EUREKA — Humboldt High’s boys ended one of the longest stretches of road games in recent memory in grand fashion Tuesday.
The Cubs were virtually impenetrable on defense, shutting down host Eureka from the start in a 56-22 romp.
With the win, Humboldt (12-2) gets to return home Friday to host Caney Valley, the Cubs’ first games at the Humboldt Community Fieldhouse since Dec. 15, which covers an eight- game stretch.
“I was very pleased with our defense,” Cub head coach David Taylor said. “We did a good job of getting our transition buckets from our defense.”
A quick peek at the box score reveals Humboldt racked up 14 steals as a team, while committing only five fouls.
“The game was pretty clean,” Taylor said. “We did a nice job on the help side. Mason Sterling and Sam Hull really anticipated well and got into the passing lanes.”
Hull wound up with six steals and 10 rebounds. Sterling had four steals and seven boards. Avery Works also had three steals.
Hull, Colden Cook and Asher Hart shared high-scoring honors with 12 points apiece as Humboldt raced out to a 15-6 lead after one quarter and 26-8 by the break. Runs of 16-6 in the third quarter and 14-6 in the fourth finished the night.
Avery Works added four assists and three steals.
Eureka won the junior varsity contest, 53-33. Collin Cook scored 14 and Kage Daniels eight for the Cub JV. Cyler Mason added three points, while Jaryt Hess, Thatcher Mueller, Keith Gomez and Jack Works had two points each.
HUMBOLDT’S Lady Cubs had a tough go of it, losing 79-31 to the Tornadoes for a 9-5 record.
Boys
FG/3pt FT F TP
Humboldt (15-11-16-14—56)
Sterling 3 0 1 6
Ellis 0 3 0 3
Hull 5 2 0 12
Coll. Cook 1 0 0 2
Works 1 2 1 4
Page 1/1 0 1 5
Hart 6 0 0 12
Cold. Cook 6 0 2 12
Totals 24/1 5 5 56
Eureka (6-2-8-6—22)
Valentine 0/3 0 3 9
Perrier 2/1 1 1 8
Coon 1 0 1 2
Nixon 0 1 0 1
Mills 0 2 2 2
Biering 0 0 1 0
Totals 3/4 4 8 22
