Jackson Stars As Eagles Squeak By
Emilee Jackson scored 21 points, including a 2-footer with 45 seconds left to take the lead for good, and Falls Christian beat visiting Clark Fork 47-45 Tuesday in a girls North Star League game at Post Falls.
Jackson finished 9 of 17 from the field and Kara Moate added 20 rebounds for the Eagles (6-9, 3-2). FC trailed by five points with 6 minutes remaining, but caught the Wampus Cats (8-8, 1-4) with 2 minutes left.
Jill Miller had five rebounds and five steals for Clark Fork.
Clark Fork 8 8 17 12 - 45
Falls Christian 17 6 10 14 - 47
CLARK FORK - Ruen 0, Miller 15, Manderscheid 13, Scofield 0, Dugan 2, Saunders 4, Decker 5, Hess 6.
FALLS CHRISTIAN - Johnson 4, Williams 4, Jackson 21, Gelnette 3, Moate 11, Taylor 2, M.Jenkins 2, Coy 0, S.Jenkins 0.
Lakeside 71, Mullan 23
Angela Flint hit 7 of 9 from the floor to lead a 31-for-53 effort as the Knights (12-3, 5-0 NSL) defeated the visiting Tigers (4-9, 0-5) at Plummer.
Flint and Mindy Middleton had six steals apiece as Lakeside totaled 27. Michelle Kelly had eight rebounds to lead a 32-17 advantage for the Knights.
Mullan 6 0 4 13 - 23
Lakeside 14 22 19 16 - 71
MULLAN - Winstead 1, Autio 8, Hegbloom 1, Elwood 6, Garitone 2, Hoven 5, Pyatak 0, Haas 0.
LAKESIDE - Flint 16, McPeak 4, Mi.Middleton 8, Scott 0, Kolar 12, Ma.Middleton 13, Kelly 14, Mullen 4.
Idaho boys non-league
Kootenai 68, Deary 38
Randy Reinhofer totaled 14 rebounds and five blocked shots,and Scott Johns added eight assists as the Warriors (5-5) defeated the visiting Mustangs (4-6).
Kootenia shot 52 percent from the floor and notched 13 steals.
Deary 12 5 10 11 - 38
Kootenai 13 21 18 16 - 68
DEARY - Whitcomb 4, Caglow 2, Hatley 14, McBride 5, Jones 5, Henderson 6, Beuzchica 2, Proctor 0, Main 0, Winters 0.
KOOTENAI - B.Brede 11, Schorzman 0, J.Brede 6, Passow 7, Reinhofer 18, Johns 6, Prickett 10, Ausman 4, Shanks 6.
GSL boys
Ferris 61, Mead 48
Mead was good inside, Ferris was better outside.
An ability to knock down outside shots, led by the long-range shots of Tommy Servine, allowed the third-ranked Saxons to defeat Mead at the Arena.
Ferris ended the first half of the Greater Spokane League boys basketball season tied for first place with No. 4 Central Valley, which pulled away from Rogers 71-64 in overtime at CV.
After a high-speed first quarter, Ferris (10-1 overall, 8-1 GSL) used four-straight Mead turnovers for a 9-0 run to break the game open in the middle part of the second quarter.
Andre Atkins started the surge with a shot from the lane that made it 24-19. John Mietus followed with a shot from the left wing, Atkins hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key and Chris Watts capped the charge with a putback.
The Saxons led 33-23 at halftime, hitting 14 of 20 shots to make up for nine turnovers. Only the play of 6-foot-8 Mead post Brian Wolverton kept the Panthers (7-4, 6-3) in the game. Wolverton made all six of his field goals for 13 points. He made his only shot of the second half.
Jason Galles carried the offense for Mead with all 15 of his points in the second half, but the Panthers couldn’t get closer than eight.
“It was a good win for us but we had a hard time slowing down their big guys,” Ferris coach Wayne Gilman said. “It wasn’t any strategic thing (stopping Wolverton), that’s just the way things played out. Galles has more range, Wolverton’s were basically layins… . We had to compact it in to compete with that. Some teams if we do that hurt us bad from the outside.”
Ferris had more balance with Servine hitting four 3’s for a season-high 17 points. Atkins added 13, hitting all five of his shots and both free throws.
The Saxons also beat the bigger Panthers on the boards with Servine grabbing a game-high eight.
“Tommy had a great game on the defensive boards,” Gilman said. “He really stepped up.”
Ferris 17 16 11 17 - 61
Mead 15 8 9 16 - 48
FERRIS - Biggerstaff 1 4-4 6, Servine 5 3-6 17, Atkins 5 2-2 13, Sleeth 2 2-5 6, Watts 3 4-6 10, Mietus 3 0-0 6, Williams 1 1-2 3. Totals - 20 16-25 61.
MEAD - Adams 0 0-0 0, Stenerson 1 1-2 4, Stucky 0 0-0 0, Zelinski 0 0-0 0, Lindberg 0 0-0 0, Castillo 3 1-2 7, Schollmeyer 0 0-0 0, Stone 3 0-1 7, Galles 7 1-1 15, Wolverton 7 1-1 15. Totals - 21 4-7 48.
3-point goals - Servine 4, Atkins, Stenerson, Stone. Total fouls - Ferris 11, Mead 17. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.
GSL girls
Mead 44, Ferris 39
As showdown games go, this was more down than show, not that Mead is complaining.
The Panthers rallied from an early 16-point deficit to defeat Ferris in a crucial Greater Spokane League girls basketball game at the Arena.
“Our heads just weren’t in it,” Mead’s Staci Schuerman said. “We looked scared. We didn’t look like we were prepared.”
The win allowed Mead to knock Ferris out of a three-way tie for first place at the midway point of the season. The Panthers (8-3 overall, 8-1 GSL) are tied with third-ranked Central Valley (10-1, 8-1), which beat Rogers 77-43 at CV. Ferris (8-3, 7-2) is third.
The Panthers didn’t panic when they were down 21-6 midway through the second quarter, continued to play good defense and Saxon stars Amy George and Karie Pruett, and won the game by dominating the boards and hitting their free throws.
“I’m really proud of my girls for coming back. I’m not excited they put themselves in that position,” Mead coach Beth Wing said. “It was a good finish, we’re going to work on our beginning.”
The beginning was brutal, nine turnovers and 3 for 11 shooting in the first quarter to fall behind 11-4.
However, the tone was set.
Pruett and George were scoreless and the Saxons had 10 turnovers. By the half, Pruett and George, who was in foul trouble, were 0 for 3 and Ferris had 18 turnovers as Mead stayed in range at 24-18.
“They had 18 turnovers in the first half, but we didn’t score on it,” Wing lamented. “We played good defense but we couldn’t finish.”
By the end of the third quarter, the Panthers caught up at 28. Then Schuerman got into the game, scoring all nine of her points and grabbing five rebounds in the last 8 minutes.
“Since I didn’t do anything at the beginning of the game, no one was watching me,” she said. “I saw the middle was wide open so I filled the lane.”
Ferris didn’t play bad defense, either, forcing 20 turnovers, but was out-rebounded 18-10 in the second half.
“I’m just angry we had it and let it get away,” Ferris coach Art Rojas said. “We played great defense then we didn’t block out.”
Ferris 11 13 4 11 - 39
Mead 4 14 10 16 - 44
FERRIS - Pruett 0 2-3 2, Lytle 2 0-0 6, George 2 2-5 6, Morrisette 5 0-0 11, Brazzle 3 1-2 7, Martin 1 0-0 2, McCaffery 0 0-0 0, Benzel 2 1-2 5. Totals - 15 6-12 39.
MEAD - Zelinski 3 4-4 10, Slater 1 2-2 4, Kehl 0 0-0 0, Ferguson 0 0-0 0, Bailey 5 0-1 10, Bennett 1 2-3 5, Leaf 1 0-0 2, Curry 2 0-0 4, Schuerman 3 3-3 9. Totals - 16 11-13 44.
3-point goals - Lytle 2, Morrisette, Bennett. Total fouls - Ferris 17, Mead 12. Fouled out - George. Technicals - none.
Washington girls non-league
Colville 56, Reardan 38
Melissa Wollan and Kristin Cornwell had two 3-pointers apiece to help the Indians (5-5) defeat visiting Reardan (7-6), also the Indians.
Cornwell and teammate Mandy Lawson had seven rebounds apiece. Kristen Turner had all of Reardan’s first-half points, hitting 8 of 9 free throws.
Reardan 6 6 10 16 - 38
Colville 14 18 7 17 - 56
REARDAN - Cassaro 3, Schwartz 0, Seyler 0, Jayne 6, Krupke 0, Rinker 4, Harkness 0, Hicks 2, Plummer 3, Turner 16, Ray 4.
COLVILLE - Entwistle 6, Janke 2, Matlock 2, Cornwell 14, Braff 7, Wollan 17, Lawson 8.
Ritzville 57, Freeman 27
Amy Fitch made 6 of 9 field goals to lead a 23-for-41 effort as the Class B top-ranked Broncos (14-0) defeated the host Scotties (1-12) for their 24th consecutive win.
Ritzville’s Shannon Russel hit two 3-pointers and was 4 of 4 from the line. Stacia Palladino had seven rebounds and Tonette Lazanis five steals for Freeman.
Ritzville 16 15 15 11 - 57
Freeman 8 8 5 6 - 27
RITZVILLE - Wellsandt 2, Warriner 0,Weber 4, Horpedahl 0, Fitch 12, Gibler 0, Russel 14, Yerxa 12, Alspach 8, Janzen 4, Zicha 1.
FREEMAN - Lazanis 7, Dahmen 0, Pratt 0, Wilkerson 2, White 2, Kiddoo 6, Moberg 6, Palladino 4.
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