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win big twice
The Prairie Pirates picked up two more league wins this past week, both on the road, as they won at Troy Thursday, Jan. 28, 69-41 and then won 66-35 at Potlatch Saturday, Jan. 30. With those wins, Prairie has clinched at least second place in the league and they still have a chance at the first seed into District on a tiebreaker if they should win at Lapwai this Thursday, Feb. 4 and also beat C.V. on Senior Night, Saturday, Feb. 6. It was 61-30 after 3 quarters leading to the fourth quarter being played under a running clock. Prairie had 4 players score in double figures led by Jake Bruner with 20 points. Tyson Schlader scored 14, Calvin Hinkelman 13 and Terran Peery 10. Hunter Chaffee added 5 points, Thomas Schwartz 3 and Isaiah Shears and Brandon Anderson 2 each. Schlader had 9 rebounds and 4 assists while Bruner had 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Prairie also won big in the JV game by the score of 54-16. Prairie 24 21 16 8 -69 Troy 15 6 9 11 -41 Prairie-Schlader 4, 6-7, 14; Peery 4, 0-0, 10; Shears 0, 2-3, 2; Chaffee 2, 0-0, 5; Higgins 0, 0-0, 0; Bruner 6, 8-11, 20; Schumacher 0, 0-0, 0; Anderson 1, 0-0, 2; Hinkelman 5, 2-3, 13; Schwartz 1, 0-0, 3; Glimp 0, 0-0, 0; Wemhoff 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Peery 2, Chaffee, Hinkelman, Schwartz. Troy-Blum 2, 0-0, 4; Stoner 4, 2-2, 10; Nelson 0, 0-0, 0; Yager 7, 1-2, 19; Sandquist 3, 0-0, 6; Hammond 0, 0-0, 0; Blazzard 1, 0-1, 2; Lay 0, 0-1, 0; Powell 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Yager 4.  scoring
run that carried well into the third quarter.
Prairie jumped out to a 7-0 lead as Bruner went coast to coast for a lay-up, Schlader scored inside and Bruner knocked down a 3-pointer. Potlatch came all the way back to tie the score at 9-9 before Bruner connected on another 3-pointer. Bruner added a third 3-pointer in the quarter but Prairie led just 17-13 at the quarter break. A basket each by Bruner and Chaffee put Prairie up 21-13 in the second quarter before Potlatch scored with 3:33 left in the half to cut the lead to 21-15. Hinkelman got the scoring run kicked off as he scored on a feed from Bruner. Hinkelman then connected on a 3-pointer and another lay-up to make it 28-15. A basket by Bruner on an inbounds play, a basket by Peery and a steal and drive for a lay-up by Brandon Higgins made it 34-15 at the half. Prairie then scored the first 11 points of the second half to go up by 30 at 45-15. Schlader scored 5 of those points on a basket and a converted 3-point play. Almost exactly 8 minutes of play after their last basket, Potlatch finally scored again as a 3-pointer broke Prairie’s 24-0 run. Prairie then scored another 12 straight points before Potlatch could score again. The Pirates took a 58-21 lead into the final quarter and subs got the playing time in the running clock fourth quarter. Bruner again led the scoring with 22 points with Schlader also scoring in double figures with 11. Hinkelman and Chaffee scored 7 each with Higgins scoring 6, Luke Wemhoff 5, Peery 4 and Anderson and Spencer Schumacher 2 each. Shears, who seems to be battling one injury after another this season, got poked in the eye in the first half and suffered a bloody, hopefully not broken, nose in the second half. Prairie had a 33-29 edge on the boards with Bruner pulling down 6 and Peery 5. Peery had 6 steals and 3 assists while Bruner had 4 steals and 4 assists. Higins also had 4 steals. Prairie was 28 for 55 from the field, 51%, and 4 for 8 at the line, 50%. Potlatch was 14 for 43 from the field, 33%, and 2 for 2 at the line, 100%. Prairie is now 13-2 on the season 9-1 in league play. The JV team also rolled to a big win, 60-32. Potlatch scored first in the game and still led 6-7 when Prairie put together a 12-2 run to end the first quarter with an 18-9 lead. Spencer Schumacher scored 7 and Brandon Anderson 6 in the quarter.  Potlatch
stayed with the Pirates in the second quarter but could never get any closer
than 7 points at 29-22. Anderson added 6 more points in the quarter and
Devin Ross chipped in 5, including a 3-pointer. Prairie led 33-22 at the
half.
Prairie finally put some distance between themselves and the Loggers in the third quarter as they outscored Potlatch 25-7. Spencer Schumacher scored 8 in the third quarter and Anderson had his third straight 6-point quarter. 34 seconds into the fourth quarter Tayler Ott scored a free throw that put Prairie up by 30 and put the game into running clock mode. Prairie added just 1 more point but Potlatch could only score one 3-pointer in the quarter as Prairie won by 28. Anderson scored 18 to lead the Pirates in scoring with Spencer Schumacher scoring 17. Ross scored 7, Dylan Schumacher and Like Wemhoff 6 each, Ryan Glimp 3, Todd Ott 2 and Tayler Ott 1. Prairie doubled up Potlatch on the boards 38-19 with Anderson grabbing 10, Spencer Schumacher 8 and Todd Ott 6. Spencer Schumacher had 6 steals while Anderson had 4 and Spencer and Dylan Schumacher each had 3 assists. Prairie was 25 for 51 from the field, 49%, and 9 for 24 at the line, 38%. Potlatch was 12 for 35 from the field, 34%, and 4 for 10 at the line, 40%. Prairie 17 17 24 8 -66 Potlatch 13 2 6 14 -35 Prairie-Schlader 5-8, 1-2, 11; Peery 2-8, 0-0, 4; Higgins 2-4, 2-3, 6; Bruner 9-13, 0-1, 22; Hinkelman 3-7, 0-0, 7; Shears 0-3, 0-0, 0; Chaffee 3-6, 0-0, 7; Anderson 1-2, 0-0, 2; Wemhoff 2-2, 1-2, 5; Schwartz 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 1-1, 0-0, 2; Glimp 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Bruner 4, Hinkelman, Chaffee. Potlatch-Clark 1-4, 2-2, 5; Richards 5-14, 0-0, 11; Thompson 1-3, 0-0, 2; Krasselt 0-3, 0-0, 0; C. Judson 3-6, 0-0, 6; Sheffler 0-2, 0-0, 0; M. Judson 3-8, 0-0, 8; Hamburg 1-3, 0-0, 3. 3-pointers-M. Judson 2, Clark, Richards, Hamburg.
PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2015-16 *indicates league game 8-Asotin, here, lost 66-74 10-Kendrick, there, won 65-48 15-Kamiah, there*, won 49-42 18-Lapwai, here*, lost 43-58 7-Moscow, here, 4 p.m., won 66-43 8-C.V., there*, won 55-39 9-Troy, here*, 4 p.m. (Quad), won 72-49 12-Genesee, there*, 4:30 & 7:30, won 57-56 14-Asotin, there, C & JV, 6 p.m, V 7:30, won 57-44 16-Potlatch, here*, 4 p.m., won 70-40 22-Kamiah, here*, won51-38 28-Troy, here*, won 69-41 30-Potlatch, there*, 1 p.m., won 66-35 4-Lapwai, there* 6-C.V., here*, 6 p.m. (game time changed) 9-Moscow, there, 4 p.m. 12-Grangeville, there, C-4:30; JV-6; V-7:30 15-26-District at LCSC 26-State Play-In #1 TBA 28-State Play-In #2 TBA March 3-5-State at Caldwell |
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