FREDONIA — Humboldt High’s girls didn’t let a disappointing loss on Friday carry over to Tuesday.
The Lady Cubs battled through some foul trouble that sidelined point guard Skylar Hottenstein for much of the second half, and pulled away down the stretch to knock off host Fredonia, 38-34.
The win, coming on the heels of a disappointing loss Friday at St. Mary’s Colgan in Pittsburg, improves Humboldt to 6-2 on the season.
“Friday was a little bit of a rude awakening,” Lady Cub head coach Aubrey Jones said. “We moved the ball extremely well, and were able to fight through a little adversity.”
The game was still in doubt when Hottenstein went to the bench with four fouls at the midway point of the third period.
“I kept her out until there were 5 minutes left in the game,” Jones explained. “I wanted to try to keep her in the lineup the rest of the way.”
The gamble paid off. Hottenstein played the duration without earning a fifth foul.
In her absence, Humboldt’s focus was on keeping its composure, Jones said. “The girls did a great job of moving the ball.”
Reserve Chanlynn Wrestler came off the bench to hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers, while others like Shelby Shaughnessy handled the scoring load.
Shaughnessy scored seven of her team-high 13 points in the fourth quarter. Ricklyn Hillmon added seven and Wrestler had six. Hottenstein wound up with seven as well.
Jones also credited players Laney Hull and Kenisyn Hottenstein for keeping Humboldt in position to pull out the hard-fought win.
Humboldt led 8-6 after one period and 16-12 at the break before Fredonia rallied to take a 26-25 lead into the fourth quarter.
Zoie Sims scored 14 to pace the Yellowjackets.
Jones was pleased with how the Lady Cubs responded from Friday’s loss.
“Friday was our first game back, and they’d already played a couple of games,” she noted. “I think we were a little intimidated.”
