Priest River 65, Genesis Prep 42

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Brock Kreager nailed six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points and the host Spartans closed the game on a 16-2 run to take down the visiting Jaguars 65-42 in their season opener Tuesday.

Priest River got off to slow start, trailing 17-11 early in the second quarter, but eventually got hot. The Spartans closed the quarter on a 20-6 run and took a 31-23 lead heading into halftime. In the second half, Kreager hit four of his triples, including a buzzer-beater to end the third quarter, and the Spartans ran away with the victory from there.

Senior Nate Stifel had 12 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals while senior Palmer Coleman contributed 10 points, four rebounds and three assists for the Spartans. Junior Ian Lamanna added seven points, all from the charity stripe, senior Sawyer Staudt six points and three steals, junior Lucas Mathews a team-high four assists for Priest River (1-0), which travels to Newport this Saturday.

Genesis Prep 14 9 11 8 — 42

Priest River 11 20 18 16 — 65

PTS: PR — Kreager 21, Stifel 12, Coleman 10, Lamanna 7, Staudt 6, Mathews 3, Smith 3, Hatten 2, Cook 1. GP — Meyer 16, Tosh 10, Nichols 7, Farrell 5, Earley 2, Martin 2.

REB: PR — Hatten 7, Coleman 4, Stifel 4, Staudt 3, Cook 3, Lamanna 2, Korff 2, Smith 2, Kreager 2, Mathews 1, Berns 1. GP — Meyer 13, I. Bateman 5, Farrell 4, Nichols 1, Tosh 1, Martin 1, Earley 1, Gintz 1.

AST: PR — Mathews 4, Coleman 3, Stifel 3, Kreager 2, Staudt 2, Cook 1. GP — Tosh 3, Nichols 3, Farrell 2, I. Bateman 1, Meyer 1, Earley 1, S. Bateman 1.

STL: PR — Staudt 3, Stifel 2, Lamanna 1. GP — Earley 2, I. Bateman 1, S. Bateman 1.

BLK: PR — Korff 1, Stifel 1, Hatten 1. GP — Meyer 1.