Nieman, Allmaras Sizzle For Sandpoint
Girls basketball
Seniors Alli Nieman and Tanya Allmaras split 20 third-quarter points as Sandpoint pulled away from Coeur d’Alene en route to a 63-45 Inland Empire League girls basketball win Friday night.
Nieman scored a game-high 29 points and pulled down nine rebounds for the Bulldogs (4-0, 12-2).
Post Corey Hansen’s 14 points topped Coeur d’Alene (0-4, 3-11).
The Vikings sit idle until Tuesday when they visit St. Maries for a non-league game.
Sandpoint 63, Coeur d’Alene 45
Coeur d’ Alene 8 10 12 15 - 45
Sandpoint 16 13 21 13 - 63
COEUR D’ALENE Chambers 6, Orr 7, Pederson 5, Cultra 2, Wilkey 4, Stern 3, Janke 2, Pearson 2, Hansen 14.
SANDPOINT Timblin 2, Verby 2, Gunter 0, Ross 2, Ward 6, Tan.Allmaras 18, Nieman 29, Raynor 2, Carlson 0, Tar.Allmara 2.
Moscow 65, Priest River 36
The Bears, ranked No. 2 among State A-2 teams, started slow, but yielded just four first-quarter points to the Spartans in an Intermountain League Game.
Post Stefani Reynolds helped host Moscow to a 17-point half-time advantage, grabbing 11 rebounds and scoring 10 of her 14 points in the opening half.
Moscow (5-0, 12-1) is at Lakeland tonight. Priest River (2-4, 6-7) picked up 12 points and 16 rebounds from forward Missy Ennis. The Spartans travel to Wallace on Tuesday.
Priest River 4 8 6 18 - 36
Moscow 12 17 19 17 - 65
PRIEST RIVER M.Ruiz 2, Stensland 7, Reed 0, K.Ruiz 5, Ennis 12, Suchocki 4, Duley 1, Rasmussen 3, Vogrig 0, White 2.
MOSCOW Meyer 0, Moslemi 12, Scholz 1, Lemm 18, Sorbel 6, Korus 2, Gibson 0, Wilder 8, Reynolds 14, To.Goetz 0, Ta.Goetz 4.
Bonners Ferry 48, St. Maries 37
The Badgers drilled their first six shots and never looked back as the Lumberjacks mustered just one point in the opening quarter of the IML contest.
Becky Bateman’s 15 points led the balanced Bonners Ferry (5-1, 7-5) offense. The Badgers entertain Lake City today in a non-league game.
St. Maries (2-4, 4-9) got 14 points from Bryna Reynolds. The Lumberjacks visit Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.
St. Maries 1 7 8 19 - 37
Bonners Ferry 14 9 12 13 - 48
ST. MARIES Shippy 5, Reynolds 14, Reid 0, Adams 0, Wolfe 2, Kunkel 6, Badgett 1, Sotin 0, Tams 9.
BONNERS FERRY Walter 0, Bateman 15, Larson 2, Braniff 4, Carey 2, Paulson 10, Downing 3, Knott 4, Comer 0, Ripatti 10.
Falls Christian 57, Kootenai 32
Senior Sarah Peterson nearly outscored the entire Kootenai team as the guard poured in 31 points in a North Star League game at Harrison.
The Eagles (2-1, 10-4) played good second-quarter defense, giving up just two field goals to the Warriors.
Peterson added five assists and six steals.
Falls Christian travels to league-leading Lakeside on Tuesday. Mullan entertains Kootenai (1-2, 7-4) that same night.
Falls Christian 18 12 12 15 - 57
Kootenai 10 4 7 11 - 32
FALLS CHRISTIAN Johnson 0, Wallace 12, Pang 6, Peterson 31, Jackson 7, Moate 0, Taylor 0, Gelnette 0, Runkle 0, Coy 1, Jenkins 0.
KOOTENAI Andersen 2, Flint 5, Bornitz 2, Hunter 0, Goodson 3, Kraack 8, Ausman 4, Damiano 8.
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