Freeman wins opener

Freeman shot 61 percent from the field in the first half and breezed to a 71-30 non-league boys basketball victory over visiting Kellogg Tuesday night, as Bill Bland made a successful coaching debut for the Scotties.

Chris Miller led Freeman’s balanced scoring attach with 16 points, while teammate Peter Heinen added 12 points and nine rebounds.

Kyle Kenser finished with 10 points for Kellogg.

Bland was the former coach at St. Joe’s College in Indiana.

In other non-league games, St. Maries got 19 points from Matt Corsi and 15 more from Zach Lehman to bury visiting Clark Fork 56-26. … Rosalia used Jimmy Maley’s 25 points and a 55-17 rebounding advantage to turn back host St. Michael’s 68-46. Michael Ochoa led the Warriors with 21 points. … Matt Corsi made 9 of 12 field-goal tries and finished with 19 points to lead St. Maries to a 56-26 rout of visiting Clark Fork. Corsi also added seven steals, while teammate Zach Lehman chipped in 15 points. Jared Broggi paced Clark Fork with 12 points. … Jarod Gunning and Taylor Morgan each scored 18 points in helping Davenport hold off visiting Almira/Coulee-Hartline 63-55. Morgan Scharff added nine points and 17 rebounds for the Gorillas. … Clarkston’s Dustin McConnell scored a game-high 19 points, but it wasn’t enough to keep the host Bantams from losing to Moscow 44-41. … Lakeland got 15 points from Kyle English and held off an early fourth-quarter rally by Riverside to dump the visiting Rams 48-42. Riverside’s Joey Nyberg led all scorers with 19 points. … Visiting Selkirk got 10 points apiece from Sawyer Pettis, Zach Jensen and Trevor Turpin in outlasting Newport 47-44. The Grizzlies were paced by Devon Willenbrock, who scored a game-high 12 points.

Girls

Inland Empire League: Kama Griffitts scored 18 points and pulled down eight rebounds, and teammate Whitney Heleker added 14 points as Coeur d’Alene raced past visiting Lewiston 70-63.

The Vikings (4-0 overall, 4-0 IEL) opened up a 39-26 halftime lead and never let the Bengals (3-2, 3-1) back up for air.

Lewiston, which committed 30 turnovers, was paced by Jessica Kramer, who finished with nine points.

Non-league: Chelsea Waters scored 15 points and teammate Abi Quinnett added 11 as Moscow (1-5) picked up its first win of the season by edging visiting Clarkston 37-35. Clarkston lost its season opener despite getting a game-high 20 points from Kellie McCann-Smith.

In other non-league action, Pamela Bell tossed in 16 points and teammate Miranda Frederick stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals as Newport cruised to a 50-33 win over visiting Selkirk, which got 16 points from Maria Villegas. … Mackenzie Taylor scored 25 points and Carley Heinen added 14 points and nine assists to fuel Freeman’s 74-13 rout of visiting Kellogg. … Bonners Ferry’s junior varsity took advantage of Miranda Stippich’s 11 points and Wallace’s 31 turnovers to crush the visiting Miners 56-26. … Elisha Lopez put together a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double in leading Garfield-Palouse to a 58-41 victory over visiting Potlatch. Tianna Woltring added 11 points for the winners. … Post Falls sliced Moses Lake’s 18-point halftime lead to just six in the third quarter but could not sustain its comeback and fell 54-38 to the visiting Chiefs, who got a game-high 22 points from Carly Noyes. … Meaghan Reddish scored 23 points and visiting Rosalia forced 12 third-quarter turnovers in posting a 45-33 comeback win over St. Michael’s. … Nikki Osborne scored 13 points and teammate Madeline Isaak added 12 as visiting Almira/Coulee-Hartline waltzed past Davenport 46-23. … Lakeland used a balanced scoring attack and stifling defensive pressure to take apart visiting Riverside 50-27 at Rathdrum. Camille Reynolds finished with nine points, nine steals and six assists to pace the winners, while teammate Kari Rucker added seven points and six rebounds. … Visiting St. John-Endicott got 24 points from Trisha Luft and breezed to a 79-32 win over Tri-Cities Prep. Kailey Calvert paced Prep with 16 points and eight rebounds. … Nikki Long pumped in 16 points and Tori Johnson added 12 as Genesee (2-3) turned back visiting St. Maries (1-3) 50-41. St. Maries’ Doris Seins led all scorers with 17 points. .. Visiting Timberlake got 15 points from Cassie Thompson and held Clark Fork to just four second-half points in romping past the Wampus Cats 57-21. Clark Fork was paced by Shaina Gustafson, who finished with seven points, seven rebound and eight steals.