HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Middle boys and girls basketball teams faced off against Galesburg Monday night.
The Cubs A-team beat Galesburg, 43-20.
Humboldt’s Collin Cook led offensively with 22 points, going 10-for-20 from the floor. Hudson Rees also scored five points, Kreed Jones, four, and Jack Works chipped in two points.
The Cubs were more physical under the basket, out rebounding the Silver Streaks, 23-16. Rees led at the glass with seven rebounds, followed by Cook’s five rebounds. Jones and Works had four rebounds apiece.
Humboldt Middle School’s B-team then ousted Galesburg’s B team, 37-7.
The Cubs outrebounded the Silver Streaks, 27-3. Humboldt’s defense prevented Galesburg from scoring in the first quarter and surrendered only two points through the entire first half.
Conner Newman led offensively for the Cubs with 16 points while Weston Johnson and Ty Shaughnessy tacked on eight and seven points, respectively. Newman shot eight-of-16 from the floor while Shaughnessy went one-for-one from three-point distance.
Johnson led on the boards with 14 rebounds while Newman collected seven rebounds. Humboldt’s defensive performance was highlighted by Shaughnessy’s six steals, Kolton Hanson’s five steals and Johnson’s three steals.
The Humboldt Middle School girls A-team cruised past the Galesburg Middle School girls A-team, 34-5.
The Lady Cubs jumped out to a 10-3 advantage by the end of the first quarter and by 26-3 at halftime. Humboldt was mainly helped out by their 27 forced steals which they converted into points.
“We came out a little sluggish and had to get the nerves out,” said Humboldt head coach Scott Brady. “We really picked up the intensity in that second quarter and got after the ball.”
Lakyn Meadows led offensively with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Jo Ellison notched seven points and five steals. Leah Carman had six points and five steals and Hadley Galloway registered three points and five rebounds.
Bailey Daniels and Kinley Hart each netted two points.
The HMS girls B-team ran through the Galesburg Middle School girls B-team, 22-4.
Lady Cubs Jordan Hencey and Jetta Mathews each totaled six points, Galloway had four points while Kaydence Whitworth, Maggie McCullough and Carman each netted two points. McCullough led up front with eight rebounds while Whitworth made five steals.
