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Pirates win twice
The Prairie Lady Pirates picked up a pair of wins over teams with Bulldog nicknames to head into Christmas Break with a 10-1 record. On Tuesday, Dec. 16 they gave Genesee their first loss by a 46-31 score at Genesee. On Friday, Dec. 19 they beat Grangeville 51-32 at Cottonwood, quite a change from the 3-point win last week at Grangeville. Prairie led 37-23 after three quarters. Defense was the key for the Pirates as they held Genesee’s Kaleigh Ranisate, who had been averaging over 20 points per game, to just 4 points. They had a variety of defensive looks including a box and one, with Krystin Uhlenkott getting the primary assignment. Shayla VonBargen led the scoring with 16 point and 18 rebounds plus a bunch of blocked shots. Kayla Schumacher scored 10 points, Uhlenkott 9, Hailey Danly 7, and Angela Wemhoff 4. Prairie also won the JV game 49-25. Prairie 8 19 10 9 -46 Genesee 8 6 9 8 -31 Prairie-Gimmeson 0, 0-0, 0; Wemhoff 2, 0-0, 4; VonBargen 6, 4-6, 16; Lustig 0, 0-0, 0; Uptmor 0, 0-0, 0; Schumacher 5, 0-0, 10; Danly 2, 3-4, 7; Uhlenkott 4, 0-0, 9; Seubert 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Uhlenkott. Genesee-Ranisate 2, 0-0, 4; Cornell 3, 0-0, 6; O’Connell 0, 0-0, 0; Druffel 1, 0-0, 2; Mayer 0, 0-0, 0; Woods 2, 0-0, 4; Renton 0, 0-0, 0; Burt 1, 0-0, 2; Sperber 2, 0-0, 4; Linehan 3, 4-4, 10. 3-pointers-none. It started out like it was going to be lopsided in Grangeville’s favor as the Bulldogs jumped out to a 1-10 lead, scoring 10 straight after a game-opening free throw by Wemhoff. 
About midway through the first quarter things started to swing the other way. Prairie held Grangeville scoreless the final 4:42 of the quarter and started to chip away at the lead. VonBargen scored a pair of free throws and a steal by Schumacher led to a putback by Wemhoff. VonBargen added a free throw and Chaye Uptmor and Wemhoff each added a putback. Wemhoff’s tied the game at 10-10. A steal by Uptmor led to a basket by Schumacher that gave Prairie a 12-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. Uhlenkott opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer and Grangeville finally broke their 5 minute plus dry spell with a basket. A lay-up by Uptmor kicked off an 8-0 run by Prairie that made it 23-12. Each team added a free throw to make it 24-13 at the half. After trailing 1-10, Prairie had outscored Grangeville 23-3. The Lady Pirates extended that run to 31-3 by scoring the first 8 points of the second half. Schumacher, who had been held to just 2 points in the first half, scored 5 of those 8 as Prairie led 32-13. Grangeville finally broke through with 4 straight points by Addie Lutz but Prairie then went on an 8-2 run to extend the lead to 40-19 after Natasha Gimmeson converted a 3-point play. Grangeville scored just before the buzzer to make it 40-21 after 3. Prairie extended the lead to as many as 23 at 49-26 in the fourth quarter before settling for a 19 point win. Despite her slow start, Schumacher led the scoring with 11 points with Danly scoring 10, Uptmor 7, Wemhoff and VonBargen 5 each, Uhlenkott and Sarah Seubert 4 each, Gimmeson 3 and Kylie Tidwell 2. Prairie dominated the boards 53-35 with VonBargen and Schumacher grabbing 10 each. Wemhoff and Danly added 8 rebounds each. Uhlenkott had 5 steals and Danly and Schumacher had 3 assists each.  Prairie
was 19 for 63 from the field, 30%, and 12 for 22 at the line, 55%. Grangeville
was 12 for 45 from the field, 27%, and 6 for 17 at the line, 35%.
Prairie is now 10-1 overall and 5-1 in league play. They won’t play again until January 6 at Moscow. Prairie also won a low-scoring JV game 28-25. Prairie opened the game with a 4-0 lead on baskets by Leah Higgins and Kylie Tidwell, fell behind 4-6 then rallied to tie the game at 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. Selena Davila scored on a putback to open the second quarter and Prairie never trailed again although Grangeville did manage to tie the game a couple of times. Grangeville tied it at 14-14 in the second quarter but Prairie ended the half with a 6-0 run on 2 baskets by Tidwell and a putback by Davila for a 20-14 lead. Prairie scored just 2 points in the third quarter while Grangeville scored 6 to cut the lead to 22-20 after 3 quarters. Grangeville tied the score at 24-24 with 4:48 left but Sierra Latimer and Davila each scored to put Prairie up 28-24 and Grangeville could muster only a single free throw in the final 4:48 of the game. Tidwell and Davila each scored 8 to lead the JV’s in scoring. Sarah Seubert and Talyss Lustig each scored 4 while Higgins and Latimer scored 2 each. Prairie had a 38-35 rebounding edge led by Lustig and Davila with 9 each. Lustig, Davila, Tidwell and Seubert had 3 steals each while Tidwell and Josie Peery had 2 assists each. Prairie was 13 for 51 from the field, 25%, and 2 for 8 at the line, 25%. Grangeville was 11 for 38 from the field, 29%, and 3 for 10 from the line, 30%. The C team also won, 45-31. Prairie 12 12 16 11 -51 Grangeville 10 3 8 11 -32 Prairie-Wemhoff 2-7, 1-2, 5; VonBargen 1-7, 3-4, 5; Schumacher 5-15, 1-2, 11; Danly 4-7, 2-5, 10; Uhlenkott 1-13, 1-2, 4; Uptmor 3-8, 1-2, 7; Gimmeson 1-2, 1-1, 3; Seubert 1-2, 0-0, 2; Lustig 1-2, 2-4, 4. 3-pointers-Uhlenkott. Grangeville-Sullivan 2-9, 1-4, 6; Lutz 1-8, 3-5, 5; Fortin 2-5, 1-2, 6; Kennedy 2-6, 1-5, 5; Bass 1-2, 0-0, 4; Wilson 2-8, 0-0, 4; Forsmann 0-4, 0-0, 0; Anderson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Gourly 0-1, 0-0, 0; Finnegan 1-1, 0-1, 2. 3-pointers-Sullivan, Fortin.
PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2014-15 *indicates league game NOVEMBER 18-Highland, there, won 55-20 20-Lewiston J.V., there, won 61-60 25-Moscow, here, 5:30, won 42-40 DECEMBER 2-Potlatch, there*, 5 p.m., won 60-31 4-Genesee, here* - postponed 6-Troy, there*, won 55-30 8-C.V., here*, won 72-30 11-Lapwai, there*, lost 44-49 12-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 6 p.m., won 40-37 15-Kamiah, here*, won 61-7 16-Genesee, there,* JV starts at 4:30 p.m. rescheduled from 12/4, won 46-31 19-Grangeville, here, won 51-32 JANUARY 6-Moscow, there, 5:30 p.m. 8-Genesee, here*, home and away games switched in rescheduling 12/4 game 10-Potlatch, here*, 1 p.m. 13-Troy, here* 16-C.V., there* 22-Lapwai, here* 24-Kamiah, there*, 1 p.m. 28-Asotin, here, quad, JV 3 p.m., V 6 p.m., Originally schedule for 1/26-rescheduled to 1/28 30-Highland, here* Feb. 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13 -District at LCSC 12-State Play-In #1 at Wallace 14-State Play-in #2 at Cascade 20-22-State at Nampa |
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