Gomez’s Shot Lifts Lewiston

Prep basketball

Andrea Gomez hit a 10-foot jumper with 15 seconds remaining to give Lewiston (18-5) a come-from-behind win over visiting Sandpoint, 50-49, in an A-1 Region I Tournament game Tuesday at Lewiston.

The Bengals rallied from a seven-point deficit with 1:16 remaining to send the Bulldogs (15-7) home in the loser-out contest.

Laura Bloom had 14 rebounds for Lewiston, while Gomez added four assists.

Alli Nieman countered with 23 points for Sandpoint, but the Bulldogs shot just 19 of 51 from the floor and 10 of 16 from the line.

Lewiston will travel to Cascade and play the No. 3 seed from District III at 1 p.m. on Saturday for a berth to state.

Lewiston 50, Sandpoint 49

Sandpoint 10 14 14 11 - 49 Lewiston 9 15 8 18 - 50

SANDPOINT Verby 4, Raiha 3, Timblin 2, Gunter 0, Ross 1, Ward 4, Allmaras 10, Nieman 23, Zirkle 2.

LEWISTON Acord 0, Couch 2, Roberts 6, Wimer 5, Gomez 15, Martin 0, Cushman 11, McEachern 4, Bloom 7.

Boys non-league

Cheney 40, Lake City 37

Mario Chodorowski made a halfcourt shot at the buzzer as the visiting Blackhawks (5-11) stunned the Timberwolves (9-7) at Coeur d’Alene.

Before Chodorowski launched his winner, Bryan Kelly of Lake City made 1 of 2 free throws with 4 seconds left to tie the game. Scott Hoover had 10 rebounds for Lake City, which made 9 of 10 free-throw attempts.

Cheney 8 15 8 9 - 40 Lake City 9 13 8 7 - 37

CHENEY Randall 0, Urdahl 2, Chodorowski 12, Odood 4, Ohuche 3, Just 2, Holmes 2, DeMulling 15.

LAKE CITY Thompson 0, Kelly 4, Keefer 0, Reiswig 4, Shaw 0, Wilson 8, Miller 4, Brumley 0, Hoover 9, Beadell 8.

Post Falls 71, St. Maries 36

Eleven players scored and the Trojans (14-3) forced 31 turnovers during their home win over the Lumberjacks (1-14).

Darick Pope had a game-high 11 points and seven rebounds for Post Falls, which rested every player for at least one half. The Trojans built a double-figure lead in the first half despite missing 21 of 30 field goals.

St. Maries 10 4 11 11 - 36 Post Falls 13 14 26 18 - 71

ST. MARIES Bergquist 9, Shaw 5, Konkright 6, Quigley 2, Asbury 2, Dawson 2, Raebel 8, Brebner 2.

POST FALLS Curtis 10, Alexander 6, Edmonds 6, Roberts 6, Hollenbeck 6, Pichotta 2, Pope 11, McLean 8, Cudmore 6, Lee 8, Froehlich 2.

Intermountain League

B.Ferry 68, P.River 44

Gavin Glindeman scored 21 and the host Badgers (5-1, 12-3) made nine 3-pointers to beat the Spartans (4-3, 7-9) and tie idle Kellogg for the league lead.

Kyle York scored 31 for Priest River. No other Spartan scored more than five.

Priest River 8 14 13 17 - 44 Bonners Ferry 17 12 20 19 - 68

PRIEST RIVER Score 2, York 31, Rabe 3, Trost 5, Mohr 3, Walters 0, Warren 0, Eskelson 0, Schaefer 0, Bradbury 0, Clark 0.

BONNERS FERRY Walter 0, Gravelle 5, Glindeman 21, High 7, Holeski 10, Hubbard 1, LaRue 15, Meeker 0, Ashby 3, Stewart 6.