Lewiston Takes Win; Bonners Tops Kellogg

Idaho boys

Lewiston rode the 21 points and 13 rebounds of Ben Feider past Sandpoint 65-60 in an Inland Empire League boys basketball game at Booth Hall on Friday.

The win keeps the Bengals (2-0, 5-7) unbeaten in IEL play heading into next Friday’s key matchup at Lake City (10-3, 3-0).

The Bulldogs (5-9, 0-2) led 29-28 at halftime. Back-to-back 3-point field goals by senior guard Clayton Steele staked Lewiston to a 58-50 lead with 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Lewiston 65, Sandpoint 60

Sandpoint 13 16 13 18 - 60

Lewiston 16 12 16 21 - 65

SANDPOINT Nieman 4, Jeffres 9, Bowman 6, Eller 6, Herrington 14, Palmer 11, Downard 2, Boren 2, Kleinert 6.

LEWISTON Charlo 2, Frei 7, Farris 12, Steele 14, Albright 2, Williams 3, Egland 2, Lorentz 2, Feider 21.

INTERMOUNTAIN LEAGUE

Bonners Ferry 60, Kellogg 54

The Badgers roared back from a 20-point third-quarter deficit to upset No. 2-ranked Kellogg in a matchup of between last year’s co-champions.

Adam Hiatt scored 10 of his game-high 26 points for Bonners Ferry (3-1, 5-5) in the decisive fourth quarter.

The Badgers went 13-of-14 at the freethrow line down the stretch and 6-of-7 from the field.

Bonners Ferry 16 4 15 25 - 60

Kellogg 16 18 10 10 - 54

BONNERS FERRY Holmes 0, Bahe 3, A.Hiatt 26, Hubbard 3, S.Hiatt 0, Meeker 3, Ashby 8, Ross 3, Staples 11, Robertson 3, Carey 0.

KELLOGG Mercado 7, Corkill 13, Behm 4, Hansen 5, Kohal 2, Fisher 15, Rice 0, Carlson 6, Little 2.

Moscow 65, St. Maries 50

The Bears established an early lead and managed to hold off the pesky Lumberjacks at St. Maries. The host team (1-2, 4-5) closed to within four points with 1 minute to go in the third quarter, but the next seven points belonged to Moscow (3-0, 9-2).

St. Maries 12 12 13 13 - 50

Moscow 18 17 13 17 - 65

ST. MARIES Spooner 2, Sindt 0, Craner 8, Eberlin 0, Konkright 8, Weinmann 15, M. Raebel 4, Holdahl 4, S. Reabel 9.

MOSCOW Dudley 14, Strobel 6, Curtis 0, Miller 7, Petersen 7, Lathen 3, Z. Johnson 8, Stinebaugh 5, G. Johnson 4, Keep 10, Owen 0, Richards 0.

NON-LEAGUE

Potlatch 69, Wallace 52

The Loggers outscored the Miners 23-7 in the decisive fourth quarter to break open a one-point game at Wallace.

Potlatch exploited the shorter Miners on the boards, especially under its own basket.

Wallace (4-7) got a team-high 14 points from Ian Cotter. Post Matt Hegbloom added 12 points and nine rebounds.

Potlatch 14 16 16 23 - 69

Wallace 14 18 13 7 - 52

POTLATCH - B.Nicholson 8, Haddock 1, Brown 0, J.Nicholson 0,

Fiscus 15, Chambers 2, Lovell 2, Baker 16, Taylor 0, Strong 8, Vowels 17.

WALLACE Carlson 11, Grattic 2, St.Peter 4, Lance Stutzkey 0, Heyn 4, McKinnon 0, Cotter 14, Schillerett 5, Hegbloom 12.

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