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Pirates 1-1 on the week
After a heavy schedule before Christmas, the Prairie Lady Pirates played just 2 games this past week, with 4 days off in between. They opened their post-holiday schedule with a 24-36 loss at Moscow Tuesday, Jan. 5, and then bounced back with a 57-33 win over Troy at Cottonwood Saturday, Jan. 9. Prairie started the game just 1 for 10 from the field and scored only 2 points in the first quarter as they trailed 2-8 after 1. They stepped it up a bit in the second quarter, outscoring the Bears but still trailed 10-15 at the half. They trailed 16-25 after 3 quarters. Chaye Uptmor led Prairie in scoring with 12 points with Shayla VonBargen scoring 4, Hailey Danly and Angela Wemhoff 3 each and Kylie Tidwell 2. No scores available for the JV and C games. Prairie 2 8 6 8 -24 Moscow 8 7 10 11 -38 Prairie-VonBargen 1, 2-2, 4; Uptmor 3, 5-8, 12; Tidwell 0, 2-4, 2; Danly 1, 1-4, 3; Wemhoff 1, 1-2, 3. 3-pointers-none. Moscow-G. Meyer 6, 0-1, 12; Simpson 2, 2-2, 6; Hill 2, 0-0, 5; Haeder 0, 0-0, 0; McDaniel 1, 0-0, 2; Kitchel 1, 0-0, 3; N. Meyer 2, 2-2, 6; Fredericksen 1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Hill, Kitchel. 
Danly scored 8 of Prairie’s 16 first quarter points. Prairie started the second quarter with a 10-0 run as they led 26-4 with 5:31 left in the half. They led 34-12 at halftime. They built their lead in the second half to as many as 31 at 57-26 with 3:55 left to play. That turned on the running clock and Prairie sent the JV swing players out for the rest of the game which allowed Troy to scored the final 7 points of the game. Danly stuffed the stat sheet for Prairie as she had a game-high 15 points with 10 assists, 6 steals and 6 rebounds. Talyss Lustig came off the bench to score 10 points on 4 of 6 shooting. Wemhoff scored 9, Tidwell 8, Uptmor 6, VonBargen 4, Josie Peery 3 and Leah Higgins 2. Prairie controlled the boards 47-33 with VonBargen grabbing 11 despite foul trouble. Peery added 9 boards and Wemhoff and Lustig had 6 each. VonBargen and Uptmor had 5 steals each. Troy had 23 turnovers to just 10 for Prairie. The Lady Pirates were 25 for 65 from the field, 38%, and 7 for 12 at the line, 58%. Troy was 10 for 45 from the field, 22%, and 11 for 19 at the line, 58%. Prairie is now 9-4 on the season and 6-1 in league play. The JV team also rolled to a big win, 44-16. The JV’s jumped out to a 13-5 lead by the end of the first quarter as Jordyn Higgins scored 6 and Theresa Wemhoff 4. After a 2-2 start to the second quarter, Prairie scored the final 11 points of the half to take a 26-7 lead at the break. Kendra Duclos scored 5 and Wemhoff 4 in that run. Prairie made it a 17-0 run overall as they scored the first 6 points of the third quarter. Prairie led 36-14 by the end of the third quarter. Duclos scored 9 to lead the team with Wemhoff adding 8, Jordyn Higgins and Madison Pecarovich 6 each, Kodie Tidwell, Laney Uhlenkott and Sierah Poxleitner 4 each and Sydney Bruner 3. Prairie had a 39-28 edge on the boards. Tidwell and Leah Higgins had 5 each to lead the team with Uhlenkott, Sarah Ross and Hope McIntire adding 4 each. Jordyn Higgins had 5 steals and McIntire had 4 while Uhlenkott and Leah Higgins had 3 assists each. Prairie was 21 for 58 from the field, 36%, and 2 of 6 at the line, 33%. Troy was 6 for 33 from the field, 18%, and 4 of 6 at the line, 67%. Prairie 16 18 12 11 -57 Troy 4 8 11 10 -33 Prairie-Tidwell 4-11, 0-0, 8; Wemhoff 4-11, 1-3, 9; VonBargen 2-4, 0-0, 4; Uptmor 2-7, 2-4, 6; Danly 7-16, 1-1, 15; Lustig 4-6, 2-2, 10; Peery 1-6, 1-2, 3; L. Higgins 1-3, 0-0, 2; Bruner 0-1, 0-0, 0; J. Higgins 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Troy-Fry 0-7, 0-0, 0; Schetzle 1-4, 3-4, 5; Blum 2-9, 4-6, 8; Case 2-8, 0-3, 5; Gilder 1-7, 4-6, 6; Sanderson 1-1, 0-0, 3; Lay 1-3, 0-0, 2; Fredrickson 2-6, 0-0, 4; Nelson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Hoskins-Oakley 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Case, Sanderson.
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), won 57-33 12-Genesee, there*, 4:30 & 6, won 66-58, details next week 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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