PREP BASKETBALL: Sandpoint boys use big third quarter to down Priest River
Sandpoint High senior Emerik Jones rises up for a layup while guarded by Priest River High senior Carter Cook during Monday night's contest.
Photo by Jason Duchow Photography
BOYS
Sandpoint 59, Priest River 46
PRIEST RIVER — Junior Logan Roos hit four 3-pointers, all in the third quarter, and Sandpoint shrugged off a slow start Monday to capture a non-league win over Priest River.
"We were a little slow to get started again, which has been something we've dealt with this year," Sandpoint High head coach Brian Childs said. "They played a 1-2-2 zone against us, which we really haven't seen, but once we got adjusted I thought we got some pretty good looks. In the second half, we were able to get the ball inside which opened some other things up."
Roos scored 14 points in total and had five rebounds, senior Emerik Jones scored 19 points and hauled in seven rebounds, and junior Kingston Corbett scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half to give the Bulldogs the boost they needed.
"Logan and Emerik, when those two guys play well, everyone else tends to play well," coach Childs said. "It was good to see those guys come alive in the second half. I thought Kingston really helped us down the stretch and utilized his size down low and gave us some timely baskets when we were trying to extend our lead. He's been a pretty consistent player for us all year — he's filling the stat sheet and doing a lot of things well right now."
Priest River, which led 28-23 at halftime, was paced by senior Sawyer Staudt who racked up a team-high 15 points and three 3-pointers. Senior post Carter Cook had 11 points, junior Ian Lammana nine points, all from beyond the arc.
"We knew we were definitely better than what we showed in Sandpoint on the 20th," Priest River High head coach Kevin Wylie said. "I took over this program just three weeks before the season started, so it's taken some time for the boys to get used to my system, style of play. Tonight, we had a game plan, executed it pretty well for the most part... we just got tired. Sandpoint is such a big, long, physical team. We just ran out of steam in that fourth quarter."
Sophomores Logan Iverson and Knox Williams, and junior Caiden Gion, pitched in four assists each for Sandpoint (2-7) which hosts Moscow on Thursday.
Senior Palmer Coleman had a team-high seven rebounds and four assists, junior Lucas Mathews a team-high three steals for Priest River (6-2), which will host Timberlake today.
Sandpoint 11 12 23 13 — 59
Priest River 13 15 13 5 — 46
PTS: SPT — Jones 19, Roos 14, Corbett 12, Williams 9, Wesiz 5. PR — Staudt 15, Cook 11, Lamanna 9, Mathews 5, Coleman 2, Kreager 2, Korff 1, Stifel 1.
REB: SPT — Jones 7, Yarbrough 5, Roos 5, Gion 5, Williams 4, Iverson 3, Corbett 3, Wesiz 2, Wolff 1. PR — Coleman 7, Mathews 6, Korff 5, Stifel 5, Cook 3, Staudt 2, Kreager 2, Lamanna 1.
AST: SPT — Williams 4, Gion 4, Iverson 4, Yarbrough 2, Roos 2, Corbett 2, Jones 2, Wolff 1. PR — Coleman 4, Korff 3, Stifel 2, Mathews 2, Cook 1.
STL: SPT — Iverson 3, Jones 2, Corbett 2, Williams 2, Yarbrough 1, Roos 1, Gion 1. PR — Mathews 3, Stifel 2, Coleman 1, Staudt 1, Cook 1, Lamanna 1.
BLK: SPT — Corbett 2, Jones 1, Roos 1. PR — None.
GIRLS
McCracken, Humphrey combine for 53 in Lady Spartans win
Priest River 79, Riverside 34
CHATTAROY — Shooting the lights out would be an understatement.
Senior Desi Humphrey had 29 points, including seven 3-pointers, and 11 steals, senior Lizzie McCracken 24 points, five 3-pointers and seven assists as the Lady Spartans cruised to a 45-point road victory over the Lady Rams.
Priest River, which scored 25 points in the fourth quarter, also got 11 points from junior Aleigha Jensen and eight points, seven rebounds, five assists and five steals from senior Paityn Yount in what was a huge bounce back win after a pair of Christmas break losses.
Sophomore Haylee Jepson chipped in seven points for Priest River (7-3), which travels to Newport on Wednesday.
Quarter-by-quarter scoring not available.
PTS: PR — Humphrey 29, McCracken 24, Jensen 11, Yount 8, Jepson 7. RIV — K. Winterroth 18, Schweiger 8, Stroger 8.
REB: PR — Humphrey 7, Yount 7, Jepson 5, Whitaker 5, McCracken 4, Jensen 3, Braae 3, RIV — N/A.
AST: PR — McCracken 7, Yount 5, Jepson 3, Braae 2, Humphrey 1. RIV — N/A.
STL: PR — Humphrey 11, Yount 5, McCracken 4, Jepson 3, Braae 1. RIV — N/A.
BLK: PR — Jensen 1, Yount 1. RIV — N/A.