POCATELLO - Sophomore post Milli Mower scored two big putbacks to tie things up late, but the Pocatello girls' basketball team lost a heartbreaker, 43-40, to Twin Falls on Saturday night.

With 3.5 seconds left and the 4A Indians trailing by two, Mower collected a weakside rebound and put it in to tie things up. However, Katelyn Fjeld came down and hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win it for the 5A Bruins.

Mower's tying basket came a possession after she cut Pocatello's deficit to 40-38 with another putback. She finished with five points on the night.

"Tonight, we were a lot more poised down the stretch than we were against Century (on Thursday)," said coach Jeff Hough. "I was proud of my girls for that."

In a back-and-forth game throughout, the Indians (0-7) showed great improvement from where they were when the season began. For the first time all year, they held their turnover total to under 20, and they were in position to send this one to overtime.

Senior Brenna Brigham - who was under the weather Thursday and finished with only three points against the Diamondbacks - rebounded to score 17 to pace Pocatello.

Next up, the Indians will host 4A Fifth District rival Preston at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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