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lose in overtime
The Prairie Pirates led most of the way but were caught at the end by St. Maries and lost in overtime 50-53 on the winners’ home floor Saturday, Dec. 1. Prairie scored first in the game on a putback by Damian Forsmann and led 4-1 after a reverse lay-up by Derik Shears. St. Maries tied it with a 3-pointer but a free throw by Owen Anderson and a 3 by Forsmann gave Prairie an 8-4 lead. After a St. Maries basket, Devin Ross closed out the first quarter scoring with a basket at the buzzer for a 10-6 lead. 
A basket by Taylor Ott and a 3 by Ross put Prairie up 15-6 early in the second quarter. St. Maries responded with a 0-7 run to pull within 2 at 15-13. A pair of free throws by Spencer Schumacher was answered by a basket by St. Maries. Another free throw by Schumacher and a layup by Cole Schlader made it 20-15. In the final seconds of the half, Schumacher had the ball at the top of the key and was battling for an open look before putting up a contested 3-point shot at the buzzer that went through for a 23-15 halftime lead. St. Maries scored first in the third quarter but a free throw by Anderson, another 3 by Ross and a putback by Schumacher gave Prairie their biggest lead of the game at 29-17. The Lumberjacks then started raining in 3 pointers as they had 3 of them in a 2-11 run that got them back within 3 at 31-28. Schumacher closed out the third quarter scoring with a 3-point play for a 34-28 lead heading into the fourth quarter. A basket by Forsmann made it 36-28 early in the fourth but St. Maries again rallied with a 2-11 run that gave them their first lead at 38-39 with 2:30 left to play. Forsmann sank both ends of a bonus at the line to put Prairie back on top but St. Maries answered with a 3-pointer to retake the lead. With 1:33 left to play Shears tied the game with a basket inside. Both teams had their chances in the final minute but turnovers kept each side from scoring as regulation ended with the score tied at 42-42. Schumacher scored another 3-point play to open the overtime. After a free throw by St. Maries, Shears scored to make it 47-43 with 2:13 left in overtime. St. Maries then went on a 0-10 run to take their biggest lead at 47-53 with 10 seconds left. 10 seconds into that run Schumacher fouled out on a questionable foul call. Prairie missed 4 shots during that run. A 3-pointer by Schlader at the buzzer closed the final margin to 3 points. Prairie had 3 players score in double figures led by Schumacher with 14 points. Forsmann had 11 and Ross had 10. Shears scored 6, Schlader 5 and Anderson and Ott 2 each. Schumacher had a double-double with 16 rebounds to lead Prairie to a 39-32 edge on the boards. Shears and Ross added 6 rebounds each. Forsmann had 2 steals and Schumacher and Schlader each had 3 assists. Prairie was 18 for 42 from the field, 43%, and 9 for 15 at the line, 60%. St. Maries was 17 for 53 from the field, 32%, and 11 for 23 at the line, 48%. St. Maries outscored Prairie 1-6 at the line in overtime. Prairie is now 0-1 on the season. The JV team started their season with a 41-31 win. Prairie outscored St. Maries 14-0 in the first quarter. Cole Schlader scored 6 while Hayden Uhlenkott and Kyle Schwartz scored 4 points each. In the second quarter a couple of varsity swing players went into the game for St. Maries and one of those scored all 7 of their points in the quarter as St. Maries outscored Prairie 6-7 in the period. Prairie still led 20-7 at the half. Prairie meanwhile took out varsity swing player Schlader during the quarter. Lane Schumacher had a 3-pointer in the period with Wyatt Ross scoring 2 and Uhlenkott 1. Schlader was back in for the third quarter and scored 7, including a 3-pointer with Brody Hasselstrom adding 5 points and Dean Johnson 2 as Prairie outscored the Lumberjacks 14-9 to take a 34-16 lead into the fourth quarter. Schumacher scored a 3 and a pair of free throws and Schwartz added a basket in the fourth as Prairie led 41-24 with 2:24 left to play. At that point the St. Maries coach let Prairie coach Todd Nygaard know they were putting in a special needs player. St. Maries set him up for shots several times and he finally scored on one of them at the 1:26 mark. St. Maries then added 5 more points to cut the final margin to 10. Schlader, despite just 2 quarter of play, led the JVs in scoring with 13 points. Schumacher scored 8 with Schwartz scoring 6. Uhlenkott and Hasselstrom each scored 5 and Dean Johnson and Ross each scored 2. St. Maries had a 42-44 rebounding edge mainly due to a ton of offensive boards at the end when they were feeding the one player for shots. Uhlenkott led Prairie with 10 rebounds with Hasselstrom, Johnson and Schwartz each pulling down 6. Schlader had 2 steals and Hasselstrom had 2 assists. The JVs were 16 for 52 from the field, 31%, and 3 for 7 at the line, 43%. St. Maries was 12 for 59 from the field, 20%, and 6 for 12 at the line, 50%. Prairie 10 13 11 8 8 -50 St. Maries 6 9 13 14 11 -53 Prairie-Anderson 0-5, 2-4, 2; Forsmann 4-8, 2-2, 11; Ross 4-11, 0-0, 10; Schumacher 4-8, 5-8, 14; Shears 3-3, 0-1, 6; Mager 0-0, 0-0, 0; Ott 1-1, 0-0, 2; Schlader 2-6, 0-0, 5; Hibbard 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Ross 2, Forsmann, Schumacher, Schlader. St. Maries-Pritchard 4-12, 3-4, 14; Sands 18, 2-3, 5; Gibson 3-10, 5-7, 12; Hammond 2-4, 0-1, 5; Howard 4-10, 1-6, 9; Hill 0-2, 0-2, 0; Lohman 3-7, 0-0, 8. 3-pointers-Pritchard 3, Lohman 2, Sands, Gibson, Hammond.
PIRATES BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2018-19 JV games start at 6 p.m., varsity to follow unless indicated *indicates league game DECEMBER 4-Kamiah, here*, won 67-28, details next week 5-JV vs. Grangeville, here, 7:30 7-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 7:30 p.m. 8-Troy Quad, here*, 4 & 5:30 13-Lapwai, there* 15-Genesee, here* 20-22-New Plymouth Tourn. 4-Moscow, here, (C,JV,V) 4 p.m. 8-C.V., there* 11-Potlatch, there* 15-Kamiah, there* 19-Troy Quad, there*, 1 & 2:30 22-Lapwai, here* 26-Ambrose @ Riggins, 3 & 4:30 MST 2-Genesee, there* 5-C.V., here* 7-Moscow, there, (C,JV,V) 4 p.m. 11-20-District at LCSC 21-State Play-In at Post Falls 23-State Play-In at McCall Feb. 28-March 2-State at Caldwell PRAIRIE JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL NOVEMBER 29-Grangeville, here 6-Grangeville, there 11-Kamiah, here 18-Kamiah, here |
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