GIRLS

Sandpoint 39, Moscow 29

MOSCOW — Well it wasn't exactly pretty, but Sandpoint got the job done — largely in part to their shooting from behind the 3-point line.

Junior Brecken Mire erupted for four 3-pointers on her way to a game-high 14 points, junior Jordyn Tomco splashed three 3-pointers and collected 13 points, and the Lady Bulldogs outscored the Lady Bears 16-8 in the fourth quarter to capture a 5A Inland Empire League victory on Thursday night inside Moscow High's Bear Den.

Sandpoint trailed 10-4 after one quarter of play, but outscored Moscow 10-3 in the second quarter as junior Jaylah Butler found fellow junior Carly Laybourne on a backdoor cut for a 14-13 lead heading into halftime.

In the third, Tomco sunk a triple to start things off, but Moscow stayed in reach as the game headed into the fourth at 23-21, Lady Bulldogs in front. In the final quarter, that's when Mire got hot as she found nylon from beyond the arc on back-to-back possessions to help Sandpoint extend their lead to 31-23 ... and then again to push the advantage to 36-25 with about four minutes to go in regulation. Tomco hit her third trey of the night with under two minutes to go to push the tally to 39-27 as the Lady Bulldogs held on for the win.

"It's always tough coming down and playing in the Bear Den — we've struggled with that for years," Sandpoint High head coach Madi Schoening noted. "Our composure through our struggling of scoring was great, and being able to turn it on in the fourth quarter was huge after sticking out the rough scoring drought we were in."

Jessa Skinner recorded eight points, seven rebounds and three assists for Moscow, which used a high-pressure, 2-3 zone on defense to stymie the Lady Bulldogs, but fell to 8-5 on the year with the loss.

Mire produced a team-high five steals and a team-high four assists, Tomco had six rebounds and four steals, Laybourne contributed six points, and sophomore Willow Betz pulled down a team-high seven rebounds and blocked two shots for Sandpoint (13-2), which will host Coeur d'Alene, also 13-2 on the season, for a 6A/5A Inland Empire League showdown on Tuesday.

Sandpoint 4 10 9 16 — 39

Moscow 10 3 8 8 — 29

PTS: SPT — Mire 14, Tomco 13, Laybourne 6, Betz 2, Laing 2, Butler 2. MOS — Skinner 8, Becker 6, McLuen 4, Williams 4, Kiblen 4, Colvin 2, Lassen 1.

REB: SPT — Betz 7, Tomco 6, Mire 3, Laybourne 3, Loutzenhiser 2, L. Driggs 2. MOS — Skinner 7, Williams 7, Becker 3, McLuen 3, Kiblen 2, Lassen 2, Colvin 1.

AST: SPT — Mire 4, L. Driggs 2, Tomco 2, Laybourne 2, Butler 1. MOS — Skinner 3, Becker 2, Hennrich 2.

STL: SPT — Mire 5, Tomco 4, Butler 3, Laybourne 3, L. Driggs 2, Betz 1. MOS — Hennrich 4, Lassen 3, McLuen 2, Kiblen 2, Williams 2, Becker 1, Skinner 1.

BLK: SPT — Betz 2. MOS — Williams 1, Skinner 1.

Christian Center 49, Kootenai Thunder 48

COCOLALLA — Bit Darrow put together a 10-for-16 shooting effort from the floor as she scored 14 of her career-high 20 points in the first half, Shelby Barnhart contributed a season-high 16 points and nine rebounds, and the Lady Thunder fell just one point shy of the Lady Lions in a thrilling Mountain Christian League game held Thursday night at Cocolalla Bible Camp.

Darrow, who was 6-for-6 from two-point range in the first quarter alone, also came away with a team-high seven steals and pulled down five rebounds. Mazie Miles had six points, three steals, and dished out a team-high three assists, and Jenny Barnhart tallied a team-high 10 rebounds for the Thunder, which scored 18 of their 48 points in the first quarter and rallied with a 13-point effort in the fourth.

Lexi Ball added four points while Rachel Hammond chipped in two points and the team's only block for the Kootenai Thunder (2-6), which will look to get back into the win column when they travel to the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake on Tuesday to take on North Idaho Christian for another MCL matchup.

PTS: KT — Darrow 20, S. Barnhart 16, Miles 6, Ball 4, Hammond 2.

REB: KT — J. Barnhart 10, S. Barnhart 9, Darrow 5, Miles 3, Hammond 2, Ball 2, Hoefling 1.

AST:  KT — Miles 3, Darrow 2, S. Barnhart 2, Hammond 1, J. Barnhart 1.

STL: KT — Darrow 7, Miles 3, Ball 2, S. Barnhart 2, J. Barnhart 1.

BLK: KT — Hammond 1.

Orofino 43, Priest River 33

OROFINO — Sophomore McKinley Burgess-Duquette muscled her way to a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds — both team-highs — and came away with a team-high seven steals as the Lady Spartans dropped a 3A Central Idaho League contest to the Lady Maniacs on Friday afternoon at Orofino High.

Senior Aleigha Jensen had 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and hauled in six rebounds while sophomore Courtney Whitaker contributed four points and four rebounds. Freshman Haley Rice dished out a team-high four assists and grabbed two steals for Priest River, which closed the gap to 28-23 late in the third quarter with a pair of Burgess-Duquette putbacks after trailing 23-13 at intermission.

Alina Paul netted a team-high 11 points and added five steals and three assists to the stat sheet for Orofino (3-4), which had five different players hit 3-pointers and led 11-3 after one quarter of action.

Junior Haylee Jepson-Church recorded four steals and four rebounds of her own for Priest River (5-5), which will travel to Grangeville today for another 3A CIL matchup.

Priest River 3 10 10 10 — 33

Orofino 11 12 9 11 — 43

PTS: PR — Burgess-Duquette 15, Jensen 11, Whitaker 4, Rice 2, Jepson-Church 1. ORO — Paul 11, Olive 7, Tondevold 7, Curtis 7, Beardin 6, Waters 5.

REB: PR — Burgess-Duquette 11, Jensen 6, Whitaker 4, Jepson-Church 4, Rice 3. ORO — Curits 5, Tondevold 4, Olive 3, Paul 3, Beardin 2, Waters 2.

AST: PR — Rice 4, Jepson-Church 1, Burgess-Duquette 1, Whitaker 1, Jensen 1. ORO — Beardin 4, Tondevold 4, Olive 3, Paul 3, Waters 2.

STL: PR — Burgess-Duquette 7, Jepson-Church 4, Rice 2, Whitaker 1, Jensen 1. ORO — Tondevold 6, Paul 5, Olive 3, Waters 2, Curtis 1.

BLK: PR — Rice 1, Jensen 1. ORO — Paul 1, Tondevold 1, Olive 1, Curtis 1.

BOYS

Christian Center 59, Kootenai Thunder 49

COCOLALLA — Marshall Peters drained two 3-pointers and recorded 16 of his game-high 21 points in the second half, Ben Brewer registered five 3-pointers on his way to a season-high 17 points, and the Thunder were defeated by the Lions, 8-1 on the year and undefeated in Mountain Christian League play, in a hard-fought matchup held Thursday night at Cocolalla Bible Camp.

Jordan Zmuda chipped in four points, Harvey Peterson a 3-pointer, and Ezra Duchow and Kohen Reynolds had two points apiece for the Thunder, which outscored Christian Center 20-11 in the fourth quarter.

Colt Quimby netted a team-high 18 points, Kambric Cotten and Kado Miller 12 points and two 3-pointers each for the Lions, which used their full-court press to create a 24-10 second-quarter scoring advantage.

The Kootenai Thunder (2-5) will travel to Pasco on Saturday for a non-league game against Country Christian.

Christian Center 13 24 11 11 — 59 

Kootenai Thunder 11 10 8 20 — 49

PTS: KT — Peters 21, Brewer 17, Zmuda 4, Peterson 3, Reynolds 2, Duchow 2. CC — Quimby 18, Miller 12, Cotten 12, Vara 7, McWhorter, Kellmer 2, Coppinger 2, Secrest 1.

Orofino 51, Priest River 37

OROFINO — Senior Ian Lamanna scored a team-high nine points, including two 3-pointers, and had a team-high four assists and a team-high three steals, sophomore Jacob Best neared a double-double with eight points and eight rebounds, and the Spartans were defeated by the undefeated Maniacs in a 3A Central Idaho League game held Friday night at Orofino High.

Junior Broden Collins tallied seven points, including a 3-pointer, and pulled down five rebounds while senior Lucas Mathews buried back-to-back triples early in the second half for all six of his points for Priest River, which closed the gap to 30-24 with 5:11 remaining in the third quarter before Orofino pulled away.

Blake Barlow scored 15 points, including two 3-pointers, and Nick Bonner had a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds to go along with four blocks for Orofino, which outscored the Spartans 12-2 in the second quarter and are now 7-0 on the year.

Sophomore Madden Redinger registered four points and four rebounds, junior Ayson Simcox had five rebounds, and senior Dawson Strange hit a 3-pointer of his own in the loss for Priest River (2-5), which returned to action for the first time since Dec. 18 and will be back to the hardwood today at Grangeville for another 3A CIL matchup.

Priest River 13 2 12 10 — 37

Orofino 14 12 10 15 — 51

PTS: PR — Lamanna 9, Best 8, Collins 7, Mathews 6, Redinger 4, Strange 3. ORO — Barlow 15, Bonner 10, Runia 10, Connolly 7, Schneider 5, Tondevold 2, Naranjo 2.

REB: PR — Best 8, Simcox 5, Collins 5, Redinger 4, Lamanna 4, Strange 3, Mathews 1. ORO — Bonner 11, Naranjo 7, Schneider 7, Runia 7, Connolly 4, Barlow 3.

AST: PR — Lamanna 4, Mathews 2, Redinger 2, Best 1, Simcox 1, Strange 1. ORO — Naranjo 5, Bonner 3, Barlow 2, Connolly 1, Schneider 1.

STL: PR — Lamanna 3, Simcox 1, Collins 1. ORO — Runia 1, Connolly 1, Naranjo 1.

BLK: PR — None. ORO — Bonner 4, Connolly 1.

Lakeside 78, Clark Fork 31

CLARK FORK — Senior Owen Howard compiled a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds to go along with two blocks and an assist, senior Westin Caven posted 12 points, including a three-pointer, to go along with a team-high four steals and a team-high three assists, and the Wampus Cats fell to the undefeated Knights in a 2A Scenic Idaho Conference game held Friday night at Clark Fork High.

Senior Payton Stevens added two points and four rebounds, junior Jesse Yanik one point and one assist, and freshman Bode Scarlett had two rebounds for Clark Fork, which trailed 41-20 heading into the locker room.

Tyson Charley collected a game-high 20 points, Hallah Peone 15 points for Lakeside, which outscored Clark Fork 37-11 in the second half and improved to 8-0 on the year with the win. The Knights are beating teams by an average of 44 points per game this season.

Clark Fork (2-3) will take to the court again on Tuesday when they host Mullan for a non-league matchup.

Lakeside 20 21 25 12 — 78

Clark Fork 6 14 5 6 — 31

PTS: CF — Howard 16, Caven 12, P. Stevens 2, Yanik 1. LAK — Charley 20, Peone 15, Greensky 10, Pluff 8, Ramirez 8, Sines 8, Brown 4, Louie 3, Ironcloud 2.

    Kootenai Thunder forward Shelby Barnhart takes a close-range jump shot during Thursday night's Mountain Christian League matchup against Christian Center of Hayden.