Lucas Kelley scored a career-high 22 points to lead the Houston Tigers to a season-opening 33-31 victory Tuesday against Cuba
HHS (1-0) was victorious with strong defense and a deliberate pace – the style first-year coach Rod Gorman said the Tigers needed to win with.
Kelley hit three 3-pointers as the lone HHS player in double figures. Ty McCloud scored five points – all in the fourth quarter – and freshman Isaiah Buse had four.
Houston led 8-5 after the opening quarter and by five at the half. The Tigers’ lead was three entering the fourth quarter.
JUNIOR VARSITY: Noah Moseley and Clayton Moore scored 11 points apiece as the JV Tigers cruised to a 57-42 victory Tuesday at Cuba.
Houston (1-0) outscored Cuba 19-4 in the second quarter to break a 15-all tie. The Tigers had a 51-25 advantage entering the fourth.
Moore hit three of the Tigers’ five triples. Gavin Alston and Buse also connected from downtown. Nine different players scored.
BOX SCORES
VARSITY
Houston  8  6  10  9  –  33
Cuba  5  4  12  10  –  31
HOUSTON (33) – Isaiah Buse 4. Ty McCloud 5. Lucas Kelley 22. Tayler Ward 2. FG 12. Ft 6-8. F 17. (3-pointers: Kelley 3. Fouled out: none).
CUBA (31) – Levi Mitchell 10. Trenton Goudeau 4. Jared Priest 8. Dylan Lemon 9. FG 9. FT 12-18. F 15. (3-pointers: Priest. Fouled out: none).
JUNIOR VARSITY
Houston  15  19  17  6  –  57
Cuba  15  4  6  17  –  42
HOUSTON (57) – Thomas Smith 2. Isaiah Buse 7. Dakota Burchett 8. Clayton Moore 11. Kyler Ramsey 5. Noah Moseley 11. Jaekem Moss 2. Sterling Jackson 2. Gavin Alston 9. FG 23. FT 8-11. F 14. (3-pointers: Moore 3, Buse, Alston. Fouled out: none).