Defensive Switch Carries Sandpoint To Win

Idaho girls basketball

A pair of 7-1 teams stood even in the second half Tuesday when one made an important change.

Sandpoint, which switched from a man-to-man defense to a zone, toppled Post Falls 63-53 in an Inland Empire League game at Post Falls. Sandpoint held the Trojans to seven fourth-quarter points.

Alli Nieman did the big damage for the Bulldogs (1-0, 8-1), scoring 29 points. Heidi Umthun of Post Falls (1-2, 7-2) scored 23.

Sandpoint 63, Post Falls 53

Sandpoint 22 15 14 12 - 63

Post Falls 13 15 18 7 - 53

SANDPOINT Iverson 0, Timblin 4, Verby 7, Gunter 0, Ross 0, Ward 6, Allmaras 17, Nieman 29, Raynor 0, Carlson 0.

POST FALLS Klaudt 0, Umthun 23, Murphy 0, Swanstrom 0, Waltz 8, Thomson 0, Ruen 17, Glaser 4, Beatty 1.

Lewiston 57, Pullman 42

Sara McEachern’s 13 points led three scorers in double figures as the visiting Bengals (4-3) beat the undermanned Greyhounds (0-6) in a non-leaguer.

Three injured starters did not play for Pullman.

Lewiston 13 10 20 14 - 57

Pullman 9 15 9 9 - 42

LEWISTON Roberts 2, Cain 11, Hunt 0, Gomez 12, Martin 8, Boettcher 1, McEachern 13, Cushman 5, Bloom 5, Bardwell 0, Benson 0.

PULLMAN Nelson 4, Umbreit 9, Clancy 3, Weeks 8, Wilde 16, Wahl 0, Paulson 2.

Bonners Ferry 49, Wallace 38

A game-long press and Denelle Ripatti’s 13 points helped the visiting Badgers (6-3) beat the Miners (2-8) in a nonleague game.

Joy Sperry had 27 points and 15 rebounds for Wallace.

Bonners Ferry 18 10 9 12 - 49

Wallace 4 10 13 11 - 38

BONNERS FERRY Walter 10, Decker 0, Bateman 10, Larson 2, Braniff 1, Carey 2, Paulson 7, Downing 2, Knott 0, Comer 0, Ripatti 13, Norman 2.

WALLACE Sperry 27, Rose 0, Gregory 5, Calabretta 3, England 0, Branstetter 0, Sleezer 0, Nipp 3.

Lakeside 38, Kootenai 31

A productive second quarter lifted the first-place Knights (3-0, 7-3) over the Warriors (1-1, 6-2) at Plummer.

Kootenai rallied slightly when Lakeside missed 10 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter.

Kootenai 2 6 12 11 - 31

Lakeside 6 14 12 6 - 38

KOOTENAI Andersen 0, Flint 9, Bornitz 9, Hunter 0, Goodson 6, Kraack 2, Ausman 2, Damiano 3.

LAKESIDE Brand 8, Niebuhr 8, Campbell 0, SiJohn 9, Hammons 4, Hoffman 0, Middleton 2, Flint 7, Holton 0.

C.Fork 64, F.Christian 43

Amy Longstreet had five 3-pointers and scored 22 as the Wampus Cats (1-2, 4-5) beat the visiting Eagles (1-1, 8-3). Sasha Storaasli added 10 rebounds and Hailey Scofield seven steals for the winners.

Falls Christian 11 12 13 7 - 43

Clark Fork 18 15 15 16 - 64

FALLS CHRISTIAN Wallace 8, Pang 6, Peterson 18, Jackson 8, Moate 0, Taylor 2, Coy 0, Jenkins 1.

CLARK FORK J.Miller 5, Manderscheid 0, Haller 5, Longstreet 22, Storaasli 7, Scofield 13, Hager 12.

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