Lady Pirates are 1-1 on the week
The Prairie Lady Pirates split a pair of league games in the past week, losing at home against Lapwai 33-66 Thursday, January 21 and then winning Monday, January 25 at home over Clearwater Valley, 67-8.
Vs. Lapwai
The game against Lapwai was basically for the league championship and #1 seed into District because Prairie had the tiebreaker if the teams had split and wound up tied for first place.
Lapwai made sure they were the league champs as they came out and took a 12-20 lead by the end of the first quarter then held Prairie to just 3 points in the second quarter as they took a 15-34 halftime lead.
Lapwai led 26-47 after 3 quarters.
Prairie struggled with their shooting both from the field and especially at the line as they went just 4 of 19 at the stripe.
Chaye Uptmor led Prairie in scoring with 10 points with Kylie Tidwell scoring 7, Shayla VonBargen 6, Angela Wemhoff and Hailey Danly 4 each and Josie Peery 2.
Prairie  12   3 11   7 -33
Lapwai 20 14 13 19 -66
Prairie-Tidwell 2, 1-2, 7; Wemhoff 1, 2-8, 4; VonBargen 3, 0-2, 6; Lustig 0, 0-2, 0; Uptmor 5, 0-3, 10; Danly 1, 1-2, 4; Peery 1, 0-0, 2. 3-pointers-Tidwell 2, Danly.
Lapwai-Holt 3, 7-7, 14; Wisdom 0, 0-0, 0; R. Domebo 0, 0-0, 0; I. Domebo 3, 1-1, 8; Bisbee 5, 0-0, 14; Chilburas 2, 0-0, 4; Mitchell 2, 1-2, 5; Young 4, 1-1, 9; Whitney 5, 0-0, 11; Tannehill 0, 1-2, 1. 3-pointers-Bisbee 4, Holt, Whitney, I. Domebo.
Vs. C.V.
The Lady Pirates clinched the #2 seed into District with their 67-8 win over Clearwater Valley Monday. They will play the winner of the game between Genesee and the play-in game winner, which will be Wednesday, Feb. 3.It’s a double-Higgins defense on a C.V. player Monday as Jordyn Higgins and Leah Higgins play defense. In the background is Hailey Danly.
C.V., which hasn’t won a game all season, was overmatched from the start. 
Danly and Wemhoff each scored to give Prairie a 4-0 lead then C.V. scored to make it 4-2 but didn’t score again until the second quarter.
In the meantime Prairie reeled off 16 straight points. Prairie led 18-2 at the end of the quarter and scored the first 2 of the second quarter. Out of their first 20 points Danly and Uptmor each had 6 points while VonBargen had 4.
C.V.’s Kacee Miskin, their lone senior, sank a 3 pointer with 7:21 left in the half. Prairie then scored the next 15 points with Leah Higgins, a sophomore, accounting for 10 of those as she sank 5 straight shots in a personal 10-0 run that made it 35-5.
A C.V. free throw temporarily broke the run but Prairie scored the last 7 of the half to make it 42-6 at the break.
C.V. would score only 2 in the second half, as Miskin added a basket about midway through the third quarter.
Prairie led 52-8 after 3 quarters with the JV swing players picking up lots of playing time.
Despite a running clock in the fourth quarter Prairie managed to add 15 more points as all but one player on the roster broke into the scoring column.
Prairie spread the scoring around as Uptmor led with 12 points with Danly and Leah Higgins each scoring 10. Angela Wemhoff and VonBargen each scored 8 while Tidwell scored 6, Peery scored 4, Lustig 3 and Sydney Bruner, Jordyn Higgins and Kristyna Krogh 2 each. Theresa Wemhoff attempted two shots but couldn’t get either one to fall.
Prairie had a 33-24 edge on the boards with VonBargen grabbing 9 and Leah Higgins 6.
Danly had 6 steals and VonBargen 5 as 11 of the 12 players had at least 1 steal. Danly had 6 assists and Jordyn Higgins had 3.
Prairie was 30 for 62 from the field, 48%, and 7 for 11 at the line, 64%. C.V. was 3 for 18 from the field, 17%, and 1 for 14 at the line, 7%.
With 1 regular season game to go Prairie is 14-5 on the season and 9-2 in league play.
The C team girls tromped on Grangeville in the preliminary game 51-16 and the C team boys also won big over Grangeville, no score available.
Prairie 18 24 10 15 -67
C.V.     2   4   2   0 -  8
Prairie-Tidwell 3-8, 0-0, 6; A. Wemhoff 4-9, 0-0, 8; VonBargen 2-2, 4-4, 8; Uptmor 6-9, 0-1, 12; Danly 5-11, 0-0, 10; Lustig 1-1, 1-2, 3; Peery 1-1, 2-4, 4; L. Higgins 5-10, 0-0, 10; Bruner 1-1, 0-0, 2; J. Higgins 1-6, 0-0, 2; Krogh 1-2, 0-0, 2; T. Wemhoff 0-2, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.
C.V.-Miskin 2-5, 0-0, 5; Loughran 0-1, 0-0, 0; Proctor 0-4, 0-8, 0; Pfefferkorn 1-4, 1-4, 3; Lenhart 0-3, 0-0, 0; Lyons 0-1, 0-0, 0; Herrick 0-1, 0-2, 0. 3-pointers-Miskin.
Shayla VonBargen heads upcourt after making a steal. Leah Higgins, middle, wound up scoring on the other end. Also shown is Sydney Bruner.
Chaye Uptmor forces a jump ball on defense, which resulted in a steal as Prairie had the possession arrow in their favor.
Leah Higgins had a big second quarter against C.V., scoring 10 straight points.
Jordyn Higgins puts up a shot against C.V. She and the other JV swing players got extended playing time against the overmatched Lady Rams Monday evening.

PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2015-16
JV games start at 6 p.m., varsity to follow unless indicated. 
*indicates league game
NOVEMBER
19-Lewiston J.V., there, 5 p.m., won 55-43
24-Grangeville, there, won 50-42
DECEMBER
  1-Genesee, here*, won 70-49
  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
JANUARY
  5-Moscow, there, C,JV,V, 4 p.m., lost 24-36
  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, won 60-56
16-Potlatch, here*, 1 p.m., won 67-26
18-Asotin, there,  won 76-36
21-Lapwai, here*,  lost 33-66
25-C.V., here*, won 67-8
26-Kamiah, here*, won 72-13, details next week
Feb.  5-12 -District at LCSC, District opener at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5
11-State Play-In #1 TBA
13-State Play-in #2 TBA
18-20-State at Nampa
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