POCATELLO - Century's shots were launched before they ricocheted off the rim and toward a scrum of jockeying Diamondback and Pocatello players.

When the ball was finally corralled, it was in the Diamondbacks' possession one too many times. The recurring result was as costly and demoralizing for the Indians as it was uplifting and instrumental for Century, which swept its season series against Pocatello with a 58-44 win Thursday at the Snake Pit.

“We push that in practice. Not everybody is going to make every shot, so there’s going to be a lot of rebounds,” Century coach Chris Shuler said. “Going out there and getting some second-chance opportunities was huge for us.”

The Diamondbacks (13-6, 9-0 4A District 5-6) compiled 15 second-chance points, one more than their margin of victory. The hardest-earned basket came in the opening minute of the fourth quarter, when Century corralled four offensive rebounds in one possession against the smaller Indians before Abigail Christensen scored to increase her team’s lead to 43-26.

The Indians have not been the sole victims under the hoop this season, as it's bound to happen when a team starts three 6-footers in Chinma Njoku, Lexi Bull and Christensen.

Bull, who plays the farthest away from the hoop, kickstarted the Diamondbacks with eight first-quarter points to provide a 16-9 lead. Then, Njoku took it from there, scoring 26 points, some of which came on putbacks, including one for the last basket of the first half to put Century ahead 27-17.

“I definitely want to have as many second chances as the team can get,” Njoku said. “It pumps me up. It pumps everyone else. So we all want to do that together.”

The Diamondbacks put the game away in the third quarter with a 6-0 run to put Pocatello’s deficit at 15. The run started when Century forced a turnover by deploying a 1-2-2 half-court defense with Njoku up top.

The Diamondbacks will surely continue to find creative ways to utilize their 6-foot-2 forward to propel themselves toward more success. Century has already wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the 4A District 5-6 tournament with three regular-season games remaining, starting with a home matchup Tuesday against Preston.

“These girls have worked hard,” Shuler said. “I just keep telling them, 'Don’t get complacent. Just keep working hard. We’ve got to work harder than the teams that we play and keep executing.'”

Pocatello (7-11, 4-5 4A District 5-6) still has a chance to tie for third in the district standings with a team it split its seasons series with in Preston, which is one game ahead of Poky.

Pocatello did enough to trip up Century with its quick, pesky guards, though they did not take advantage of the turnovers with fast-break layups that were a result of it. But the Indians kept coming at Century until the end of the game, scoring 15 points in the final four minutes.

“They’re going to battle,” said Pocatello coach Brock Gunter, whose team hosts Idaho Falls on Tuesday. “They’re going to continue to play every game and compete. They do a great job of that.”

Video: Century 58, Pocatello 44