NAMPA — Sometimes, to find true glory, it comes with a painful result.

And yes, this one stung pretty hard for the Coeur d’Alene High girls basketball team.

Junior guard Emma Whiteman hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the Vikings a 47-45 lead with 1:30 remaining, and Jaden Chavez extended the advantage to 49-45, before Eagle senior guard Betsey King scored the final five points of the game, sending the defending champion Mustangs past the Vikings 50-49 in the opening round of the state 5A tournament at the Ford Idaho Center on Thursday.

Coeur d’Alene had a shot from the block, but it fell off the rim as time expired.

“It was tough,” Coeur d’Alene sophomore forward Skylar Burke said. “Eagle’s a good team, and we knew that coming in. It was back and forth the entire time, and the difference was a few good plays. We got in foul trouble early on, and it became a different game.”

King gave Eagle a 44-43 lead with 3:14 remaining, its first since a 7-3 lead midway through the first. Burke answered with a 3-pointer of her own with 2:50 remaining.

“I’m going to use this feeling and pain to get back stronger and better than we have been,” Burke said. “We’re going to come back and get it next year.”

Coeur d’Alene held its largest lead of the game at halftime at 29-17. Junior guard Tori Younker and freshman Madison Symons picked up their fourth fouls midway through the third quarter, and didn’t return until the six-minute mark of the fourth.

“Just the fouls got us out of our rotation a little bit in the second half,” first-year Coeur d’Alene head coach Nicole Symons said. “We knew Eagle was going to fight the entire time. They’ve got the experience and every kid on that bench that played had seen this floor and this environment, so we knew it was going to be a battle.”

Coeur d’Alene (18-5) will face Boise (15-9) in a loser-out game today at 12:15 p.m. PST.

Eagle (16-11) will face Mountain View (22-2) in a semifinal game tonight at 5:15. Mountain View beat Boise 64-51 an opening-round game.

King finished with 23 points, 16 coming in the second half for Eagle, which finished fifth in the District 3 tournament, then beat Thunder Ridge of Idaho Falls in a play-in game last Saturday.

“I’m just heartbroken for our girls,” Symons said. “They gave everything they could. I just wish it was a different ending for them.”

Coeur d’Alene outrebounded Eagle 40-26, led by Burke’s 13 — six coming on the offensive end.

“We knew Eagle was going to be a real physical team,” said Symons, whose team held Eagle to 15 of 42 from the field. “I thought our game plan was fine and we played them well. We knew they were going to give us a push and make some adjustments at the half, and we weathered those really well. But Betsey, she’s tough. She’s a big guard that’s tough for us to guard. We did everything scoring, and their defense threw us a little bit. It’s a man, but it looks like a zone, and we struggled with that a little bit. Our kids fought until the last second.”

Coeur d’Alene committed 15 turnovers, compared to 11 for Eagle.

“Coeur d’Alene is a good, young team,” said Eagle coach Cody Pickett, in his seventh season as coach. “The way they play defense and their aggression, that’s a team that’s coached well. It was a grind for us, and we were fortunate to find ourselves back in the game. I’m proud of our girls for getting back in the game. We found an opportunity to win, and I’m proud of them for getting it done.”

“Sometimes that’s the way it goes. The ball goes your way a few times, with some jump balls, they didn’t bounce our way,” Symons said. “We didn’t come out on top of those.”

Coeur d’Alene was shooting for its first win at state since 2014, when the Vikings beat Rocky Mountain in the state title game.

“We told them we’ve got to move on from it tomorrow,” Symons said. “We’ve got to come out and compete and get two wins with a loss. I want them to remember this during the summer and back in the gym when we’re grinding. This is what we’re working toward, and sometimes you’ve got to feel that pain to know what you’re working for.”

Eagle 9 8 16 17 — 50

Coeur d’Alene 10 19 8 12 — 49

EAGLE — Boockholdt 5, Bohner 2, Michalik 6, Beck 0, Cox 0, King 23, Carter 12, Stokoe 2. Totals 15-42 12-19 50.

COEUR d’ALENE — Matheson 6, Brainard 4, Whiteman 8, Symons 9, Younker 3, Chavez 7, Phenicie 0, Zanetti 0, Burke 12. Totals 14-44 18-25 49.