Colby Gennett had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Post Falls opened a stretch of three games in three days in eastern Idaho with a 58-44 victory over the Highland Rams.

Cole Rutherford added 10 points and nine assists for Post Falls (5-1), which plays at Rigby tonight and at Madison of Rexburg on Saturday afternoon.

“We answered the bell,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said, referring to the first game of a road trip. “Highland was a very physical basketball team tonight, and I thought we handled it well. We shared the ball as well as we have all season.”

The Trojans had 14 assists on their 21 made baskets (on 40 attempts), and also had 16 steals.

Junior Isaac Ballew hit all three of his field-goal attempts (two of them 3-pointers), and was 3 for 3 from the line for 11 points for Post Falls. James Lee, another junior, added 10 points off the bench.

“James did a real good job of getting himself in a good scoring position,” McLean said. “Isaac is one of our shooters, and tonight he was making those shots, and shooting with confidence.”

Easton Durham, quarterback on the Rams’s football team, led Highland (2-5) with 15 points.

Post Falls 10 17 14 17 — 58

Highland 7 11 20 6 — 44

POST FALLS — Gennett 16, McLean 5, Rodriguez 2, Peterson 0, Rutherford 10, Ballew 11, Lee 10, Horning 4.

HIGHLAND — Rudd 2, Duffin 3, Durham 15, Carter 4, Driscoll 0, Shreve 2, Mickelsen 4, Bell 6, Washakie 8.

Sandpoint 49

Timberlake 39

SANDPOINT — Jacob James scored a game-high 16 points for the visiting Tigers, but the Bulldogs beat Timberlake in nonleague play by 10 points for the second time in eight days, this time at Les Rogers Court.

Ryan Roos led Sandpoint (3-2) with 15 points, and Kobe Banks and University of Montana football signee Brandon Casey each added 12.

Timberlake (1-6) returns to action Dec. 27 vs. Prosser at the Eagle Classic at West Valley High.

Timberlake 9 5 6 19 — 39

Sandpoint 13 12 11 13 — 49

TIMBERLAKE — Menti 3, Higgins 0, Paslay 0, Yetter 8, McDonald 1, James 16, Dickinson 5, Simpson 6.

SANDPOINT — R. Roos 15, Banks 12, Niemela 3, Eldridge 4, VanDenBerg 0, Lee 0, C. Roos 2, Treadaway 0, Lane 1, Casey 12, Butler 0, Moore 0.

St. Maries 47

Potlatch 44

ST. MARIES — Coleman Ross scored on a pair of layups in the fourth quarter, finishing with a team-high 15 points as the Lumberjacks beat the Loggers in a nonleague game.

Tristan Gentry had 11 points and five steals, Randie Becktel eight points and eight rebounds for St. Maries (5-1), which hosts Bonners Ferry tonight.

“Potlatch is the top-ranked team in 1A (Division I), so we knew it was going to be a tough battle,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We knew it was going to be back and forth. The boys had a will to win all night long and got the job done.”

Connor Akins scored 19 points for Potlatch (3-2).

Potlatch 11 15 14 4 — 44

St. Maries 13 13 12 9 — 47

POTLATCH — Hadaller 13, Nicholson 1, Wilcoxson 8, Bouma 0, Akins 19, Svancara 3.

ST. MARIES — Sands 1, Ross 15, Becktel 8, Gentry 11, Stancil 6, Peet 0, Elliott 0, Gibson 6, Ledbetter 0.

Wallace 56

Mullan 29

WALLACE — No other information was available.