SANDPOINT — In the opening minutes Saturday, Sandpoint appeared to be ready to grab its first win over a 4A Inland Empire League opponent since 2016.

The Bulldogs were up 7-0 less than 90 seconds into the game and already feeling it from beyond the arc with a pair of 3-pointers. But Lakeland flipped the game in an instant with a 14-2 run in the first quarter and never looked back in a 67-60 IEL victory over Sandpoint at Les Rogers Court.

The Bulldogs had nine unforced turnovers in the first half and were outscored by the Hawks 17-6 in the second quarter.

"We turned the ball over at a rate that you can't just do in a league game against a quality opponent like these guys," Sandpoint coach Brian Childs said. "... and then things just started to snowball a little bit."

Lakeland stretched out Sandpoint's zone defense in the first half by knocking down six 3-pointers.

"Basketball is a game of momentum and we were able to grab it and kind of extend," Lakeland coach Tony Hanna said. "We had guys hitting big shots for us and that's the nice part is we're finally starting to come into our own a little bit. We've been off for two and a half weeks and we were just ready to play a game; it felt like forever."

Bryce Henry led Lakeland (4-6, 1-1 IEL) with 22 points and six rebounds, and Grant Roth had 14 points and four 3-pointers.

Rusty Lee and Randy Lane each scored 16 points for the Bulldogs (4-8, 0-2), Ethan Butler finished with 11 points and six rebounds, and Parker Childs added 9 points. Lee also tallied nine rebounds and six assists, and Lane grabbed four steals.

Sandpoint has now lost 27 straight games to 4A IEL opponents.

Lakeland led by as many as 18 points in the second half, but Sandpoint made a push for a comeback in the final quarter. With 6:23 left in the game, the Bulldogs cut the Hawks' lead to 7 points on a 3-point play by Ethan Butler.

But in the end, the Bulldogs just dug themselves too big of a hole.

"We played them evenly in the second half," Child said. "You just can't spot somebody two quarters."

“We knew they were going to play a zone, that's just what they typically do,” Hanna said of Sandpoint. “It always feels good to be able to take a team out of what they're trying to do. Unfortunately, we didn't play as well against the man in the second half, but against the zone you got to have guys knocking down some shots and we had guys knock down some shots for us and that was a really big part of it.”

On Tuesday, Lakeland visits Kellogg, and Sandpoint travels to Moscow.

Lakeland 17 17 14 19 — 67

Sandpoint 15 6 19 20 — 60

LAKELAND — Nowell 0, Cameron 5, Kings 0, Henry 22, Munyer 8, Hocking 10, Roth 14, Haug 0, Loutzenhiser 2, Waddington 6, Pearson 0, Anderson 0.

SANDPOINT — Lee 16, Eldridge 2, VanDenBerg 6, Dunkel 0, Dickinson 0, Childs 9, Lane 16, Butler 11.

St. Maries 61

Grangeville 32

GRANGEVILLE — Colby Renner had 13 points and six rebounds for the Lumberjacks in a Central Idaho League win over the Bulldogs.

Guards Coleman Ross had 12 points, six assists, nine rebounds and four steals and Greyson Sands six points and four assists for St. Maries, which led 34-16 at halftime.

“I thought our guards did a good job of getting to the paint tonight,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “Either shooting the ball, or getting it to the posts, they did a good job of getting us going.”

Tristan Gentry-Nelson had 11 points and six rebounds for St. Maries (8-2, 1-0 CIL), which travels to Timberlake on Tuesday.

Sam Lindsley scored 19 points for Grangeville.

St. Maries 15 19 19 8 — 61

Grangeville 8 8 10 6 — 32

ST. MARIES — Nelson-Gentry 11, Sands 6, Badgett 3, Ross 12, Wolfe 1, Holder 0, Elliott 6, T. Renner 2, Wicks 3, C. Renner 13, Hill 4.

GRANGEVILLE — Lefebvre 6, J. Lindsley 0, S. Lindsley 19, Frei 0, Mundt 7, Klament 0, Hulls 0.

N.I. Christian 73

Country Christian 31

COEUR d’ALENE — Karon Dinkins had 15 points and 11 steals for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over Country Christian of Pasco, Wash., at Holy Family Catholic School.

Malachi Bullington had 14 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots for North Idaho Christian (16-3, 8-0 MCL), which travels to Spokane Classical Christian on Monday.

Ryan Brubaker scored 11 points for Country Christian.

Country Christian 12 4 7 8 — 31

N.I. Christian 21 22 19 11 — 73

COUNTRY CHRISTIAN — Brubaker 11, Dretzka 0, Dunn 10, Flatau 0, Goin 0, Morgan 2, Nyce 6, Prantle 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Sisco 2, Bullington 14, O’Brien 4, Grassi 2, Heston 7, Adams 5, Dinkins 15, Koontz 0, Desrochers 4, Alliano 3, Sakai 7, Connelly 3, Schlader 0, Smith 7.

Chr. Center 73

Count. Christian 50

COEUR d’ALENE — Colton Smith had 12 points, 20 rebounds, six assists, five steals and five blocked shots as the Lions defeated the visitors from Pasco, Wash., in Mountain Christian League play.

Devon Hansen had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Christian Center School (6-7, 4-7 MCL). Joseph Badgley had 17 points, Cade McWhorter three steals.

Ryan Brubaker led Country Christian with 21 points.

Christian Center School plays the Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday night in Kootenai.

Co.. Christian 15 14 12 9 — 50

Chr. Center 15 23 21 14 — 73

COUNTRY CHRISTIAN — Ryan Brubaker 21, Dretzka 5, Dunn 16, Flateall 0, Gain 0, Miller 2, Morgan 0, Ayce 6, Prantle 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Smith 12, Hansen 24, Hamblin 6, Barnhart 1, Badgley 17, Stark 3, Secrest 8, McWhorter 2.

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SPIRIT LAKE — No report was received.