LRS hoops teams pick up home league wins against Asotin

Girls

The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls basketball team welcomed 2020 with a league win at home over Asotin Friday night, 64-21.

The Lady Broncos took the lead for good 10 seconds into the first quarter when Dakota Killian scored from the post. LRS never looked back.

The Lady Broncos, who led 32-5 at halftime, used the second half to get some players playing time and to rest their starters.

Killian finished with 25 points. Eliza Galbreath and Julia Klein each added 10.

The Lady Broncos now head to Reardan for a Saturday contest. More information on both of these games, including comments from head coach Steve Wellsandt, will be in Thursday’s print edition of The Journal.

Boys

The LRS boys team also picked up a league win over the Panthers on Friday, winning 67-49 to improve to 3-1 in league play on the season and 7-3 overall.

The Broncos held double-digit leads in each of the first three quarters, but didn’t pull away from Asotin for good until the fourth quarter, outscoring the Panthers 14-6.

Offensively, LRS was led by the trio of Austin Thompson, Spencer Gering and Drew Kelly, who combined to score 51 of the team’s 67 points.

The Broncos face off against the Reardan Indians (6-3 overall, 2-0 in league play) Saturday evening in another league tilt. The Journal will have more information on this weekend’s games in next week’s print edition.