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The Prairie boys basketball team struggled on offense against Potlatch in their District opener and lost 33-38 Thursday, Feb. 14 at the LCSC Activity Center in Lewiston. They bounced back Monday, Feb. 18 with a 67-32 win over Genesee at Cottonwood to start the long trek to a possible state berth. Ironically that last trip to State for Potlatch came by way of beating Prairie in an elimination game at District. Potlatch led 9-6 at the end of the first quarter and 17-12 at the half. It was 25-19 after 3 quarters. Prairie trailed by as many as 9 points in the fourth but rallied to cut the deficit to just 2 at 28-30 with 2:30 left but apparently ran out of steam at that point as Potlatch made their free throws plus a couple of big baskets to outscore the Pirates 5-8 over the final minutes. Devin Ross was Prairie’s leading scorer with 11 points with Spencer Schumacher scoring 9, Cole Schlader 7 and Dylan Schumacher 6. Potlatch was led by Dacota Hadaller with 13 and Connor Akins with 12. Prairie hit just 28% of their shots in the game. Prairie 6 6 7 14 -33 Potlatch 9 8 8 13 -38 Prairie-D. Schumacher 2, 1-2, 6; Schlader 3, 1-2, 7; Mager 0, 0-0, 0; Forsmann 0, 0-0, 0; Ross 4, 2-2, 11; S. Schumacher 3, 3-4, 9; Shears 0, 0-1, 0. 3-pointers-Ross, D. Schumacher. Potlatch-B. Hadaller 3, 2-4, 8; Ju. Nicholson 0, 3-4, 3; Ja. Nicholson 0, 0-0, 0; Morris 0, 0-0, 0; Wilcoxson 0, 0-2, 0; Akins 5, 2-2, 12; Svancara 1, 0-0, 2; D. Hadaller 3, 6-8, 13. 3-pointers-D. Hadaller. 
Ross got things going for the Pirates with a 3 point play at the 6:54 mark and Dylan Schumacher tied it with a drive to the hoop 12 seconds later. A steal by Sam Mager led to the go-ahead basket by Ross and then Mager scored a lay-up to make it 9-5. Genesee got back within 1 at 10-9 but Prairie ended the first quarter with a 6-0 run. Schlader scored from 15 feet then stole the inbounds pass which led to a basket by Ross. Mager closed out the first quarter with a lay-up to make it 16-9. Ross scored to open the second quarter to put Prairie up 9 but Genesee answered with a 3-pointer at the 5:50 mark. There was no scoring by either side for almost 3 minutes as Prairie struggled with their shooting and Genesee kept turning the ball over. Mager finally broke through with a lay-up at the 3:04 mark and that kicked off a 13-0 run for the Pirates. Spencer Schumacher followed with a basket. Damian Forsmann hit a 3. Spencer scored a free throw and Forsmann made a pair at the line. Spencer Schumacher then hit the second of 2 free throws twice for a 31-12 lead. Genesee’s Jeffery Waisanen sank an off-balance 3 pointer at the buzzer to make it 31-15 at the half. Genesee scored to open the second half then Prairie put together a 12-2 run to push the lead to 24 points. Genesee scored 5 straight then Prairie closed out the third quarter with a 10-0 run to take a 53-24 lead into the fourth quarter. Tayler Ott scored 5 of those 10 points. A 3 by Genesee delayed the inevitable as a basket each by Schlader and Derik Shears invoked the running clock mercy rule with 6:47 left as that made it 57-27. Prairie then scored the next 7 straight points with 5 of those coming at the line to make it 64-27 with 2:36 to play. All the JV call-ups got into the game in the final 4 minutes with Dean Johnson scoring his first varsity points at the free throw line and Zach Rambo getting his on a buzzer-beating 3 pointer. Ross led the scoring with 17 points with Schlader scoring 9. Spencer Schumacher scored 8, Forsmann 7, Mager and Ott 6 each, Dylan Schumacher 5, Shears 4, Rambo 3 and Johnson 2. Prairie had a 27-20 advantage on the board with Ross and Spencer Schumacher each pulling down 6. Forsmann and Dylan Schumacher each had 3 steals while Ross and Mager had 2 each. Dylan Schumacher had 7 assists. Prairie was 23 for 43 from the field, 53%, and 15 for 23 at the line, 65%. Genesee was 13 for 35 from the field, 37%, and 1 for 7 at the line, 14%. Prairie is now 17-6 on the season. They were to play Troy on Tuesday at Lewiston and if they won that game they will play at Post Falls against Wallace at 6 p.m. Thursday. If they get past Wallace they would play at 1 p.m. Saturday at McCall against the District 4 runner-up. Prairie 16 15 22 14 -67 Genesee 9 6 9 8 -32 Prairie-D. Schumacher 2-5, 1-2, 5; Mager 3-3, 0-0, 6; Forsmann 2-5, 2-2, 7; Ross 6-15, 5-7, 17; S. Schumacher 3-5, 2-4, 8; Schlader 4-6, 0-0, 9; Shears 1-2, 2-2, 4; Anderson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Ott 2-2, 2-3, 6; Johnson 0-0, 2-2, 2; Uhlenkott 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schwartz 0-0, 0-2, 0; Rambo 1-1, 0-0, 3; Hasselstrom 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Forsmann, Rambo. Genesee-Lindquist 1-4, 0-4, 2; D. Durham 2-8, 0-0, 5; Frasure 0-3, 0-0, 0; Waisanen 4-10, 0-0, 10; Sperber 1-2, 0-2, 2; Wareham 2-3, 1-1, 5; Spence 2-4, 0-0, 6; Crowley 1-1, 0-0, 2; Schreiber 0-0, 0-0, 0; Moser 0-0, 0-0, 0; W. Durham 0-0, 0-0, 0; Ketcheson 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Spence 2, Waisanen 2, D. Durham.
Dylan Schumacher shoots against Genesee on Monday. Also shown is 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 25-Potlatch, here*--date changed due to conflict with girls District Tournament, won 49-42 26-Ambrose @ Riggins, 3 & 4:30 MST, won 55-41 5-C.V., here*, won 65-31 7-Moscow, there, (C,JV,V) 4 p.m., lost 56-61 14-20-District at LCSC-lost to Potlatch 33-38; beat Genesee 67-32; beat Troy 76-49 (details next week) 21-State Play-In at Post Falls, 6 p.m. vs. Wallace 23-State Play-In at McCall, 1 p.m. MST vs. Oakley-Glenns Ferry winner Feb. 28-March 2-State at Caldwell |
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