Lewiston Edges Coeur D’Alene

Boys basketball

Lewiston reserve Kevin Lawrence sank two free throws with 14 seconds left to lift the Bengals past Coeur d’Alene 71-68 in an Inland Empire League boys basketball game on Friday night at Booth Hall.

The Vikings (0-1, 5-5) led most of the game played before an estimated 1,100 fans.

Guard Ben Davis nailed three 3-point field goals in the second quarter, as Coeur d’Alene battled for a 40-32 lead.

“Defensively we played much better in third quarter,” Bengals coach Dick Richel said.

The Vikings, who shot 55 percent from the field in the first half, made just 3 of 13 field goals in the third quarter.

Coeur d’Alene led by two points with just under 2 minutes left in the game. An offensive rebound conversion by Jim Farris tied the game and set the stage for Lawrence’s heroics.

“He’s only shot four free throws all season,” Richel said of Lawrence. “They were giant free throws, because (the Vikings are) so difficult to defend in the open court.”

“It’s a nice start to a league,” Richel added. The Bengals improved to 1-0 and 4-7.

Coeur d’Alene plays host to Wallace in a non-league game tonight.

Lewiston 71, Coeur d’Alene 68

Coeur d’Alene 20 20 9 19 - 68

Lewiston 16 16 16 23 -70

COEUR D’ALENE Goodwin 0, J.Davis 14, Milionis 0, Lowry 3, Corbeill 8, Lee 4, B.Davis 17, Hermstad 10, Kovatch 0, Peebles 0, O’Dowd 12, Hoorelbeke 0.

LEWISTON Farris 16, Steele 9, Frasure , Albright 2, Egland 0, Lawrence 4, Feider 17 , Williams 7, Charlow 5, Perez 1, Johnson 0, Frei 10.

Bonners Ferry 38, St. Maries 35

Forward Ben Staples hit the basket that gave Bonners Ferry the lead for good in an Intermountain League game at St. Maries.

Adam Hiatt led the Badgers with 15 points, including 10 in a four-quarter rally.

Bonners Ferry (2-0, 3-4) resumes IML play tonight at Moscow. St. Maries (1-1, 4-3) takes on Sandpoint at home in a non-league game.

Bonners Ferry 11 4 7 16 - 38

Saint Maries 8 9 7 11 - 35

BONNERS FERRY Holmes 0, Isadore 0, Bahe 0, A.Hiatt 15, Hubbard 0, S.Hiatt 0, Hurst 0, Ashby 8, Ross 0, Staples 9, Robertson 4, Carey 2.

ST. MARIES Spooner 2, Sindt 2, Craner 5, Eberlin 4, Konkright 9, Weinmann 0, Bifford 0, M. Raebel 1, Holdahl 6, Dawson 0, S. Raebel 6.

Kellogg 74, Lakeland 52

Five Wildcats broke into double-figure scoring, as Kellogg got its transition offense rolling in the third quarter of the IML game.

Center Casey Fisher paced the winners with 16 points, 12 rebounds and nine steals. Josh Hansen added 10 rebounds for Kellogg (1-0, 7-1).

Lakeland (0-2, 0-8) is at Lake City tonight.

Lakeland 18 8 16 10 - 52

Kellogg 17 13 28 16 - 74

LAKELAND Holt 0, Banks 2, Singer 11, Bevacqua 4, Larsen 0, DeBoer 5, Freed 6, Kowalczyk 4, Rothrock 10, Dotts 0, Mudge 10.

KELLOGG VanHoose 0, Mercado 0, Corkill 11, Behm 9, Hansen 12, Kohal 11, Fisher 16, Towne 0, Rice 0, Carlson 13, Little 2.

Falls Chr. 64, N. Idaho Chr. 48

Post Jared Horton hit 13-of-16 field goals en route to a game-high 28 points, as the Eagles coasted to a non-league win in Post Falls.

Falls Christian (3-5) opened an 18-point halftime lead behind its 64 percent field-goal shooting.

The Eagles are idle until Tuesday when Logos of Moscow visits for a non-league game.

North Idaho Christian 8 13 14 13 - 48

Falls Christian 24 14 11 15 - 64

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Grounds 2, Bernard 12, Branvold 9, Preston 13, Coontz 12, Hunt 0, Holte 0.

FALLS CHRISTIAN Bligh , Berg 1, Meoak , Burrage 0, Mullen 7, Smith 2, Burns 12, Lefevre , Backs , Horton 28, Larson 14, Veras 0.

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