HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High School’s basketball teams struggled to find a rhythm Saturday against Caney Valley. Humboldt lost the boys game 54-30. The girls were defeated 73-39.
Caney Valley opened the girls game on a 6-0 run, backed by strong three-point shooting and lockdown defense.
Humboldt’s first points came off a Karley Wools jumper, followed by a free throw by Wools after a foul on the shot. Humboldt got the lead down to five early but turnovers led to points for the Bullpups and Caney’s ability to shoot threes let them expand the lead again.
By halftime, the Cubs were down 43-16.
Humboldt’s Brooklyn Ellis scored first coming out of the half. Wools led the Cubs in a 17-point third quarter with nine points. The Cub comeback attempt would be foiled when Caney Valley held a 30-point lead in the fourth, triggering a running clock for the rest of the game. Neither team fouled much, limiting the other’s attempts at the free throw line but what doomed Humboldt was an inability to control the ball, along with the Bullpups’ ability to make threes at will.
Wools led the Cubs with 16 points. Carsyn Haviland had seven. Ellis had six. Kirstyn Murrow had four. Keninsyn Hottenstein had two.
Humboldt is 5-11 and travels to Burlingame tonight.
The boys dug themselves a deep hole early and never recovered. The Bullpups leapt out to a 13-2 lead over the first six minutes while the Cubs struggled to score and as well as keeping the ball in their hands. Caney Valley’s three-point shooting doomed Humboldt early. The Bullpups hit two from deep to help get the early lead.
Once the Cubs scored, Caney went on a 13-6 run over the next five minutes to open up a 25-8 lead.
