PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Post Falls holds off Sandpoint in IEL play
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Sandpoint's Daylee Driggs (3) and Karlie Banks (24) battle for a rebound with Post Falls guard Letti Asper during the first quarter of Friday's Inland Empire League game at The Arena.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Post Falls junior guard Kinlee McLean drives past the defense of Sandpoint's Demi Driggs (2) and Aliya Strock (23) during Friday's game at The Arena.
POST FALLS — Saddled with some early foul trouble, Post Falls needed a little bit of help from everyone on the roster to help the Trojans out of an early hole against the visiting Sandpoint Bulldogs on Friday night.
Junior Letti Asper scored 12 points, five in the first half, and senior Capri Sims 17 points for the Trojans, who fell behind 6-0 before bouncing back for a 65-55 Inland Empire League win at The Arena.
“Sandpoint gave us a good game tonight,” Post Falls coach Brian Hall said. “We didn’t play well on defense and they got some of our players in foul trouble. Letti really stepped up and got to the basket when some of our other players couldn’t because of fouls.”
Freshman Kailey Walton hit two 3-pointers for Post Falls (7-0, 3-0 IEL), which outscored Sandpoint 20-14 in the fourth quarter.
“Every point in that fourth quarter was needed,” Hall said. “There wasn’t much breathing room and we really had to step it up in the fourth quarter. Letti really kept us in the ballgame tonight with her defense and rebounding and Kailey did a great job defensively.”
Kelsey Cessna and Aliya Strock scored 15 points each for Sandpoint (2-2, 0-2), which hosts Priest River today.
Post Falls hosts Mt. Spokane on Tuesday.
Sandpoint 10 13 18 14 — 55
Post Falls 19 12 14 20 — 65
SANDPOINT — K. Cessna 15, De. Driggs 7, Da. Driggs 3, David 0, P. Cessna 0, Laybourne 0, Richardson 3, Owens 0, Tuinstra 1, Bleckwenn 0, Strock 15, Banks 11, Thate 0.
POST FALLS — McLean 11, Berg 8, Walton 6, McGowan 2, Brennan 2, Sims 17, Asper 12, Motley 7, Miller 0, Gilmor 0.
Lewiston 51
Lakeland 49
LEWISTON — The visiting Hawks cut a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to two in the closing seconds, but the Bengals held on to win the IEL game.
Payton Sterling hit four 3-pointers and led Lakeland (5-3, 0-2 IEL) with 12 points.
Zoie Kessinger of Lewiston (2-4, 2-1) led all scorers with 13 points.
Ziya Munyer and Kenna Simon each scored 11 points and Landree Simon added 10 for Lakeland, which travels to Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.
Lakeland 8 14 14 13 — 49
Lewiston 16 15 17 3 — 51
LAKELAND — L. Simon 10, K. Kiefer 1, Munyer 11, K. Simon 11, L. Kiefer 4, Sterling 12.
LEWISTON — Arellano 8, B. Albright 4, Delich 3, D. Albright 3, McKarcher 8, Kessinger 13, Jackson 2, Samuels 2, Burke 8.
Chr. Center 40
Koot. Thunder 13
KOOTENAI — Kate Siers scored 14 points as the Lions beat the Thunder in Mountain Christian League play late Thursday night.
Chr. Center 5 18 3 4 — 40
Koot. Thunder 2 2 4 5 — 13
CHRISTIAN CENTER SCHOOL — Stanton 0, Siers 14, Barnhart 0, Epkuy 4, Bullington 8, Allen 2, Baltzell 4, O’Dell 0, Hill 2, Vincent 0, Milligan 6, Hoit 0.
KOOTENAI THUNDER — Allshouse 5, Duchow 4, Black 2, Brown 0, DeGraff 0, Cave 0.
