Kyle Poynter scored 36 points to lead the Houston Tigers past Alton 78-65 on the road Monday night.
Poynter was 15-for-23 at the free-throw line and scored 29 of his season-high point total in the second and third quarters. Justin Buchholz added 12 points.
The Tigers shot 55 foul shots. They connected on 32 of them.
On Friday, Poynter scored 25 points and Jesse Setters scored 18 in a 56-52 loss to Plato.
The Eagles, who trailed by three at the half, pulled even after three quarters and outscored Houston 19-15 down the stretch.
The previous night, Stafford outscored the Tigers 34-19 in the second half to pull away for a 62-43 victory.
Poynter led Houston with 22 points. Setters scored 10.
Box scores
VARSITY
Monday’s game
Houston 18 22 20 18 – 78
Alton 14 19 18 14 – 65
HOUSTON – Van Horn 1 3-4 5. Buchholz 2 8-16 12. KyPoynter 10 15-23 36. Setters 1 1-2 4. Walker 2 3-4 7. KaPoynter 3 2-4 8. CScheets 2 0-0 4. JScheets 1 0-2 2. Totals 22 32-55 78.
ALTON – KSmith 0 4-6 4. Roberts 4 1-2 10. Prill 2 4-5 9. Honeycutt 8 0-0 20. Johnson 0-0 2. Hatten 2 2-4 6. MSmith 1 4-6 7. Key 1 4-4 7. Totals 17 19-27 65.
3-pointers: Houston 2 (KyPoynter, Setters); Alton 8 (Honeycutt 4, Roberts, Prill, Key, Collins).
Friday’s game
Plato 11 14 12 19 – 45
Houston 15 13 10 15 – 52
PLATO – Hall 7 7-11 21. LaJustice 1 0-0 2. LoJustice 1 6-10 8. Splitler 3 3-4 12. Wood 1 2-2 4. McNiel 1 2-6 4. Cobb 0 5-6 6. Totals 14 25-38 56.
HOUSTON – Buchholz 3 1-2 7. KyPoynter 5 15-20 25. Setters 5 5-9 18. Walker 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 21-31 52.
3-pointers: Plato 3 (Splitler 3); Houston 3 (Setters 3).
Thursday’s game
Houston 10 12 13 8 – 43
Strafford 18 10 19 15 – 62
HOUSTON – Van Horn 1 0-0 2. Buchholz 1 0-0 2. KyPoynter 9 4-9 22. Setters 4 0-0 10. KaPoynter 0 3-4 3. CScheets 1 0-0 2. JScheets 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 7-14 43.
STRAFFORD – Yorberry 8 4-0 21. Triplett 1 6-6 8. Davis 2 0-0 6. Highley 0 0-0 0. Baker 3 0-0 6. Wilson 7 6-6 21. Totals 21 16-23 62.
3-pointers: Houston 2 (Setters 2); Strafford 4 (Davis 2, Yorberry, Wilson).
