GIRLS

Sandpoint 54, Lake City 37

COEUR d'ALENE — Sandpoint High senior Demi Driggs scored a career-high 20 points, 10 in each half, and the visiting Lady Bulldogs picked up a big 6A/5A Inland Empire League win over Lake City on Tuesday night — their first win over the Lady Timberwolves since 2014.

"Demi did a really good job of attacking on offense," Sandpoint High head coach Will Love said. "The kids then started to look for her and she responded. Everyone's excited for her and it's exciting to get this win at Lake City."

Sophomore Brecken Mire tallied 12 points, five rebounds, and six assists, sophomore Jordyn Tomco 10 points and five steals for Sandpoint, which outscored Lake City 28-15 in the second half for the win.

"They really came out in the second half and just did an awesome job, especially on the defensive end," coach Love said. "Super proud of the girls for their effort tonight."

Sandpoint (10-10, 5-3) will host Lewiston for a league matchup Tuesday. 

Currently, the Lady Bulldogs sit at 5-3 in the combined 6A/5A IEL standings while Lakeland sits at 4-4. Both teams have one regular season game remaining against Lewiston. If Sandpoint wins on Tuesday, according to league by-laws, they will be crowned champions of the regular season despite having two losses to Lakeland. With a win, they will also be the No. 1 seed heading into the district tournament.

Sandpoint 11 15 14 14 — 54

Lake City 9 13 6 9 — 37

PTS: SPT — D. Driggs 20, Mire 12, Tomco 10, Ch. Laybourne 8, L. Driggs 2, Thaete 2. LC — Zimmerman 17, Murphy 9, Fagan 7, Smith 4.

REB: SPT — Mire 5, D. Driggs 5, Tomco 3, Thaete 3, Ch. Laybourne 2, Ca. Laybourne 2, M. Driggs 1. LC — N/A.

AST: SPT — Mire 6, Tomco 4, D. Driggs 3, Ch. Laybourne 1, Ca. Laybourne 1. LC — N/A.

STL: SPT — Tomco 5, Mire 1, Ca. Laybourne 1. LC — N/A.

BLK: SPT — D. Driggs 1. LC — N/A.

Yount steps up for Lady Spartans

Priest River 60, St. Maries 48

ST. MARIES — Priest River High senior Paityn Yount scored 21 points, including four 3-pointers, and recorded nine rebounds and a team-high five steals as the visiting Lady Spartans used a 25-4 close to the third quarter to down the Lady Lumberjacks in a 3A Central Idaho League match on Tuesday.

Senior Desi Humphrey added 14 points, 10 in the second half, pulled down a total of 10 rebounds for a double-double and dished out six assists. Fellow senior Lizzie McCracken netted 13 points, including two 3-pointers, and also had six assists for Priest River, which led just 29-26 at intermission.

Senior Averie Baird had 15 points for St. Maries, which took a 30-29 lead, their first of the game, early in the third quarter before the Priest River run.

Junior Aleigha Jensen and freshman McKinley Burgess-Duquette each added four points for the Lady Spartans.

Priest River (11-5, 4-2) hosts Newport for the Battle of the Border spirit competition Friday.

Priest River 20 9 25 6 — 60

St. Maries 14 12 8 14 — 48

PTS: PR — Yount 21, Humphrey 14, McCracken 13, Jensen 4, Burgess-Duquette 4, Braae 2, Jepson-Church 2. SM — Baird 15, B. Elliott 13, Sloper 10, Thomas 4, Martin 4, K. Elliott 2.

REB: PR — Humphrey 10, Yount 9, McCracken 6, Jensen 6, Jepson-Church 4, Burgess-Duquette 4, Braae 3. SM — Thomas 11, Martin 8, B. Elliott 5, Baird 5, Sloper 4, K. Elliott 3.

AST: PR — Humphrey 6, McCracken 6, Yount 3, Jensen 1. SM — B. Elliott 4, Martin 3, Baird 2, K. Elliott 1.

STL: PR — Yount 5, Humphrey 4, Burgess-Duquette 3, Jensen 2, Braae 2, McCracken 1. SM — B. Ellliott 4, Martin 1, Baird 1.

BLK: PR — Humphrey 2, Braae 1. SM — Sloper 4, Baird 1.

Miles shoots Lady Thunder to victory

Kootenai Thunder 28, Country Christian 18

COCOLALLA — Mazie Miles scored a game-high 14 points, including four 3-pointers, and the Lady Thunder picked up a 10-point Mountain Christian League win over the Country Christian School (Pasco, Wash.) on Monday.

Laura Allshouse, Mercy Brewer, and Casey deGraaf all netted four points each for the Kootenai Thunder, which scored 15 of their 28 points in the first half.

Thunder Stats Only.

PTS: KT — Miles 14, Allshouse 4, Brewer 4, deGraaf 4, Stevens 2.

REB: KT — Miles 3, deGraaf 3, Brewer 2, Reynolds 2, Palmer 2, Hammond 2, Dye 2, Stevens 2, Allshouse 1.

AST: KT — Allshouse 2, Hammond 1.

STL: KT — Brewer 2, Stevens 1, Hammond 1.

BLK: KT — deGraaf 2, Dye 1.

Spokane Co-op 46, Kootenai Thunder 31

LIBERTY LAKE — Laura Allshouse scored 18 points, 14 in the second half, and grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double as the visiting Lady Thunder were defeated by the Spokane Co-op in a non-league contest at the HUB Sports Center on Tuesday.

Casey deGraaf added 10 points and a team-high four steals for the Lady Thunder, which scored 16 of their 31 points in the third quarter.

The Kootenai Thunder (3-12, 3-10) will return to action on Feb. 6 for the first round of the Mountain Christian League tournament.

Thunder Stats Only.

PTS: KT — Allshouse 18, deGraaf 10, Ball 2, Brewer 1.

REB: KT — Allshouse 10, Reynolds 4, Hammond 3, Miles 2, Brewer 2, deGraaf 1, Stevens 1, Palmer 1.

AST: KT — Brewer 2, Miles 1, Allshouse 1.

STL: KT — deGraaf 4, Brewer 3, Ball 2, Allhouse 2, Miles 1.

BLK: KT — Hammond 1, Miles 1.

BOYS 

Roos catches fire in Bulldogs’ rout of Bears

Sandpoint 62, Moscow 42

SANDPOINT — Even a heat check couldn't stop Logan Roos on Tuesday night.

The Sandpoint High junior scored 17 points, 11 in the second half, and netted five 3-pointers as the host Bulldogs shook off a slow start to defeat the Bears by 20 for a crucial 5A Inland Empire League win.

"That first quarter... it was really hard to watch on both sides," Sandpoint High head coach Brian Childs said. "We flipped the switch and found a rhythm in the second quarter and then had a big third. In those middle two quarters we played awfully well and we fed off of Logan with the 3-ball."

Senior Emerik Jones collected 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds and four steals while junior Kingston Corbett and sophomore Brock Yarbrough each added nine points for Sandpoint, which outscored Moscow 48-18 in the middle two quarters. Sophomore Knox Williams had six points, all from 3-point range, and registered five assists and two steals in the win.

"We got contributions from a lot of guys tonight, up and down our bench," coach Childs said. "We had guys making shots, making hustle plays. For the way we started the game, I was very proud with the way we finished it."

Sandpoint (6-8, 2-2) was originally scheduled to host St. Maries for senior night on Saturday, but that game is currently being rescheduled. If there isn't a game before then, the Bulldogs will host Coeur d'Alene next on Thursday, Feb. 6.

Moscow 8 8 10 16 — 42

Sandpoint 3 21 27 11 — 62

PTS: SPT — Roos 17, Jones 10, Corbett 9, Yarbrough 9, Williams 6, Iverson 4, Haddock 3, Leisy 3, Gion 1. MOS — Cummings 10, Mordhorst 9, Winfree 6, Hurley 6, Abendroth 5, Breese 3, Bethel 3.

REB: SPT — Jones 8, Gion 6, Roos 4, Leisy 3, Williams 3, Corbett 2, Yabrough 2, Zimmerman 1, Iverson 1. MOS — Abendroth 9, Winfree 4, Breese 4, Izzo 4, Godfrey 3, Bethel 2, Hurley 2.

AST: SPT — Williams 5, Iverson 3, Roos 2, Jones 2, Yarbrough 1, Corbett 1, Wolff 1. MOS — Abendroth 4, Hurley 3, Izzo 2, Godfrey 1, Cummings 1.

STL: SPT — Jones 4, Gion 2, Williams 2, Roos 1, Iverson 1, Gilman 1.MOS — Abendroth 4, Hurley 2, Bethel 1, Isakson 1.

BLK: SPT — Corbett 2, Roos 1, Haddock 1, Jones 1. MOS — Godfrey 1.

Williams leads Badgers to 34th straight win

Bonners Ferry 71, Lakeland 55

BONNERS FERRY — Senior Asher Williams scored 24 of his game-high 33 points in the first half, senior Thomas Bateman had 10 of his 12 points in the second half and the host Badgers used a balanced scoring attack to pick up a 16-point non-league win over the Hawks on Tuesday.

Senior Eli Blackmore, senior Brody Rice and junior Sulay Abubakari all pitched in eight points each for Bonners Ferry, which led 36-32 at halftime before doubling up Lakeland in the third quarter with a 16-8 advantage.

Junior Brayden Carrel scored 24 points, 19 in the first half, for the visitors.

Bonners Ferry (17-0, 1-0), which has now won 34 straight games dating back to last year, travels to Coeur d'Alene on Friday for possibly their hardest test of the season yet.

Lakeland 22 10 8 15 — 55

Bonners Ferry 21 15 16 19 — 71

PTS: BF — Williams 33, Bateman 12, Rice 8, Blackmore 8, Abubakari 8, Hinthorn 2. LL — Carrel 24, Hillman 12, Harris 8, Yager 8, Hensley 3.

Spokane Co-op 58, Kootenai Thunder 49

LIBERTY LAKE — Dylan Day amassed 25 points and eight rebounds, extending his double-digit scoring streak to eight games, as the visiting Thunder were downed by the Spokane Co-op on Tuesday in a non-league tilt at the HUB Sports Center.

Melkam Manning pitched in eight points and four steals, Marshall Peters and Malachi Duchow six points apiece for the Thunder.

The Kootenai Thunder (11-6, 9-6) will travel to the HUB Sports Center again Feb. 4 for another non-league matchup with Immaculate Conception Academy.

Thunder Stats Only.

PTS: KT — Day 25, Manning 8, Peters 6, Duchow 6, Palmer 3, Hernandez-Ortega 1.

REB: KT — Day 8, Duchow 6, Manning 4, Hernandez-Ortega 3, Palmer 2.

AST: KT — Palmer 3, Manning 3, Duchow 3, Day 2, Hernandez-Ortega 2, Miles 1.

STL: KT — Manning 4, Palmer 2, Day 2, Duchow 1, Miles 1.

BLK: KT — Hernandez-Ortega 1.