Lewiston pounds Moscow in semis

Dec. 30 — LEWISTON — Defense provided the road map for the Lewiston Bengals to punch their ticket to today’s boys basketball championship game in the Avista Holiday Tournament at the P1FCU Activity Center. Lewiston downed the Moscow Bears 69-36 off the backs of top-tier defensive showings from seniors Rylan Gomez and Drew Hottinger. “Hottinger and Gomez just played their tails off,” Bengals coach Brooks Malm said. “Those guys — they came out and they weren’t going to let us lose that game. That’s really what it was.” Here’s how Friday’s game between the two in-state foes played out: Defense sets the tone If an audience member witnessed just the first quarter of the game, they’d probably be surprised by…