Whits retain No. 2 rank

The top three teams in the D3hoops.com men’s basketball poll remain the same for a second straight week, but the second-ranked Whitworth Pirates whittled a few points off No. 1 Wooster’s lead.

Whitworth again picked up three first-place votes and compiled 589 points to 20 first-place votes and 620 points for the Ohio schoo. Both are 19-0. A week ago, Wooster had 21 first-place votes and led 621-585.

Lewis & Clark dropped out of the top 25 after being ranked 24th.

Whitworth plays at Puget Sound on Friday and at Pacific Lutheran Saturday.

Boys basketball

Nonleague

Lakeside (ID) 67, Logos 59: Nate Weaselhead and Joseph Chapman scored 18 points apiece as the Knights (11-4) held off the visitors from Moscow. Jackson Spencer made 3 of 4 3s in the fourth quarter for Logos and finished with 18 points.

Odessa-Harrington 77, Inchelium 33: The Titans had 12 players score, led by Justin Hunt’s 16 points, in beating the visiting Hornets (5-14).

Girls basketball

North Star

Wallace 53, Mullan 34: Emily Vester had 14 points, three assists and three steals and Courtney Jennings had four assists, three steals and eight points as the Miners (9-7, 6-1 NSL) beat the visiting Tigers (3-9, 1-5).

Nonleague

Odessa-Harrington 60, Inchelium 37: Lacey Hirst had 17 points and Justyne Talkington 16 points and seven steals to lead the Titans (10-9) over the visiting Hornets (2-14). Jade Sargent scored 26 for Inchelium, hitting 3 of 3 3 pointers in the third quarter when she scored 13 of the Hornets’ 14 points.

St. Maries 43, Coeur d’Alene JV 39 (OT): Tia Asbury, who scored 17 points, and Dusti Huddleston hit three free throws each in OT for the Lumberjacks (6-11), who rallied from 10 down at halftime.