PREP BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene cooks Bishop Kelly

• BOYS

COEUR d’ALENE — When Coeur d’Alene sophomore Carter Rupp gets it going, it’s going to be a good night.

Wednesday was a good night for the Vikings.

Rupp, a reserve, scored 11 of his 18 points in the second half as the Vikings beat the visiting Bishop Kelly Knights of Boise 62-42 at Viking Court.

“Carter was pretty balanced tonight,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “He comes off the bench and can really shoot the ball. We call him the microwave because he just heats up and isn’t shy about shooting. We knew he’d get his fair share of shots up.”

Freshman Caden Symons scored 14 points and junior Logan Orchard 11 for Coeur d’Alene (9-2), which hosts Eagle today.

Joseph Behrend scored 12 points for Bishop Kelly (1-6), which visits Lake City today.

Bishop Kelly 9 12 10 11 — 42

Coeur d’Alene 17 13 23 9 — 62

BISHOP KELLY — Cammann 3, Goss 0, Fettic 0, Johnson 4, Schneck 0, Green 0, Behrend 12, Colwell 2, Lodge 5, Sache 2, Martin 5, Suboh-Meuret 0.

COEUR d’ALENE — Orchard 13, Smith 0, Nipp 7, Entzi 4, Rupp 18, Burgess 4, Symons 14, Wheeler 0, Ivankovich 2.

Lake City 81

Meridian 56

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Blake Buchanan, who eclipsed the 1,000-point mark on Dec. 16 against Central Catholic, had 30 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves in a win over the Warriors at Lake City High.

Buchanan was 10 for 10 on 2-point field goals, and 4 for 6 from the free-throw line for Lake City (8-0).

“Blake had a great night tonight,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “It wasn’t the prettiest game, or had the greatest flow, but it was work-man-like. Defensively, we could have been better, but we’re pleased with it.”

Kolton Mitchell had 15 points, 10 assists and four steals, Nathan Hocking 16 points for Lake City, which hosts Bishop Kelly today.

T.J. Sanor scored nine points for Meridian (2-6).

Meridian 11 16 9 20 — 56

Lake City 15 25 18 23 — 81

MERIDIAN — Gwilliam 8, Deere 2, Verity 0, Christensen 8, Thomas 0, Baker 9, Fortin 7, Anderson 5, Reynolds 8, Sanor 9.

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 30, Strawn 5, Watson 3, Miller 1, Kiesbuy 3, Johnson 8, Mitchell 15, Snow 0, Hocking 16, Hill 0.

Eagle 73

Post Falls 68

POST FALLS — It was close to the best that the Trojans have played all season.

Outside of that stretch in the fourth quarter.

Neil McCarthy scored 13 points for the Trojans, who fell short to the Mustangs at The Arena.

Landon White scored 40 points for Eagle (4-5).

“We struggled a little with him tonight,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “They ran a lot of different sets for him and we didn’t do a very good job against him. He made a lot of tough shots and I thought he played a very, very good game for them.”

As for his guys …

“We battled them and matched their physicality to the best of our ability,” McLean said. “Outside of that three minute stretch in the fourth, we were pretty aggressive against their pressure. They made a run on us and we’ll learn from it going forward.”

Cooper Craig had 12 points and eight rebounds, Asher Bowie nine points and eight rebounds for Post Falls (2-9), which hosts Meridian today at 1 p.m.

Eagle 15 20 18 20 — 73

Post Falls 17 20 18 13 — 68

EAGLE — Gibson 8, Pugh 2, Howse 0, White 40, Pugmire 1, Lodge 5, Hansen 15, Huish 2.

POST FALLS — Anderson 0, Ostlund 0, McLean 9, McCarthy 13, Shields 8, Craig 12, Blake 9, Bowie 9, Carver 8.

Moscow 60

Kellogg 48

LEWISTON — Riply Luna had 20 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats, who battled back from an early hole, but fell to the Bears in a consolation game in the Avista Holiday Tournament at Lewis-Clark State College.

Dylan Rehder had four 3-pointers in the first half, three in the first quarter for Moscow, which led 24-13 after the first quarter.

“We didn’t come out with the urgency that we needed on defense and they were hitting transition shots,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We played them even in the final three quarters, but they kind of blew it open in the first few minutes of the second half.”

Kellogg used a 16-0 run to cut the deficit to five late in the third.

“We did a better job of playing with urgency in the second quarter and beyond,” Martin said. “They just took advantage of that early on.”

Kolby Luna had 12 points and eight rebounds for Kellogg (4-3), which faces Prairie in the seventh-place game today.

Ian Hillman scored 20 points for Moscow (5-3).

Moscow 24 11 15 10 — 60

Kellogg 13 12 14 9 — 48

MOSCOW — Wilson 8, Asatchao 2, Rehder 15, Abendroth 4, Williams 3, C. Skinner 4, Z. Skinner 4, Hillman 20.

KELLOGG — Miller 7, Whatcott 3, R. Luna 20, K. Luna 12, Maciosek 2, O’Neill 2, Hendrix 0, Taylor 2.

Stillwater Christian 62

N.I. Christian 40

COEUR d’ALENE — Carson Malinauskas scored 17 points for the Royals in a loss to the Cougars of Kalispell, Mont., at Holy Family Catholic School.

Caden Smith scored nine points for North Idaho Christian (7-6), which faces Christian Center on Tuesday at The Courts in Post Falls.

Luke Frampton scored 25 points for Stillwater Christian.

Stillwater Christian 15 16 14 17 — 62

N.I. Christian 12 8 9 11 — 40

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Elam 0, Colby 0, Edgerton 3, McNeely 4, Bond 2, Frampton 25, Banzet 5, C. Miller 0, L. Miller 4, Shawback 14, Linn 0, Groble 5, Wolf 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Barnett 3, Hunter 6, Smith 9, Ca. Malinauskas 17, Scott 0, Antone 5, Backer 0, Co. Malinauskas 0, Winde 0.

• GIRLS

Post Falls 60

Mountain View 51

BOISE — The bigs were, well, big for the Trojans on a night when it was needed.

Senior Capri Sims had 25 points and 18 rebounds, junior Letti Asper 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Trojans, who held off the Mavericks in the opening day of the TimberLion Tournament at Timberline High.

“Those two really stepped it up tonight,” Post Falls coach Brian Hall said. “Our guards didn’t have great nights, but our posts played really well. Asper hit a big 3-pointer and both Capri and Letti won us that game in the fourth quarter and scored all 20 of our points.”

Hall also praised the effort of 6-foot-1 reserve Ellie McGowan, who had four points and four rebounds.

“Ellie played really well coming in tonight,” Hall said. “We knew Mountain View was a second half team and they came out and played hard. Our girls battled hard in the fourth quarter and just found a way.”

Post Falls (12-0) plays at Borah tonight.

Demi Thompson and Quincy Keller scored 15 points each for Mountain View (5-6), which lost at Lake City 68-43 on Nov. 12.

Mountain View 12 8 21 10 — 51

Post Falls 13 22 5 20 — 60

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Krasselt 6, Judd 4, P. Binder 6, Thompson 15, Whitehawk 0, Dunn 0, Jones, Ojukwu 2, R. Binder 0, Hart 0, Keller 15, Gresham 3.

POST FALLS — McLean 6, Berg 2, Walton 0, McGowan 4, Brennan 2, Sims 25, Asper 12, Mitley 9.

N.I. Christian 57

Stillwater Christian 34

COEUR d’ALENE — Jennifer Peterson had 21 points, seven assists and six steals for the Royals in a nonleague win over the Cougars of Kalispell, Mont., at Holy Family Catholic School.

Danica Kelly had 11 points, 10 assists and six steals, Symone Pilgrim eight points, nine rebounds and six steals and Rylee Overturf 14 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots for North Idaho Christian (14-1), which faces Christian Center next Tuesday at The Courts in Post Falls.

Zoe Linn scored 17 points for Stillwater Christian.

Stillwater Christian 8 8 7 11 — 34

N.I. Christian 14 16 11 16 — 57

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Prewitt 2, Schwartz 7, Pond 8, Cruz 0, Ligle 0, Stell 0, Zoe Linn 17.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Peterson 21, Cate 0, Kelly 11, Knight 0, Overturf 14, S. Pilgrim 8, Sanwald 3, Salaiz 0.