Orr Boosts Vikings From Stripe
Idaho girls
Junior guard Amber Orr hit four crucial free throws to put Coeur d’Alene ahead for keeps in a 41-39 non-league girls’ basketball win over St. Maries at Viking Gym.
The Vikings erased a nine-point deficit to start the fourth quarter, and outscored the Lumberjacks 17-6 in that frame.
Guard Carrie Cultra’s 14 points led Coeur d’Alene (4-12). Forward Andrea Wilkey contributed 13 rebounds, seven steals, two blocked shots and five points.
St. Maries (4-11) was led by Joley Kunkel’s 10 points.
The Vikings travel to meet Inland Empire League rival Post Falls on Thursday. The Lumberjacks play hosts that same night to red-hot Moscow in an Intermountain League game.
Coeur d’Alene 41, St. Maries 39
St. Maries 9 12 12 6 - 39
Coeur d’ Alene 8 11 5 17 - 41
ST. MARIES Shippy 7, Reynolds 7, Reid 2, Adams 2, Wolfe 2, Kunkel 10, Badgett 0, Sotin 2, Tams 7.
COEUR D’ALENE Chambers 0, Orr 9, Cultra 14, Wilkey 5, Stern 2, Janke 0, Pearson 2, Hansen 9.
NON-LEAGUE
Moscow 47, Pullman 31
The Bears won their 14th straight game despite shooting just 25 percent from the field.
Moscow outrebounded the Greyhounds 37-22 and yielded just eight first-half points.
Post players Amy Lemm, Angie Sorbel and Danna Wilder combined for 32 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Bears (14-1).
Pullman 4 4 14 9 - 31
Moscow 9 10 13 15 - 47
PULLMAN Nelson 0, Umbreit 3, Clancy 0, Fisher 0, Schlettert 0, Weeks 16, Montez 2, Wilde 10, Paulson 0.MOSCOW Moslemi 4, Lemm 11, Sorbel 11, Gibson 6, Wilder 10, Reynolds 1, To.Goetz 0, Ta.Goetz 4.
Bonners Ferry 53, Davenport 28
The Gorillas mustered just one third-quarter point - a free throw with 58 seconds left - to help the visiting Badgers break the game open.
Becky Bateman and Amber Paulson each scored 12 points for Bonners Ferry (8-5).
Wallace visits the Badgers on Thursday.
Bonners Ferry 8 12 15 18 - 53
Davenport 7 8 1 12 - 28
BONNERS FERRY Walter 9, Bateman 12, Larson 0, Braniff 6, Carey 2, Paulson 12, Downing 2, Knott 2, Comer 0, Ripatti 8.
DAVENPORT Wagner 2, Marriott 5, Dickson 0, Pauls 4, Emery 6, Jacobson 3, Mikelson 2, Cowdrey 6.
Priest River 62, Wallace 49
Guard Katy Duley scored 18 points for the Spartans (7-7), who broke open a close game when foul trouble forced the Miners (5-10) to finish the game with just three players.
Senior center Joy Sperry topped all players with 31 points and 14 rebounds for Wallace.
Duley’s led a trio of double-figure scorers for the Spartans.
Both teams play Thursday, with Clark Fork visiting Priest River.
Priest River 10 16 19 17 - 62
Wallace 19 13 7 10 - 49
PRIEST RIVER Go 0, M.Ruiz 0, Stensland 8, Reed 0, K.Ruiz 10, Ennis 16, Suchocki 6, Duley 18, Rasmussen 4, Vogrig 0.
WALLACE Sperry 31, Gregory 4, Calabretta 3, England 2, Branstetter 2, Sleezer 0, Nipp 7.
NORTH STAR LEAGUE
Lakeside 56, Falls Christian 35
The Eagles couldn’t solve the Knights’ switching man-to-man defense, which shut out the visitors in the first quarter.
Lakeside, meanwhile, established a 13-0 lead and never looked back.
Margaret SiJohn’s 21 points sparked the Knights (4-0, 10-4) who maintained the NSL league lead.
Anna Pang’s 10 points led Falls Christian (2-2, 10-5).
Falls Christian 0 12 7 16 - 35
Lakeside 13 12 14 17 - 56
FALLS CHRISTIAN Johnson 0, Wallace 4, Pang 10, Peterson 9, Jackson 7, Taylor 0, Gelnette 2, Runkle 0, Coy 0, Jenkins 3.
LAKESIDE (PLUMMER, IDAHO) - Brand 4, Niebuhr 18, Campbell 2, SiJohn 21, Hammons 2, Hoffman 7, Middleton 0, Flint 2, Holton 0.
Kootenai 41, Mullan 37
A fourth-quarter rally by the Tigers fell short in a North Star League game at Harrison.
Mullan used a fullcourt press to outscore Kootenai 15-8 in the last period.
Forward Jayme Flint’s 16 points, 22 rebounds and two blocked shots paced Kootenai (2-2, 8-4).
The Warriors also got seven blocked shots and eight rebounds from 5-foot-8 Annie Goodson.
Katie Elwood’s 16 points topped Mullan (0-4, 1-11).
Kootenai is at Deary on Thursday.
Mullan 6 10 6 15 - 37
Kootenai 8 13 12 8 - 41
MULLAN Matt 3, Renteria 4, Kr.Elwood 5, Reed 9, Noordam 0, Hegbloom 0, Ka.Elwood 16, Flood 0.
KOOTENAI Andersen 0, Flint 16, Bornitz 11, Hunter 2, Goodson 4, Kraack 2, Ausman 2, Damiano 4.
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