Shadle staves off Saxons

Lexie Pettersen fouled out midway through the final period and Ferris pared Shadle Park’s lead to 45-39.

But 3-pointers by Amanda Carlton with just less than 2 minutes to play and Lindsay Niemeier 35 seconds later secured Shadle’s 56-41 Greater Spokane League basketball win Thursday night at Spokane Falls Community College.

Pettersen led the third-place Highlanders (13-3) with 22 points and eight rebounds to dominate the Saxons (6-10).

University 52, Gonzaga Prep 48: The Titans (11-4) had a tough time at G-Prep, but solid free-throw shooting down the wire enabled U-Hi to prevail over the Bullpups (7-9). Kasey Jurich led U-Hi with 19 points. G-Prep’s Kate Judge led all scorers with 20 points.

Mead 53, Mt. Spokane 38: Jazmine Redmon scored 20 points to fuel the second-place Panthers’ (13-2) road victory over the Wildcats (4-11). Redmon had eight field goals, two of them 3-pointers.

Lewis and Clark 71, East Valley 39: The host Knights (3-11) were no match for the unbeaten Tigers (15-0), who had 23- and 25-point first and third quarters. LC’s Sarah Kliewer had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Jeneva Anderson added 13 points. EV’s Morgan Manchester had 13 points and five assists.

Central Valley 81, Rogers 29: The Bears (8-8) got their offense untracked at Rogers. They outscored the Pirates (0-15) 25-0 in the second quarter for a 44-8 halftime lead. Three CV players were in double figures, including Justine Bowman with 17 points.