Basketball Recap: Beau Carlson and Hunter Johnson Secure Win for Prairie

Prairie's game last Saturday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. They strolled past the Fleming Wildcats with points to spare, taking the game 45-30. That's more bragging rights for the Mustangs, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Leading Prairie to victory were Hunter Johnson and Beau Carlson. Johnson posted 14 points, while Carlson went 5 of 9 en route to 14 points and five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Johnson a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was Riar Holloway, who put up four points.

Prairie was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Fleming lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Conner Marchant, who had ten points and six boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylon Monroe, who earned nine points.

Prairie has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season. As for Fleming, they dropped their record down to 0-9 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.

Prairie wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 63-36 loss against Kimball on the 18th. As for Fleming, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 67-44 defeat against Akron on the 21st.