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A 16-3 third quarter enabled the Prairie Pirates to avenge their only loss of the season as they knocked off Troy 53-41 at the Kamiah Christmas Tournament Tuesday, Dec. 29. The game didn’t start real well for the Pirates as they trailed 11-12 at the end of the first quarter. They came on better in the second quarter and too a 25-22 lead at the half. In the third quarter they stepped up the defensive intensity and started hitting their shots as they dominated the quarter and took a 41-25 lead into the fourth. Troy outscored the Pirates in the fourth but the Pirates were able to hold off any attempt at a rally. Devin Schmidt led the scoring with 20 points while Branden Waller added 15. David Sigler and Andrew Gabica scored 6 each while Conner Rieman scored 4 and Derek Schaeffer 2. Although Sigler’s shooting eye was off he contributed 9 rebounds and 5 assists. It was Troy’s first loss of the season. Prairie 11 14 16 12 -53 Troy 12 10 3 16 -41 Prairie-Schmidt 8, 4-4, 20; Guyer 0, 0-0, 0; Schaeffer 1, 0-1, 2; Rieman 2, 0-0, 4; Gabica 3, 0-1, 6; Sigler 1, 4-6, 6; Schlader 0, 0-0, 0; Waller 6, 3-5, 15; J. Schmidt 0, 0-0, 0; Heath 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Troy-Kanikkeberg 4, 4-5, 15; Hoskins 0, 0-0, 0; McGraw 4, -15, 9; Malm 1, 2-2, 5; Williams 1, 1-2, 3; Gash 1, 2-2, 5; Schultz 1, 0-0, 2; Bull 1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Kanikkeberg 3, Malm, Gash. Pirates win 8th straight The Prairie Pirates fought off a talented Moscow JV team 57-48 at the Kamiah Christmas Tournament Wednesday, Dec. 30. The Moscow JV’s had shown they would be a force to be reckoned with when they beat Kamiah the night before. Moscow JV was a late replacement for Coeur d’Alene Project which wasn’t able to attend the tournament. 
Prairie took an early 8-5 lead as Andrew Gabica scored 4 points only to see Moscow tie it with a 3-point play. Devin Schmidt hit a 3-pointer to put Prairie back on top but Moscow came back to take a 16-17 lead by the end of the quarter. They added a free throw and a basket to open the second and expand their lead to 16-20 but then Prairie’s defense shut them down the rest of the half, holding them to just 3 free throws. Prairie got on the board in the quarter as a result of a defensive play as Gabica drew an offensive foul. That led to a basket by Schmidt. Baskets by Branden Waller and Schmidt put Prairie back into the lead at 22-21. After Moscow tied it, Brock Heath put the Pirates back on top as Prairie rushed the ball down the court after rebounding the missed second free throw by Moscow. A basket by David Sigler and a free throw by Seth Guyer closed out the half putting Prairie up 27-23. Moscow came back to tie the score twice in the third quarter but was never able to retake the lead. After they tied the score at 29, a basket by Sigler put Prairie back on top. After Moscow tied it at 31, Waller hit a pair of baskets to put Prairie up by 4. Prairie led 37-33 heading into the final period. Prairie hit only 3 baskets in the fourth quarter but converted 14 of 20 free throws including 4 of 4 after technical fouls, to pull away to the 9-point win. The first technical was against the Moscow bench with the score at 42-38. Sigler made both free throws and Schmidt later added another for a 45-38 lead. Moscow was able to get back within 4 points on 3 occasions, the last with 20 seconds left. Sigler then went 5 for 6 at the line in the final 17 seconds to put the final margin at 9. The final 3 points came with just 5 seconds left when a Moscow player said something he shouldn’t have when he picked up his fourth foul. Sigler was 1 for 2 on the regular foul then sank both technical free throws. Sigler wound up leading the team in scoring with 19 points after going 9 for 12 at the line in the fourth quarter. Waller added 15 points while Schmidt scored 11. Gabica scored 6 with Conner Rieman scoring 3, Heath 2 and Guyer 1. Prairie held a 38-28 rebounding edge led by Waller with 9. Rieman, Gabica and Derek Schaeffer added 6 rebounds each. Rieman had 2 steals and Sigler had 5 assists. Prairie was 20 for 45 from the field, 44%, and 16 for 27 at the line, 59%. Moscow was 15 for 42 from the field, 36%, and 12 for 23 at the line, 52%. With the win Prairie improves to 9-1 on the season and have won 8 straight games. Prairie 16 11 10 20 -57 Moscow JV 17 6 10 15 -48 Prairie-Schmidt 4-7, 2-4, 11; Rieman 1-2, 1-4, 3; Gabica 2-4, 2-3, 6; Sigler 5-15, 9-12, 19; Waller 7-15, 1-2, 15; Schaeffer 0-1, 0-0, 0; Schlader 0-0, 0-0, 0; Guyer 0-0, 1-2, 1; Heath 1-1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Schmidt. Moscow JV-Lewis 4-12, 4-6, 15; La. Brooks 2-8, 4-6, 9; McGurkin 2-6, 0-0, 4; Helbling 2-4, 1-1, 6; Jung 0-2, 0-2, 0; Lo. Brooks 1-2, 2-2, 4; Parkins 1-3, 1-3, 3; Langfield 0-0, 0-0, 0; Wilder 3-4, 1-3, 7; Farnsworth 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Lewis 3, La. Brooks, Helbling. 
PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2009-10 *indicates league game 5-Troy, here, lost 32-34 8-Lapwai, here, won 51-44 11-Nezperce, here, won 52-46 12-Timberline, there,*, won 57-43 17-Summit, here, won 56-45 19-Genesee, here, won 47-42 in overtime 22-Potlatch, here*, won 78-68 29 & 30-Kamiah Tournament, beat Troy 53-41; beat Moscow JV 57-48 15-Nezperce, there 16-C.V. there, 4 p.m.* 21-Highland, there, JV, C only 22-Kamiah, here, 6 p.m. 23-Lapwai, there* 28-Grangeville, there 29-Deary, there* 9-Troy, there* 12-Kamiah, there 15, 20, 23 & 25-District at LCSC March 4-6-State at Boise |
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