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Pirates beat Asotin
In their final game of 2015 the Prairie Lady Pirates bounced back from two straight losses to beat Asotin 61-28 at Cottonwood Tuesday, Dec. 15. It took Prairie 2 seconds to record their first point as they won the tap and Kylie Tidwell scored a lay-up. 
Asotin answered quickly but then the Pirates took control as they reeled of 16 straight points. Tidwell and Chaye Uptmor each scored 6 points in that run with Shayla VonBargen scoring the other 4. After another basket by Uptmor, Prairie was up 20-4. Asotin scored the final 4 points of the quarter to make it 20-8. It was more of the same in the second quarter as Prairie outscored the Panthers 15-4 to build a 35-12 halftime lead. VonBargen added 6 points in the second quarter while Angela Wemhoff scored 4 and Tidwell and Uptmor added 2 more each. After forcing 20 first half turnovers, Prairie backed off somewhat on the defense in the second half. They still outscored Asotin 16-12 in the third quarter and 10-4 in the final frame. JV players picked up most of the playing time in the final period. VonBargen led 3 players in double figures with 16 points with Tidwell scoring 14 and Uptmor 12. Talyss Lustig added 7 points with Wemhoff scoring 4, Josie Peery 3, Kristyna Krogh and Sydney Bruner had 2 each and Leah Higgins scored 1. Prairie had a 41-32 edge on the boards led by VonBargen who had 13. Wemhoff nearly had double figures in steals with 9 and Hailey Danly dished out 5 assists and had 3 steals. VonBargen added 5 steals. Prairie was 27 for 60 from the field, 45%, and 7 for 24 at the line, 29%. Asotin was 12 for 37 from the field, 32%, and 3 for 7 at the line, 43%. Prairie ends 2015 with an 8-3 record. 5-1 in league play. The JV game was a total mismatch as Prairie led 14-0 after 1 quarter and 38-0 at the half and went on to win 58-6. 5 of the 8 players who got in the game for Asotin were 8th graders which probably does a lot to explain how overmatched they were. In the first quarter for Prairie, Jordyn Higgins was the big scorer with 6 points with Leah Higgins and Theresa Wemhoff adding 4 each. In the second quarter Delaney Uhlenkott scored 10 and Kendra Duclos added 8. Prairie forced 12 turnovers in each quarter. The second half saw the C players get the bulk of the playing time and they still outscored Asotin 10-6 in the third quarter and 10-0 in the running clock fourth quarter. Sierah Poxleitner scored 6 for Priarie in the third quarter and Duclos scored 6 in the fourth. Duclos wound up as the leading scorer with 14 points with Uhlenkott also hitting double figures with 10. Jordyn Higgins and Poxleitner each scored 6 while Leah Higgins, Wemhoff, Sarah Ross, Madison Pecarovich and Hope McIntire scored 4 each with Kodie Tidwell scoring 2. The JV’s outrebounded Asotin 49-21 with Ross pulling down 11 boards to lead the team. Poxleitner added 8, Leah Higgins 6 and McIntire 5. Uhlenkott had 5 steals while Pecarovich and Wemhoff had 4 each. Pecarovich and McIntire had 3 assists each. Prairie was 26 for 74 from the field, 35%, and 6 for 9 at the line, 67%. Asotin was 2 for 20 from the field, 10%, and 1 for 9 at the line, 11%. Prairie 20 15 16 10 -61 Asotin 8 4 12 4 -28 Prairie-Tidwell 6-8, 2-6, 14; A. Wemhoff 2-4, 0-2, 4; VonBargen 8-17, 0-0, 16; Uptmor 6-11, 0-2, 12; Danly 0-4, 0-4, 0; Lustig 3-5, 1-2, 7; Peery 1-3, 1-4, 3; L. Higgins 0-3, 1-2, 1; J. Higgins 0-1, 0-0, 0; Bruner 0-1, 2-2, 2; Krogh 1-2, 0-0, 2; T. Wemhoff 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Asotin-H. Macy 3-10, 0-0, 6; Nicholas 1-2, 0-0, 2; Lee 3-10, 0-0, 6; Hernandez 2-10, 2-2, 6; Ball 1-2, 0-0, 2; Washington 3-6, 1-4, 8; Miller 0-1, 0-0, 0; A. Macy 1-2, 0-0, 2; Hall 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Washington.
PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2015-16 *indicates league game 24-Grangeville, there, won 50-42 2-JV at Grangeville, 7:30 p.m. 3-Potlatch, there*, 5 p.m., won 73-22 4-Grangeville, here, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 7:30 p.m., lost38-42 5-Troy, there, 6:00 p.m., won 54-27 8-C.V., there*, ½ JV, won 62-4 10-Kamiah, there*, won 59-20 11-Moscow, here, C,JV,V, 4 p.m., lost 33-47 14-Lapwai, there*, lost 49-56 15-Asotin, here, won 61-28 9-Troy, here*, 1 p.m. (Quad) 12-Genesee, there*, 4:30 & 6 14-Lewiston JV, here 16-Potlatch, here*, 1 p.m. 18-Asotin, there 21-Lapwai, here* 25-C.V., here*, ½ JV 26-Kamiah, here* Feb. 1-12 -District at LCSC 11-State Play-In #1 TBA 13-State Play-in #2 TBA 18-20-State at Nampa |
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