Prairie coach Hala Corral told her team at half time that everyone needs to buy in defense and stick to plan.
“Causing chaos” was the gameplan, Corral said, and the Falcons stuck to that in the second half as it held Union to a scoreless fourth quarter to coast to a double-digit win.
“The kids have played really, really good defense,” Corral said, ” it caused a lot of turnovers. We had them really frustrated.”
Brooke Walling led all scorers with 16 points and Cassidy Gardner pitched in 11 for the Falcons, who assisted on 16 of its 21 made field goals.
Union was 6 of 8 from the free-throw line and didn’t see a player in double-digits scoring.
PRAIRIE 56, UNION 31
UNION (1-1) — Alexis Raymore 6, Mckenna Vega 0, Marina Morningstar 6, Toryi Midland 6, Lauren Weatherspoon 3, Abbey Kaip 5, Madison Mackay 0, Mackenzie Lewis 3, Lilly Caplice 0, Kaneyl Carpenter 2. Totals 11 (3) 6-8 31.
PRAIRIE (1-0) — Kendyl Carson 7, Alli Corral 2, Kylie Diaz 0, Meri Dunford 7, Cassidy Gardner 11, Claire Heitschmidt 0, Haley Reed 7, Dayna Vera 0, Brooke Walling 16, Mallory Williams 6. Totals 21 (9) 5-8 56.
Union 10 10 11 0–31
Prairie 20 10 18 8–56
JV — Union won.
C — Union won.
