For the second straight season the Prairie Lady Pirates lost at Lapwai on a buzzer-beating shot after holding the lead late in the game. This time they lost on a 3-pointer 50-52 on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
Lapwai started the game like they were going to blow Prairie out of the gym as they jumped out to a 0-7 lead. Prairie finally scored when Kristin Wemhoff put back her own missed shot at the 5:05 mark of the first quarter.
Prairie managed to get back within 2 at 9-11 in the first quarter after a putback by Tara Schlader but Lapwai scored to make it 9-13 at the end of the quarter.
Prairie opened the second quarter with a 6-0 run to take their first lead of the game. Schlader scored on a feed from Lexi Schumacher. A steal by Kylie Schumacher led to a lay-up by Wemhoff to tie the game. Wemhoff then stole the ball and drove for a lay-up to put Prairie ahead at the 7:05 mark of the second quarter.
Lapwai tied it but a basket each by Wemhoff and Schlader made it 19-15 with 6:22 left in the half. Lapwai scored 4 straight to tie it but an 8-0 run by Prairie put the Pirates up 27-19. Schlader scored inside then Lexi Schumacher and Wemhoff each scored a 3-pointer to put Prairie up 8 with 1:17 left in the half.
Lapwai scored the final 4 points of the half to close the margin to 27-23 at the break.
The Wildcats scored the first 4 points of the second half to tie the game at 27. Lexi Schumacher made 2 free throws to put Prairie back on top but Lapwai answered with 5 straight to take a 29-32 lead.
Prairie came right back with their own run as they outscored Lapwai 9-2 over the next 3 minutes to take a 38-34 lead. Wemhoff started it with 2 free throws. Schlader scored on an inbounds play and Wemhoff drove in for a lay-up. After a Lapwai basket, Wemhoff scored a free throw and Schlader scored inside.
Lapwai then hit a 3 at the buzzer to cut Prairie’s lead to 38-37 after 3 quarters.
Lapwai then scored to take the lead early in the fourth quarter but Schlader responded with a basket to put Prairie back on top 40-39. Lapwai took back the lead but Kylie Schumacher tied it with a free throw.
Lapwai again took the lead but a baseline shot by Lexi Schumacher and a lay-up by Schlader put Prairie back on top 45-43 with 4:26 to play.
Lapwai scored twice to retake the lead at 45-47 with 3:03 left.
Kylie Schumacher tied it with a lay-up at the 2:46 mark. Wemhoff then put Prairie up 49-47 with 1:20 to play when she ran under a full court inbounds pass from Schlader and converted a lay-up.
Prairie really should have led by several more points but missed a string of 7 straight free throws between Kylie Schumacher’s make with 5:32 left and Wemhoff’s free throw with 35 seconds left that gave Prairie a 50-47 lead.
Lapwai scored with 6.7 seconds left and Prairie again tried the full-court inbounds pass. Wemhoff was unable to handle the ball though and it went out of bounds off her knee with just over 5 seconds left.
At that point Prairie still had 3 fouls to give before Lapwai would be shooting 1 and 1’s. Coach Lori Mader wanted her players to foul the Lapwai player who got the inbounds pass to force them to have to run another inbounds play. However the Lapwai player who got the ball was able to quickly feed it downcourt to freshman Skylin Parrish, who swished a 3-point shot as the buzzer sounded.
Wemhoff wound up leading all scorers with 23 points while Schlader added 16. Lexi Schumacher scored 7 and Kylie Schumacher scored 4.
Prairie outrebounded Lapwai 54-47 with Wemhoff leading the team with 15 rebounds while Schlader added 14 and Kylie Schumacher had 8.
Wemhoff had 6 steals while Schlader had 5 steals and 4 assists and Lexi Schumacher had 4 steals and 3 assists.
Prairie was 20 for 63 from the field, 32%, and 8 for 19 at the line, 42%. Lapwai was 22 for 71 from the field, 31%, and 4 for 9 at the line, 44%.
Prairie is now 4-2 on the season and 3-1 in league play.
Prairie won the JV game 44-29.
Surprisingly, Prairie never trailed in the game. Sage Elven scored the first points of the game. After Lapwai tied it, a 3-point play by Kailey Lockett put Prairie on top for good. Elven added a basket to make it 7-2.
Prairie led just 10-8 after 1 quarter as Aubree Rehder added a basket and Lockett a free throw for a 10-4 lead but Lapwai scored the final 4 points of the quarter.
Elven stole the ball and scored to start the second quarter. After a Lapwai basket, Lockett sank a 3-pointer and Rehder scored a putback for a 17-10 lead.
Lapwai got back within 2 at 17-15 but a free throw each by Ellie Nuxoll and Sydney Shears gave Prairie a 19-15 halftime lead.
Prairie still led just 23-20 with 2:33 left in the third quarter when they put together an 8-0 run to end the period and take a 31-20 lead. Elven scored the first 6 points of that run on 2 baskets and 2 free throws and Rehder closed out the quarter with a buzzer-beater following a steal by Nuxoll.
Lapwai opened the fourth quarter with a basket to break the run but Lockett then sank a 3-pointer to make it 34-22.
Lapwai scored 3 straight to get back within 9 but Prairie closed the game with a 10-4 run. Lockett scored 7 of those 10 points with Nuxoll adding a basket and Shears a free throw.
Lockett wound up with 19 points to lead all scorers. Elven added 12 points while Rehder scored 6, Nuxoll 5 and Shears 2.
Prairie had a 44-32 advantage on the boards led by Elven and Nuxoll who had 11 rebounds each and Lockett who added 10.
Elven had 7 steals while Nuxoll had 5 steals and 5 assists. Lockett also had 5 steals while Shears had 3 assists.
The JV’s were 16 for 45 from the field, 36%, and 9 for 17 at the line, 53%. Lapwai was 13 for 54 from the field, 24%, and 2 for 6 at the line, 33%.
Prairie     9 18 11 12 -50
Lapwai 13 10 14 15 -52
Prairie-L. Schumacher 2-12, 2-2, 7; Wemhoff 9-23, 4-8, 23; Schlader 8-16, 0-5, 16; Hanson 0-2, 0-0, 0; K.Schumacher 1-6, 2-4, 4; Geis 0-3, 0-0, 0; Enneking 0-0, 0-0, 0; 3-pointers-Wemhoff, L. Schumacher.
Lapwai-Ja. McCormack-Marks 4-13, 1-2, 10; Jo. McCormack-Marks 3-13, 0-1, 6; Gould 4-18, 0-0, 9; Leighton 2-3, 0-0, 4; Mitchell 4-13, 0-2, 8; George 0-0, 1-2, 1; Bisbee 2-5, 0-0, 5; Parrish 2-4, 0-0, 5; Yearout 1-2, 2-2, 4. 3-pointers-Ja. McCormack-Marks, Gould, Bisbee, Parrish.