Olivia Usher and Jenna Wagemester scored 12 points apiece Tuesday night as the Cedar Rapids Prairie girls basketball team began the season with a 62-54 victory over Muscatine at home.

Sarah Schmitt contributed 10 points to the triumph.

Erin Oppel led Muscatine with 17 points.

MUSCATINE (54): Rusch 3 1-3 9, Butler 0 0-0 0, Kerr 0 0-0 0, Rogers 4 0-0 10, White 5 0-0 14, Hepker 0 2-4 2, Miller 0 0-0 0, Estabrook 0 0-0 0, Doyle 0 0-0 0, Torres 1 0-0 2, Oppel 8 1-3 17. Totals 21 4-10 54.

PRAIRIE (62): Moenk 3 0-0 7, Altenhofen 3 0-0 7, Adams 0 0-0 0, Usher 4 4-4 12, Kuch 1 0-0 2, Person 2 1-2 5, Stoffer 1 0-0 3, Schmitt 3 3-7 10, Wagemester 6 0-0 12, Shreeves 2 0-0 4. Totals 25 8-13 62.

Halftime - Prairie 35, Muscatine 27. 3-point goals - Muscatine 8 (White 4, Rusch 2, Rogers 2), Prairie 5 (Altenhofen 2, Moenk 1, Schmitt 1, Stoffer 1).