Playing for the fifth time in five days, the Houston JV Tigers ended their busiest stretch of the season with a 53-44 victory Monday night against Alton.
Curry Van Horn scored 15 points and Justin Buchholz went 8-for-10 at the foul line en route to 12 points for the Tigers, who out-scored Alton in each quarter.
The Tigers’ flurry of games began Thursday night with a 42-35 victory in the opening round of the Norwood Tournament. Van Horn paced Houston with 14 points.
On Friday, Houston was back in regular-season action at Plato. Eli Smith and Scheets had 11 points apiece in a 54-41 double-overtime loss to the Eagles.
The next morning, the Tigers were back at Norwood and again paired with Plato. Van Horn and Scheets and 12 points apiece in a 50-40 semifinal loss.
Facing Mansfield later that afternoon in the third-place game, Jake Scheets had a team-high 13 points in the Tigers’ 45-42 loss to Mansfield.
Monday’s score
Alton 10 7 11 16 – 44
Houston 12 12 12 17 – 53
HOUSTON – Miller 1 1-2 3. Buchholz 2 8-10 12. Case 0 3-4 3. Van Horn 4 6-15 15. Dunn 1 0-0 2. Gunter 2 0-1 5. CScheets 4 1-4 9. JScheets 0 3-4 3. 14 22-40 53.
3-pointers: Houston 2 (Miller, VanHorn).
Saturday’s scores
Houston 18 7 10 7 – 42
Mansfield 14 10 12 9 – 45
HOUSTON – Smith 3 0-0 8. Buchholz 4 1-4 9. Van Horn 3 0-0 7. KaPoynter 1 0-0 2. CScheets 1 1-2 3. JScheets 6 0-0 13. Totals 18 2-6 42.
3-pointers: Houston 4 (Smith 2, VanHorn, JScheets).
Houston 8 13 8 11 – 40
Plato 13 13 7 15 – 50
HOUSTON – Smith 3 0-0 7. Buchholz 2 1-4 5. Van Horn 6 0-0 12. Dunn 0 0-3 0. KaPoynter 1 0-0 2. CScheets 4 2-4 12. JScheets 1 0-2 0. Totals 17 3-13 40.
3-pointers: Houston 3 (CScheets 2, Smith).
Friday’s score
Houston 13 9 12 10 2 5 – 51
Plato 8 9 12 15 2 8 – 54
HOUSTON – Smith 4 0-0 11. Miller 3 2-2 9. Van Horn 1 6-7 8. Dunn 1 0-0 3. CScheets 5 0-2 11. JScheets 2 0-0 4. Buchholz 2 0-0 4. Totals 18 8-11 51.
3-pointers: Houston 5 (Smith 3, CScheets 2, Miller).
Thursday’s score
Hartville 10 2 8 15 – 35
Houston 11 4 11 16 – 42
HOUSTON – Smith 4 3-5 12. Van Horn 5 3-3 14. Poynter 1 0-0 2. Guynn 0 1-2 1. CScheets 3 2-4 8. JScheets 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 9-14 42.
3-pointers: Houston 3 (Smith, VanHorn, Dunn).
