The Houston Tigers extended their season-best winning streak in thrilling fashion.
Jesse Setters hit a pair of late 3-pointers and Kyle Poynter scored the go-ahead basket with 15 seconds remaining as the Tigers outlasted Mountain Grove 84-83 Tuesday night in double overtime.
Houston (8-9) was fortunate to escape with its fourth straight win. Poynter drained a 3-pointer from about 30 feet to force overtime, and Mountain Grove missed a pair of free throws with 0.01 seconds left in the first overtime.
“It was exciting from start to finish,” Houston coach Brent Hall said.
Poynter scored a game-high 37 points as he eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for his short career with the Tigers. He has scored 1,003 in less than two seasons and could surpass the school record of 1,019 — set by David Hall from 1970-’73 — Friday when Houston travels to Thayer.
Sophomore Curry Van Horn hit four 3-pointers en route to 19 points. Setters had two triples and scored eight of his 10 points in the second overtime.
Box score
Tuesday’s game
Houston 9 17 17 23 8 10 — 84
Grove 12 18 12 24 8 9 — 83
HOUSTON (8-9) — Van Horn 5 5-5 19. Buchholz 2 2-2 6. KyPoynter 15 5-8 36. Setters 4 0-0 10. Walker 2 1-2 5. KaPoynter 3 2-2 8. Totals 31 15-18 84.
GROVE — Hale 3 2-2 11. Dobson 4 3-5 11. Makor 3 0-0 6. Shannon 9 11-13 28. Ary 1 1-1 3. McCoy 5 7-10 20. Williams 1 2-4 4. Totals 26 26-35 83.
3-pointers: Houston 7 (Van Horn 4, Setters 2, KyPoynter); Mtn. Grove 6 (Hale 3, McCay 3).
