Pirates win at Troy
It wasn’t quite the blowout it was 9 days earlier but Prairie still had little trouble dispatching Troy as they won 56-34 at Troy, Friday, Feb. 5.
Prairie beat Troy by 50 points at Cottonwood on January 26 and it started like it was going to be a similar outing as the Pirates jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the first 4 minutes of action.
Lane Schumacher started things with a 3-pointer on a cross-court feed from Brody Hasselstrom. Schumacher then stole the ball and returned the favor with Hasselstrom scoring a lay-up. A steal by Hasselstrom led to another 3-pointer by Schumacher.
Zach Rambo followed with a jumper from the elbow and then scored a lay-up after another steal by Hasselstrom. Cole Schlader got into the scoring column with a pull-up jumper from the elbow and Schumacher finished off the opening 16-0 run with a steal and drive for a lay-up.
Troy finally got on the board at the 3:40 mark with a 3-pointer. Prairie answered with a lay-up each by Schumacher and Wyatt Ross.
After another 3 by Troy, Prairie closed out the first quarter with a tip-in by Rambo and a lay-up by Schlader for a 24-6 lead.
The Pirates’ scoring pace slowed in the second quarter as they backed off on the pressure defense but still outscored Troy 10-7 to take a 34-13 halftime lead. Schumacher scored 4 in the quarter while Rambo, Hasselstrom and Tyler Wemhoff each scored 2.
Schumacher opened the second half scoring then Troy put together a 0-7 run with 2 baskets bracketing a 3-pointer. Prairie answered by outscoring Troy 8-2 the rest of the third quarter. Rambo and Schumacher each scored a basket. Ross added 2 free throws and Shane Hanson scored inside to make it 44-22 at the end of the third quarter.
Troy scored to open the fourth quarter then Prairie reeled off 10 straight points to invoke the running clock for the final 4:30 of the game. Schlader had a pair of baskets to open that run with Hasselstrom, Schumacher and Lee Forsmann each adding a basket to make it 54-24.
Kaiden Codr, one of Troy’s two seniors, got hot down the final stretch hitting two 3’s then going 4 for 4 at the free throw line as Troy cut the final margin to 22. Forsmann had Prairie’s only basket in the final 4 minutes.
Schumacher had 20 points to lead Prairie in scoring with Rambo also hitting double figures with 10 points. Schlader scored 8. Ross, Hasselstrom and Forsmann scored 4 each and Kyle Schwartz and Hanson 2 each.
Prairie controlled the board 41-29 with Schlader pulling down 13 rebounds to lead the team.
Hasselstrom had 6 steals and 5 assists while Schumacher had 3 steals and 3 assists. Ross and Schlader each added 3 assists.
The Pirates were 26 for 59 from the field, 44%, and 2 for 3 at the line. Troy was 11 for 44 from the field, 25%, and 6 for 6 at the line, 100%.
The Pirates are now 9-2 in league play and 12-3 overall.
The JV team won their game 54-28.
In similar fashion to the varsity, the JV team jumped out to a big early lead, taking a 14-0 lead by the 3 minute mark of the first quarter.
Travis Alfrey got things started when he scored as a result of a steal by Lee Forsmann.
Steals by Shane Hanson led to baskets by Forsmann and Hanson. A putback by Alfrey made it 8-0. Hanson then scored twice in the lane and then picked up an assist on a basket by Colton McElroy.
Troy scored their first points at the 2:40 mark and outscored Prairie 1-6 from that point to the end of the quarter as Prairie took a 15-6 lead into the second quarter.
Prairie then opened the second quarter with a 10-0 run to build their lead to 25-6. Levi Walsh started the scoring then Noah Behler and Alfrey each scored from 3-point range. Behler then scored a putback with 1:53 left in the half for a 25-6 lead.
Troy’s only point of the second quarter came at the free throw line with 1:21 left. They were 0 for 11 from the field in the quarter.
A putback by Benny Elven and a free throw by McElroy made it 28-7 at halftime.
Prairie started the third quarter like each of the first two quarters, with a double digit scoring one. Like the second quarter this one was a 10-0 run to push the lead to 38-7. McElroy and Forsmann each scored a pair of baskets and Morgan Poxleitner added another.
Troy scored their first basket since the 18 second mark of the first quarter on a 3-pointer with 4:14 left in the third. Forsmann answered that with a 3-pointer for Prairie.
Troy then outscored the Pirates 2-9 the rest of the quarter as Prairie took a 43-19 lead into the fourth.
Prairie outscored Troy just 11-9 in the fourth as coach Justin Jones made sure everyone got a chance to play. The highlight, or at least the play that drew most reaction from the Prairie fans, of the final minutes was when Ryan Wemhoff banked in a 3-pointer from beyond the top of the key.
Forsmann wound up leading the scoring with 13 points. Hanson scored 9, Alfrey and McElroy 7 each, Behler 5, Walsh 4, Wemhoff 3 and Poxleitner, Weston Riener and Elven 2 each.
Prairie had a 43-32 advantage on the boards with Forsmann grabbing 7 rebounds while Behler and Walsh each had 6.
Hanson had 3 steals and McElroy had 3 assists.
The JVs were 23 for 58 from the field, 40%, and 4 for 6 at the line, 67%. Troy was 12 for 50 from the field, 24%, and 2 for 10 at the line, 20%.
Prairie 24 10 10 12 -56
Troy     6   7   9 12 -34
Prairie-Schlader 4-13, 0-0, 8; Ross 1-3, 2-3, 4; Rambo 5-11, 0-0, 10; Schumacher 9-16, 0-0, 20; Hasselstrom 2-9, 0-0, 4; Schwartz 1-1, 0-0, 2; Hanson 1-1, 0-0, 2; Wemhoff 1-2, 0-0, 2; Alfrey 0-0, 0-0, 0; Forsmann 2-2, 0-0, 4. 3-pointers-Schumacher 2.
Troy-Johnson 0-3, 0-0, 0; Codr 5-9, 6-6, 20; Blazzard 3-13, 0-0, 6; Demeerleer 0-5, 0-0, 0; Baier 1-5, 0-0, 3; Stoner 2-8, 0-0, 5; Philis 0-0, 0-0, 0; Buchanan 0-0, 0-0, 0; McCully 0-0, 0-0, 0; Archibald 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Codr 4, Demeerleer, Stoner.