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win 3 games
The Prairie boys basketball team won a pair of low-scoring league games this past week, 36-28 at Potlatch on Friday, Feb. 9 and 37-29 over Genesee on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Cottonwood, then avenged an earlier loss at Moscow, 55-52, Monday Feb. 12. Prairie started well against the Loggers as a steal by Damian Forsmann led to a basket by Hinter Chaffee to open the game. 
After Potlatch tied it, Spencer Schumacher scored inside and Chaffee sank a 3-pointer. Nick Mager then swished a pair of free throws for a 9-2 lead. Prairie twice more went inside to Schumacher to take a 13-4 lead. Potlatch scored a pair of free throws to make it 13-6 at the end of the quarter. The Pirates struggled to score in the second quarter although Mager added 2 more free throws to make it 15-6 early in the second quarter. The Loggers struggled to score as well as they got on the board for the first time at the 3:35 mark to make it 15-8. They then scored a basket and a 3-pointer to pull within 2 points at 15-13 with 1:21 left. Prairie finally scored their first basket on what has become a signature for Spencer Schumacher, a buzzer beating 3 pointer that made it 18-13 at the half. Potlatch slowed the pace way down in the quarter as evidenced by the fact there were only 11 shots attempted in the second quarter, 5 by Prairie and 6 by Potlatch. The slow pace continued in the third quarter as Prairie’s only points came on a pair of baskets by Devin Ross. He was 2 for 2 in the quarter while the rest of the team was 0 for 4. Potlatch hit 4 of 9 shots in the quarter to pull within 1 at 20-19 and again at 22-21 with 1:43 left in the quarter. Neither team scored again in the period. Potlatch took their first lead of the game at the 7:03 mark of the fourth quarter. The lead didn’t last long though as Spencer Schumacher scored a putback 20 seconds later to put the Pirates back on top. A 3-point play by Chaffee following a steal by Mager made it 27-23 with 6:24 left. Potlatch cut the lead back to 2 with a basket at the 4:47 mark. A free throw by Chaffee and a basket each by Schumacher and Ross made it 32-25 with 2:36 left. Potlatch scored a free throw but Mager answered with a pair of free throws, making him 6 for 6 at the line in the game. Potlatch scored with 1:16 left to pull within 6 but wouldn’t score again. Chaffee closed out the scoring with a pair of free throw with 18 seconds left. Spencer Schumacher scored 13 to lead the scoring with Chaffee adding 11 and Mager and Ross 6 each. Prairie had a 24-15 edge on the boards with Mager grabbing 7 to lead the team while Ross and Schumacher had 6 each. Mager had 5 steals and 6 assists. Prairie was 11 for 25 from the field, 44%, and 10 of 12 at the line, 83%. Potlatch was 12 for 35 from the field, 31%, and 3 of 4 at the line, 75%. Prairie also won the JV game 46-38. Tayler Ott got Prairie off to a strong start with a lay-up and a 3-pointer for a 5-2 lead. Potlatch came back to take a 7-10 lead then Cole Schlader took over. Schlader tied it with a 3-pointer then stole the ball and scored to put Prairie back on top. After Potlatch tied it, Schlader scored 2 more lay-ups, the second after another steal, to put Prairie up 16-12 at the end of the opening quarter. Sam Mager sank a 3 to open the second quarter scoring. After a Logger score, Schlader hit a 3 and Mager sank 2 free throws for a 24-14 lead. Prairie led by 9 at the half, 30-21. Potlatch got within 5 in the third quarter but a reverse lay-up by Derik Shears, a 3-point play by Ott and a basket by Schlader gave Prairie their biggest lead at 37-25. Potlatch outscored Prairie 1-6 the rest of the quarter to pull within 38-31 after 3 quarters. Schlader drove for a lay-up to start the fourth quarter scoring but Potlatch answered with a 1-7 run to cut the lead to 41-38 with 2:35 left. Potlatch was unable to score again though as Mager scored a basket and Ott scored a basket and a free throw to close out the game. Schlader scored 20 to lead all scorers with Ott adding 13 points, Mager 11 and Shears 2. Potlatch controlled the boards 23-41 with Ott grabbing 8 to lead Prairie. Schlader had 9 steals and 4 assists. Prairie was 17 for 55 from the field, 31%, and 8 for 14 at the line, 57%. Potlatch was 16 for 35 from the field, 46%, and 5 for 10 at the line, 50%. Prairie made up for the rebound deficit by forcing 28 Logger turnovers compared to just 10 for the Pirates. 22 of the turnovers came by way of steals. Prairie 13 5 4 14 -36 Potlatch 6 7 8 7 -28 Prairie-Mager 0-4, 6-6, 6; Chaffee 3-5, 4-5, 11; Forsmann 0-2, 0-1, 0; Ross 3-6, 0-0, 6; S. Schumacher 6-9, 0-0, 13; D. Schumacher 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Chaffee, S. Schumacher. Potlatch-Judson 0-1, 0-0, 0; Akins 2-8, 2-2, 6; B. Hadaller 4-9, 0-0, 8; Thompson 1-5, 0-0, 2; D. Hadaller 4-8, 1-3, 9; Nicholson 1-4, 0-0, 3; Morris 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Nicholson. Prairie had a lot of good open looks against Genesee’s zone but struggled to put the ball in the basket.  Genesee
scored the game’s first 3 points with Spencer Schumacher finally breaking
the ice for the Pirates with a bank shot down low at the 3:58 mark.
Genesee added 2 free throws before Chaffee got a basket at the 2:25 mark. A Genesee 3 was followed by a Chaffee basket off a great pass from Spencer Schumacher. Forsmann then gave prairie their first lead with a 3-pointer at the 50 second mark. Genesee tied it with a free throw to make it 9-9 after 1 quarter. Scoring alternated in the second quarter with Genesee scoring then Prairie tying it at 11, 13 and 15. Prairie finally took the lead back when Chaffee sank a 3-pointer with 1:08 left. A steal by Chaffee led to a pair of free throws that gave Prairie a 20-15 lead at the half. Genesee scored the first 2 baskets of the third quarter to pull within 1 at 20-19. Prairie then started to take advantage of Spencer Schumacher inside as Mager assisted on a lay-up then Chaffee passed to him for a turn-around shot from the right side and Dylan Schumacher passed to him on an inbounds play for a lay-up to make it 26-19 with 18 seconds left in the quarter. Genesee answered with a 3 to pull back within 26-22 at the end of the quarter. The Bulldogs opened the fourth quarter with a 2-7 run to take the lead with 4:40 left to play at 28-29. At the 3:50 mark Chaffee found the range on a 3-pointer to put Prairie back on top and the Pirates held Genesee scoreless the rest of the way while Spencer Schumacher and Forsmann each scored inside and Mager sank a pair of free throws for the final 8-point margin. Chaffee scored 16 to lead the scoring with Spencer Schumacher adding 14 points. Forsmann scored 5 and Mager 2. Genesee had nobody score more than 7 points. Of note for the Bulldogs, Kolby Moser, the Genesee quarterback who broke a finger on his left hand early in the state football championship game, made his first appearance of the basketball season and scored 4 points before appearing to injure his left hand again. Prairie held a 32-29 rebounding edge led by Ross and Spencer Schumacher with 8 each. Ross had 2 steals and 3 assists while Mager had 4 assists. Prairie was 15 for 42 from the field, 36%, and 4 for 6 at the line, 67%. Genesee was 9 for 39 from the field, 23%, and 8 for 11 at the line, 73%. All 11 free throws were in the first half. The JV team had an easier time of it with a 57-28 win. Prairie opened the game with a 16-0 run with Sam Mager scoring 6 of those points, Ott 4 and Schlader and Shears 3 each. Genesee finally got on the scoreboard at the 3 minute mark and actually outscored Prairie 7-9 the rest of the opening quarter as Prairie led 23-9 at the end of the period. Prairie quickly pushed the lead out to 23 in the second quarter with a 9-0 run to open things. Hayden Uhlenkott scored 5, including a 3-pointer while Tanner Hibbard and Schlader added 2 each. Genesee finally scored in the quarter on a 3 with 2:05 left. John Gehring quickly answered that with a corner 3 and Tyler Wemhoff added a basket to make it 37-12. Another 3 by Genesee made it 37-15 at the half. Prairie led 49-23 after 3 quarters with Shears scoring 4 points and Ott, Mager, Schlader and Hibbard adding 2 each. Wemhoff added 4 points in the fourth with Hibbard adding 2 and Guilherme Acciardi scoring 2 on a putback. For the game Schlader led the scoring with 12 points with Shears scoring 9, Mager 8, Ott, Hibbard and Wemhoff 6 each, Uhlenkott 5, Gehring 3 and Acciardi 2. Prairie had a 40-23 advantage on the boards led by Ott and Hibbard with 8 each. Schlader and Hibbard had 3 steals each while Schlader had 7 assists. Prairie was 26 for 58 from the field, 45%, and 1 for 4 at the line, 25%. Genesee was 10 for 37 from the field, 27%, and 4 for 5 at the line, 80%. Prairie 9 11 6 11 -37 Genesee 9 6 7 7 -29 Prairie-Mager 0-0, 2-2, 2; Chaffee 6-13, 2-2, 16; Forsmann 2-7, 0-1, 5; Ross 0-9, 0-0, 0; S. Schumacher 7-12, 0-1, 14; D. Schumacher 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Chaffee 2, Forsmann. Genesee-Lindquist 1-4, 2-2, 4; Becker 1-7, 0-0, 2; Waisaner 2-10, 1-2, 6; Allen 2-7, 3-4, 7; Stout 0-8, 0-0, 0; Moser 1-1, 2-3, 4; Woods 2-2, 0-0, 6. 3-pointers-Woods 2, Waisaner. Ross broke out of a shooting funk he had been in the last couple of games in a big way with 26 points to lead the Pirates to the win. He also added 9 rebounds. Prairie led just 12-11 at the end of the first quarter and the score was tied at 19-19 at halftime. Prairie edged past Moscow into a 34-33 lead after 3 quarters then outscored the Bears 21-19 in the fourth quarter for the 4-point win. Chaffee, who was shut out of the scoring column in the loss to Moscow earlier, came up with 14 points this time. Nick Mager added 7 points with Spencer Schumacher scoring 5 and Forsmann 3. Prairie outrebounded the Bears 25-20 and had just 10 turnovers in the game. The Pirates improved to 15-3 on the season and are 9-2 in league play, which locks them into the #2 seed to District. The JV team edged out a 32-30 win. Prairie 12 7 15 21 -55 Moscow 11 8 14 19 -52 Prairie-Mager 2, 3-4, 7; Chaffee 6, 0-2, 14; D. Schumacher 0, 0-0, 0; Forsmann 1, 1-4, 3; Ross 8, 6-7, 26; S. Schumacher 1, 3-6, 5; Anderson 0, 0-0, 0; Shears 0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Chaffee 2, Ross 2. Moscow-Lopez 0, 0-0, 0; Stephens 8, 0-0, 18; Broenneke 1, 0-0, 2; Johnson 1, 0-0, 2; Haeder 0, 0-0, 0; Makamson 0, 0-0, 0; Quinnett 3, 0-0, 8; Rauch-Edwards 5, 1-2, 12; Smith 1, 1-2, 3; Decker 0, 0-0, 0; Postell 1, 2-2, 4; Pancheri 0, 0-0, 0; Kitchel 1, 1-1, 3. 3-pointers-Stephens 2, Quinnett 2, Rauch-Edwards.
PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2017-18 *indicates league game 9-Troy Quad, here*, 4 & 5:30, won43-31 14-Lapwai, here*, lost 33-67 15-Grangeville, here, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 7:30 p.m., won 51-46 19-Asotin, Quad, there, 4:30, won 67-59 6-Genesee, there*, won 49-44 8-C.V., here*, won 72-24 12-Potlatch, here*, won 45-37 18-Kamiah, there*, lost 29-31 20-Troy Quad, there*, 4 & 5:30, won 63-44 23-Lapwai, there*, won 51-35 26-Orofino, there, won 49-23 29-Asotin, Quad, here, 4:30, rescheduled from Jan. 2, won 50-37 3-Genesee, here*, won 37-29 5-Moscow, there, won 55-52 8-C.V., there* 10-Orofino, here 12-21-District at LCSC-Open District play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 at LCSC 24-State Play-In at Post Falls March 1-3-State at Caldwell |
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