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Pirates second at District
Lapwai dominated for 3 quarters then Prairie put on a furious fourth quarter rally only to fall short 48-58 in the District Championship game Friday, Feb. 12 at the LCSC Activity Center. 
Prairie struggled against Lapwai’s pressure defense from the onset, committing 11 first quarter turnovers as Lapwai took a 6-17 lead. Kylie Tidwell, Angela Wemhoff and Chaye Uptmor each scored a basket for the Pirates. Prairie cut down on the turnovers in the second quarter, just 5, but couldn’t get a shot to fall as they went 1 for 9 in the quarter with the only basket being a 3-pointer by Tidwell. Wemhoff was 3 for 4 at the line as Prairie trailed 12-31 at the half. Lapwai’s Iris Domebo was 3 for 4 from 3-point range in the half as she had 13 for the Wildcats. Things started to change some in the third quarter as Prairie committed just 3 turnovers and Hailey Danly, after a scoreless first half, hit a 3-pointer and was 3 for 4 at the line. Prairie wound up doubling their first half total in the quarter. Lapwai seemed content to bomb away from 3-point range as 9 of their 14 shots were from long distance. Unfortunately for Prairie, 4 of those went in as Prairie trailed by as many as 27 at 22-49. Danly sank both ends of a 1 and 1 to end the quarter with Prairie down 25 at 24-49. In the fourth quarter it was like a switch got flipped for the Pirates as all of a sudden they became the aggressive team with Wemhoff leading the way. A free throw by Wemhoff, inside basket by Shayla VonBargen and a basket by Wemhoff on an inbounds play cut the lead to 20 at 29-49. Lapwai scored on a putback but Wemhoff then scored on consecutive end-to-end driving layups. The first after inbounding after Lapwai’s score and the second when she stole the ball. After trading scores, Prairie was still down 20 at 35-55 with 3:45 left. Prairie then put together a 12-0 run to get the lead down to single digits. Wemhoff scored to start the run. VonBargen scored on a nice move down low and Danly followed with a basket. A Lapwai turnover led to a basket by Wemhoff and she followed 30 seconds later with another end-to-end drive for a lay-up. Wemhoff then fed VonBargen who made an up and under move inside for a lay-up to cut the lead to 47-55 with 1:12 left to play. Prairie wasn’t doing this against Lapwai’s reserves as the starting unit was in for most of the run. Lapwai coach Eric Spencer called a couple of timeouts to try and stem the tide. Lapwai finally broke through when Micah Bisbee scored both ends of a 1 and 1. Prairie got a free throw from VonBargen but Lapwai answered in the final 10 seconds for the final 10-point margin. Prairie had outscored Lapwai 24-9 in the fourth quarter as Wemhoff scored 13 of her game-high 20 points and VonBargen added 7 of her 9 points. Prairie turned the ball over just 1 time in the quarter while forcing 8 turnovers from Lapwai. They scored as many points in the fourth quarter as they did in the first 3 quarters. Hopefully that will give them some confidence going into the state tournament. As mentioned, Wemhoff led the scoring with 20 points and added 4 assists, 3 steals and 7 rebounds before fouling out with 49 seconds left. VonBargen scored 9. Danly scored 8 with a team-high 9 rebounds along with 3 steals and 2 assists. Tidwell scored 7 and Uptmor and Talyss Lustig scored 2 each. Lapwai held a 33-36 edge on the boards. Prairie was 19 for 45 from the field, 42%, after a 10 for 15 fourth quarter. They were 10 for 22 at the line, 45%. Lapwai was 23 for 51 from the field, 45%, and 4 for 12 at the line, 33%. Prairie takes a 16-6 record into the state tournament where they will open against District 4 champion Valley at 6:15 p.m., MST, Thursday, Feb. 18 at Columbia High School in Nampa. Genesee will play Liberty Charter in the game right after Prairie while Lapwai will play at 3 in the afternoon. Prairie 6 6 12 24 -48 Lapwai 17 14 18 9 -58 Prairie-Tidwell 2-6, 2-5, 7; Wemhoff 8-16, 4-8, 20; VonBargen 4-10, 1-2, 9; Uptmor 1-2, 0-0, 2; Danly 2-9, 3-7, 8; Lustig 1-2, 0-0, 2; Peery 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Tidwell, Danly. Lapwai-I. Domebo 6-12, 0-1, 16; Bisbee 4-8, 2-2, 11; Chimburas 1-2, 0-0, 2; Young 8-14, 0-4, 18; Whitney 3-8, 2-5, 9; Mitchell 0-2, 0-0, 0; Wisdom 1-1, 0-0, 2; R. Domebo 0-3, 0-0, 0; Tannehill 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-I. Domebo 4, Bisbee, Young, Whitney.
The State Tournament bracket. All times shown are Mountain Time. 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, 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 Feb. 5-12 -District at LCSC, beat Genesee 52-38. lost to Lapwai 48-58, second at District. 18-20-State at Nampa, to play Valley at 5:15 p.m. PST Thursday, Feb. 18 at Columbia High School in Nampa. |
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