NAMPA — The 4A Southern Idaho Conference girls basketball race just got a little more complicated.

One game shy of the midway point in the season, Bishop Kelly earned a 56-48 victory against Skyview on Friday to force a potential three-way tie for second place.

The Knights and Hawks are tied at 6-2 in league play and Kuna could join them with a win Saturday against Nampa. Two-time defending state champion Middleton (9-0, 7-0) sits alone at the top as the only unbeaten team left in the conference.

“I think we have four or five teams in the league that could knock you off and maybe even a sixth team,” Bishop Kelly coach Derek McCormick said. “Our league is really competitive. It’s almost on the same level with the 5A this year. … The top of our league is pretty solid, and that’s what’s scary about it, too.”

Bishop Kelly (9-2 overall) used a balanced attack to get past the Hawks (6-3).

Three Knights scored in double figures, led by senior guard Abby Talboy with 14 points. Junior guard Kindall Murie added 13 points and four assists, and three-year letterman Randi McReynolds had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists.

“We weren’t selfish with the ball,” Talboy said. “We did the extra pass to look for the best shot possible.”

After eight lead changes and five ties in the first quarter, Bishop Kelly took control in the second frame by out-scoring Skyview 17-6.

With Skyview’s sophomore star Leah Bonner sitting on the bench with foul trouble for much of the second quarter, the Knights amassed a 35-21 lead at the break.

Skyview — which starts three juniors and two sophomores — cut Bishop Kelly’s lead to 53-44 with 1 minute, 12 seconds to play in the fourth.

Bonner finished with a game-high 20 points and 12 rebounds and fellow sophomore Bailey Pasta added 12 points and seven rebounds.