Boys basketball: Prairie 51, Redmond (Ore.) 36
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Prairie 51, Redmond (Ore.) 36 — The Falcons claimed fifth place at the Coeur d’Alene Inn-vitational thanks to a solid team effort on defense.
“We mixed up the defense and forced them to take a lot of perimeter shots,” Prairie coach Kyle Brooks said. “And we rebounded well.”
Preston Brooks scored 12 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and was 7 for 7 from the free-throw line in the quarter. He also finished with eight assists.
Nathan Cherzan added 14 points and nine rebounds for Prairie (7-3), and JaMariay McDonald had 10 points.
Coeur d’Alene Inn-vitational
At Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
PRAIRIE 51, REDMOND (ORE.) 36
PRAIRIE — Reece Burnett 4, JaMariay McDonald 10, Preston Brooks 19, James Phillips 0, Ryan Denny 1, Andy Hak 0, Dane Brooks 3, Nathan Cherzan 14. Totals 16 (5) 14-22 51.
REDMOND (Ore.) — Manselle 17, Reed 2, Jackson 2, Tanita 2, Genz 2, Radby 6, Lau 3, Dahlea 2. Totals 12 (4) 8-10 36.
Prairie 9 15 13 14—51
Redmond (Ore.) 11 9 5 11—36
