PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Trojans battle back, but fall to University
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 3 years, 9 months AGO
JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY Sandpoint's Rusty Lee drives to the basket as Priest River's Jace Yount defends during Saturday's nonleague game at Priest River High. Sandpoint won the game 81-47.
SPOKANE — For 28 minutes, it was back and forth between Post Falls and University on Saturday evening.
That first four minutes, that will be what the Trojans will be looking at fixing moving forward.
Tyler Nelson scored 19 points for the Titans, who led 12-0 four minutes into the game, en route to a 74-60 win over the Trojans.
“They just jumped on us in the first four minutes,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “We weren’t dialed in and didn’t match their intensity early on. Once we righted the ship, we played back and forth. But that first four minutes, they set the tone and we just couldn’t overcome it.”
Trenton McLean hit three 3-pointers to finish with 13 points and Tyras Blake added 12 points for Post Falls (0-5).
Ethan Cox scored 15 points for University (2-0).
Post Falls faces Curtis (Wash.) in the opening game of the Curtis Winter Classic on Thursday.
Post Falls 14 16 13 17 — 60
University 23 15 15 17 — 74
POST FALLS — Anderson 3, Ostlund 6, McLean 13, McCarthy 8, Cameron 9, Craig 7, McKeown 1, Wolfe 0, Blake 12, Bowie 2.
UNIVERSITY — Nelson 19, Moore 2, Johnson 0, Del Mese 8, Wolfe 3, Korneichuk 0, Heimbinger 14, Fisher 0, Cox 15, Wolcott 3, Skidmore 10.
Sandpoint 81
Priest River 47
PRIEST RIVER — Parker Childs scored 13 points for the Bulldogs, who shot past the host Spartans in a nonleague game.
“It took us a bit of time to get the kinks out,” Sandpoint coach Brian Childs said. "We shot the ball well and focused on sharing the ball and making the right play."
Tyler Engelson and Zach Engelson scored 10 points each for Priest River (2-), which visits Lakeland on Tuesday.
Max Frank scored 10 points for Sandpoint (2-2), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.
Sandpoint 18 25 19 19 — 81
Priest River 13 7 15 12 — 47
SANDPOINT — Johansen 0, Pettit 4, Lee 8, Frank 10, VanDenBerg 9, Eacret 1, Dickinson 6, Jones 0, Bopp 2, Childs 13, Hindberg 0, Longanecker 2, Williams 5, Meideros 6.
PRIEST RIVER — Matthews 3, Butler 4, Staudt 3, Marinello 9, Miller 0, T. Engelson 10, Koff 0, Z. Engelson 10, Kreager 0, Cook 0, Soloman 0, Yount 8.
POSTPONEMENTS
Saturday's games pitting Highland at Kootenai and Deer Park at Timberlake were postponed due to hazardous road conditions.
No makeup dates were announced.