Prairie Girls Basketball

Prairie girls hold off Marion

Tight defense and excellent free-throw shooting can win a lot of basketball games at any level of the sport

The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls proved it Saturday afternoon.

The Hawks put the clamps on Marion star Chloe Rice and sank 23 of 25 free throws for a 56-49 victory over the Indians at the Prairie gym.

Rice, a 5-foot-10 sophomore who is being recruited by Division I schools, struggled the entire game and did not make a field goal until she banked in a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to finish with five points.

Meanwhile, Prairie marched to the foul line and hit an incredible 92 percent of its free throws to help stave off a furious rally by Marion in the fourth quarter.

Caitlyn Smith of Marion drained four 3-pointers during an incredible two-minute stretch in the fourth quarter as the Indians chopped a 15-point deficit to just three points at 45-42, but the Hawks regrouped and pulled away again.

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Prairie girls trimmed by Cedar Falls

Calli Johnson scored 16 points Friday night as the Cedar Falls Tigers trimmed Prairie, 51-49, in a Mississippi Valley Conference basketball game at Prairie.

Prairie had a chance to tie the game with two seconds left, but the Hawks missed the front end of a one-and-one opportunity at the foul line.

Olivia Usher scored 13 points and Lynsey Altenhofen had 11 for Prairie (1-2).

Cedar Falls raised its record to 2-0.

CEDAR FALLS (51): R.Johnson 1 0-2 3, Gerdes 2 2-2 7, C.Johnson 5 2-4 16, Conrad 2 2-2 7, Bermel 0 0-0 0, Barney 3 2-2 9, Paup 0 0-0 0, Wolfe 3 3-7 9. Totals 16 11-19 51.

PRAIRIE (49): Moenk 1 3-4 6, Altenhofen 4 0-1 11, Adams 0 0-0 0, Usher 4 4-5 13, Kuch 0 1-2 1, Person 1 0-0 3, Stoffer 1 1-2 3, Schmitt 3 0-0 7, Wagemester 1 3-6 5, Shreeves 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 12-19 49.

Halftime - Cedar Falls 22, Prairie 21. 3-point goals - Cedar Falls 8 (C.Johnson 4, R.Johnson 1, Gerdes 1, Conrad 1, Barney 1), Prairie 7 (Altenhofen 3, Usher 1, Schmitt 1, Moenk 1, Person 1).

Prairie girls socked by IC West

IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls basketball team made only eight field goals Tuesday night and lost to Iowa City West, 60-23, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Iowa City.

Olivia Usher led Prairie with eight points.

Rachel Saunders paced Iowa City West with 19 points.

PRAIRIE (23): Moenk 0 1-2 1, Altenhofen 0 0-0 0, Adams 1 0-0 2, Usher 4 0-1 8, Kuch 1 0-0 2, Person 0 5-6 5, Stoffer 1 0-0 2, Schmitt 0 1-2 1, Wagemester 1 0-0 2, Shreeves 0 0-0 0, Lampe 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 7-13 23.

IOWA CITY WEST (60): C.Morgan 0 0-0 0, Zacharias 1 0-0 2, Nock 0 0-1 0, Tauchen 2 5-6 9, Fay 1 0-0 3, Saunders 7 2-2 19, McGrane 1 0-0 3, Huinker 3 0-0 7, Cook 4 0-0 8, Harder 0 0-0 0, Koch 3 2-6 9, A.Morgan 0 0-0 0, Beckner 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 9-15 60.

Halftime - Iowa City West 24, Prairie 9. 3-point goals - Prairie none, Iowa City West 7 (Saunders 3, Fay 1, McGrane 1, Huinker 1, Koch 1).

Usher, Wagemester lift Prairie girls

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).