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win 2 league road games
The Prairie Pirates picked up a pair of lopsided league wins, both on the road, this past week. On Tuesday, Jan. 15, they won 72-51 at Kamiah and on Saturday, Jan. 19, they won 74-21 at Troy. Spencer Schumacher led the Pirates in scoring with 21 points followed by Devin Ross with 16 and Dylan Schumacher with 15. Sam Mager added 7 points with Damian Forsmann scoring 6, Cole Schlader 4 and Taylor Ott 3. Ross led the team with 7 rebounds and Cole Schlader had 6 assists. Prairie had 19 assists on their 29 made baskets. The JV team also won 53-18. Prairie 16 23 21 13 -72 Kamiah 7 12 18 14 -51 Prairie-Ott 1, 1-2, 3; Uhlenkott 0, 0-0, 0; Schlader 1, 2-2, 4; Mager 2, 3-3, 7; Anderson 0, 0-0, 0; Forsmann 3, 0-0, 6; Ross 7, 0-0, 16; S. Schumacher 9, 3-3, 21; D. Schumacher 6, 2-2, 15. 3-pointers-Ross 2, D. Schumacher. Kamiah-Oatman 3, 0-0, 7; K. Mercer 2, 1-2, 5; Brisbois 7, 0-0, 19; Whitney 0, 0-0, 0; C. Mercer 1, 2-2, 4; Sams 4, 0-0, 11; Krogh 2, 0-2, 5. 3-pointers-Brisbois 5, Sams 3, Oatman, Krogh. He had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 7 assists to lead the Pirates in 3 of 4 categories as they beat a shorthanded Trojan team by 53 points. 
Prairie jumped out to leads of 6-0 and 20-2 in the first quarter against a Troy team playing without a couple of starters due to illness. Ross had 8 of those 20 points including a 3-pointer. Forsmann also had a 3-pointer and 5 of those points. After Troy broke Prairie’s 14 point run with a basket, the Pirates kicked off another 12-0 run with a turnaround shot in the lane by Spencer Schumacher. Forsmann scored a lay-up and Ross stole the ball and scored to end the first quarter with Prairie up 26-4. Mager opened the second quarter scoring with a pair of free throws. Spencer Schumacher scored on a bank shot and Mager added a basket to complete the 12-0 run and make it 32-4. Ross added 2 more 3-pointers and a 3-point play plus another steal that he converted into a basket as Prairie took a 48-8 halftime lead. Ross had 21 of his 23 points in the first half, 10 in the first and 11 in the second. Prairie scored the first 9 points of the third quarter to complete a 21-0 run that bracketed the halftime break. Ross scored the first 2 points of the second half then took just 1 more shot the rest of the way. Prairie led 65-21 after 3 quarters and then outscored Troy 9-0 in a running clock fourth quarter. Spencer Schumacher wound up with 15 points in the game with Dylan Schumacher adding 10. Mager scored 9, Schlader 8, Forsmann 7 and Owen Anderson 2. Prairie had a 30-19 edge on the boards. Schlader had 5 steals and 5 assists while Spencer Schumacher also had 5 assists as Prairie had 24 as a team. Troy had 21 turnovers, 16 of those via Prairie steals, to just 6 for Prairie. Prairie was 29 for 50 from the field, 58%, and 12 for 18 at the line, 67%. Troy was 7 for 31 from the field, 23%, and 6 for 6 at the line. Prairie is now 11-4 on the season, 7-1 in league play. In the JV game Prairie broke open a close game with a 15-0 second quarter and won 49-11. Prairie led just 8-6 at the end of the first quarter but shut out the Trojans in the second quarter as they took a 23-6 halftime lead. Zach Rambo scored 6 of Prairie’s 8 first quarter points. The scoring was distributed much better in the second as 7 different players scored led by Dean Johnson with 4 points. Hayden Uhlenkott, Brody Hasselstrom, Tyler Wemhoff, Kyle Schwartz and Lane Schumacher each scored 2 and Rambo 1. Troy was 0 for 8 from the field and 0 for 4 from the line in the quarter. Troy added 5 points in the third quarter but their final points of the game came on a 3-pointer with 5:00 left in the third. That made the score 29-11 and Prairie finished the game with a 20-0 run. Alex McElroy scored 6 of Prairie’s 11 points in the fourth quarter. Schwartz wound up as the leading scorer with 10 points. Hasselstrom scored 9 with 7 of those coming in the third quarter right after Troy’s final basket. Johnson and Rambo scored 7 each with McElroy scoring 6, Uhlenkott and Schumacher 4 each and Wemhoff 2. Uhlenkott had 9 rebounds to lead Prairie to a 36-23 domination of the boards. Hasselstrom had 3 steals and Schwartz and Schumacher each had 3 assists. The JV’s were 18 for 37 from the field, 49%, and 13 for 21 at the line, 62%. Troy was 4 for 38 from the field, 11%, and 1 for 6 at the line, 17%. Prairie 26 22 17 9 -74 Troy 4 4 13 0 -21 Prairie-D. Schumacher 5-8, 0-1, 10; Mager 2-2, 5-6, 9; Forsmann 3-6, 0--, 7; Ross 9-13, 2-3, 23; S. Schumacher 7-12, 1-2, 15; Schlader 2-5, 4-5, 8; Ott 0-2, 0-0, 0; Anderson 1-2, 0-1, 2; Uhlenkott 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Ross 3, Forsmann. Troy-Stoner 4-10, 4-4, 12; Sanderson 1-4, 0-0, 2; Foster 1-12, 0-0, 3; Baier 1-3, 2-2, 4; Wright 0-1, 0-0, 0; Asplund 0-1, 0-0, 0; Gray 0-0, 0-0, 0; Noble 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Foster.
Spencer Schumacher heads for the hoop after making a steal at Troy. Also shown are Owen Anderson and Devin Ross. 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 7-Grangeville, there, Idaho County Shootout, V only, 7:30 p.m., lost 56-66 8-Troy Quad, here*, 4 & 5:30, won 56-35 13-Lapwai, there*, lost 56-66 15-Genesee, here*, won 63-44 20-22-Truckstop.com Christmas Tourn. at C of I, beat Nyssa 47-43, beat Marsing 52-44, beat Liberty Charter 35-27 4-Moscow, here, (C,JV,V) 4 p.m., lost 39-52 8-C.V., there*, won 63-31 11-Potlatch, there*, won 52-46 15-Kamiah, there*, won 72-51 19-Troy Quad, there*, 2 & 3:30, won 74-21 22-Lapwai, here*, lost 46-62, details next week 25-Potlatch, here*--date changed due to conflict with girls District Tournament 26-Ambrose @ Riggins, 3 & 4:30 MST 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 |
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