HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High boys and girls split a pair of home games against Bluestem on Tuesday night.
The Cubs (15-4) offense exploded for 45 points in the first half, part of a 70-34 blowout win while the Lady Cubs (7-12) lost 49-48 in the final minute of a neck-and-neck affair.
Lady Cubs
It was as tight of a ballgame as could be between Humboldt and Bluestem’s girls. Bluestem held a slight 9-7 advantage at the end of the first quarter.
The Lions got ahead early behind Tinley Lovesee’s three-pointer and layup in the first. The Lady Cubs were led in the second quarter by Karley Wools’ pair of layups and free throws and Carsyn Haviland’s layup and a pair of free throws.
Humboldt led Bluestem at halftime, 20-19.
Riese Witty banked in a trio of layups and Taytum Lovesee hit a three right to outscore the Cubs in the third quarter, 16-15. Haviland hit a three, a layup and a pair of free throws in the third while McKenna Jones posted a couple layups.
The teams headed to the fourth quarter knotted up at 35-35.
Kennisyn Hottenstein knocked down a couple of three’s and Jones added another in the fourth. Hottenstein’s final three came with four seconds left to put Humboldt ahead, 48-47.
With three seconds left in the game, Witty, who scored eight points in the final quarter, took a pass in the paint following an inbound pass and banked in a layup at the buzzer to give Bluestem a one-point victory, 49-48.
Humboldt was led offensively by Haviland’s 17 points, Wools’ nine points and Jones eight.
Humboldt (10/6-10-15—48) (FG/3pt-FT-F—TP): Jones 2/1-1-5-8, K. Hottenstein 2-0-2-6, Heisler 1-0-0-3, Shaughnessy 1-1-0-3, Haviland 5/1-4-3-17, Wools 2/1-2-3-9, Hull 0-2-2-2.
Cubs
It was all Humboldt from the jump. The Cubs outscored the Lions in the first quarter, 24-7. Trey Sommer banked in four layups in the first and Sam Hull put up another couple of two’s.
Humboldt’s offense couldn’t be stopped, outscoring Bluestem in the second quarter, 21-10, in the third quarter, 21-9, before laying down in the fourth while leading by 40 points. Sommer scored 18 points in just the second and third quarters combined.
