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MOSCOW — A dominating second quarter and strong interior defense were big keys as Sandpoint earned a tough 39-35 slugfest win over Moscow on Saturday in 4A Inland Empire League hoops in the Bear Den.
Grace Kirscher scored 18 and Dawson Driggs 11 f, or the Bulldogs (8-6, 1-0 4A IEL), who outscored the Bears 15-4 in the second quarter while allowing just 12 points in a stingy first half.
“Our inside defense with Calli Laybourne and Natalie Petit was big, it helped us corral Gracie Meyer,” said Bulldogs head coach Duane Ward, whose team had to play with Kirscher in foul trouble for much of the second half. “Our kids made a little run and got us back in there. It was a great team effort. They hung in there, and we’re real happy with that.”
Ward praised the rebounding of Driggs, Katherine Kaul and Ciera Bailey, limiting the Bears’ second chance opportunities. Gracie Meyer led the Bears (6-7, 1-1 4A IEL) with a game-high 18 points in the loss.
Sandpoint hosts 5A Lewiston on Monday.
Sandpoint 6 15 6 12 — 39
Moscow 8 4 13 10 — 35
SANDPOINT — Matilla 2, Bailey 0, Edwards 0, Morgan 2, Driggs 13, Laybourne 2, Kaul 2, Kirscher 18, Petit 0.
MOSCOW — Cooper Stephens scored 13 of his game-high 26 points in the first quarter, as the Bears came out firing on all cylinders and never looked back in a 67-39 win over the Bulldogs in 4A Inland Empire League action Saturday night in the Bear Den.
The Bears (5-8, 2-0 4A IEL) exploded for 29 points in the first quarter while the Bulldogs (6-6, 0-1 4A IEL) managed just 10 and had a hard time recovering from the slow start.
Robbie Johnson sank 3 of 6 attempts from beyond the arc to score a team-high 17 points, and Bruin Jones and Alex Stockton each scored six in defeat. The Bulldogs were able to get to the line 19 more times than the Bears, but made just 15 of 30 attempts.
Sandpoint hosts 5A Lewiston on Monday.
Sandpoint 10 13 10 6 — 39
Moscow 29 13 17 8 — 67
SANDPOINT — Vernon 3, Dalthorp 2, Niemela 1, Ortega 1, Davis 0, Jones 6, Johnson 17, VanDenBerg 1, Casey 2, Stockton 6.
MOSCOW — Stephens 26, Broenneke 12, Johnson 1, Jaeder 2, Makamson 3, Quinnett 5, Rauch-Edwards 7, Postell 1, Pancheri 2, Kitchel 8.
CLARK FORK — Tessa Sutton dropped in 13 points and Brooke Stevens added 10, as the Wampus Cats notched a 46-32 win over the Warriors in North Star League girls basketball Saturday at Clark Fork High School.
Clark Fork (4-8, 1-3) head coach Jordan Adams felt her all-underclassmen team played a solid game in all phases to earn her first league win as a head coach.
“They’ve played basketball together for a long time,” she said, noting they went back to some basics in practice recently. “We’ve been working on our individual abilities and fundamentals, and they went out and did what I asked them.”
Lily Simko added six points, Ali Sutton and Sara Hathaway five, Ellie Kiebert four and Ellie Lambert three for the Cats, who travel to face Mullan on Thursday.
Kaili Gentry scored 15 to lead Kootenai, who also got eight points from Jacey Grange, five from Madison Napierala and four from Courtney Lamb in defeat.
CLARK FORK — Sophomore guard Kobe Banks stuffed the stat sheet with 24 points, 11 boards, seven assists and five steals, leading the Wampus Cats to a 76-46 win over the Warriors in North Star League hoops Saturday in Clark Fork.
Wade Stevens added a double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and four steals for the Wampus Cats (1-7, 1-3), who finished the game with three straight 20 plus point quarters in a strong offensive showing.
“The boys came out slow but picked it up in the second quarter,” said Cats head coach Jim Banks. “We started executing our offense and shutting theirs down.”
Denzel Kailang scored 15, Cameron Garcia added 11 points and three steals, Bryant Moore six points and 11 rebounds, T.J. Henderson five points and Josh Constantin four points and six rebounds for the Cats, who travel to Mullan on Thursday.
Kootenai 12 10 12 12 — 46
Clark Fork 11 21 24 20 — 76