POCATELLO — Allie Thayne had the statistically thankless job of defending Rigby’s best player most of the night.

Thayne’s game was capped with another feat that isn’t flashy on the stat sheet, but it helped her team seal a 42-40 win Tuesday at home.

Thayne drew a charge on the Trojans’ final possession of the game, giving Highland the ball back with a two-point lead and a few seconds to spare. Rigby’s Jet Taylor dribbled into the key, where Thayne stood pat and took the brunt to the ground.

Highland’s Makenna Baker missed the front end of a one-and-one at the free-throw line with 1.3 seconds left, but Rigby’s prayer of a full-court heave as time expired wasn’t close.

“When I saw the girl coming, all that was going through my head was, ‘Don’t move, Allie,’” Thayne said.

Thayne’s defensive highlight punctuated Highland’s 12-point second-half comeback. Rigby led 28-16 at halftime, when the Rams (5-3, 2-2 5A District 5-6) entered the locker room fresh off a two-point second quarter that featured five turnovers, a technical foul on head coach Tony Green and multiple missed layups.

Highland outscored Rigby 26-12 in the second half and took the lead for good with around 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Baker came up with a steal at midcourt and finished at the rim to break a scoreless tie.

On the Rams’ previous possession, Kia Pokibro drilled a 3-pointer to knot the score at 40-40. The basket was a dramatic exclamation point on Pokibro’s 25-point night that featured seven treys.

Pokibro and Baker combined to score 37 of Highland’s 42 points. Thayne had four and Lexi Rowe scored one.

Thayne, Highland’s 6-foot-3 center, manned Rigby senior post Kaitlyn Bell. The 6-foot-3 Idaho State signee was targeted nearly every Rigby possession but went 4 for 14 from the floor for eight points and didn’t reach the free-throw line. Bell scored six of her eight points in the first quarter.

“We wanted Allie to work early on her, not to let her get too deep in the post,” Green said.

Highland’s active hands forced turnovers on Rigby’s first three possessions of the night, but the Rams’ zone scheme allowed Bell and her teammates to dominate the offensive glass. Green said a switch to man-to-man defense in the second half helped stem the tide of offensive rebounds and keep track of more bodies on the floor.

“We were mixing some things up in some zones, and it’s hard to account for people in a zone and block off,” Green said.

Highland’s offense was mostly held out of the key, except for Baker’s pull-up jumpers. Pokibro launched 15 3-pointers, and the Rams went 3 for 7 at the foul line.

“Sometimes there are games where they get it inside a lot, and I have my points,” Thayne said. “And then there are games where Kia has all of her deep 3s.

“Tonight was my night to get defensive stops and to get assists. You just have to take your turn.”