‘Canes Get to 18 Wins

And to think, it wasn’t too many years ago (four) Houston girls basketball had never posted a winning season.  The three-year run of excellence has continued this year.  Dale Moga’s Lady ‘Canes took out three more SEC foes to stay perfect in SEC play.  Houston held L-O down majorly offensively in a 69-14 non-conference win.  Fourteen was a season-low for points given up (the 2017-2018 squad held G-E to 10 in a 60-10 win).  Emma Geiwitz (28 pts, 14-24 FGs, 4 rebs, 4 asts, 7 stls) reaped the whirlwind of Houston’s 1-3-1 zone.  Sydney Torgerson (19 pts, 7-12 FGs, 7 rebs, 7 stls) and Jenny Albrecht (0 pts, 0-3 FGs, 6 rebs, 5 asts, 5 stls) helped.  A contest in Lanesboro was a tougher battle.  Houston jumped out 14-1, but spurred by sophomore Brielle Reun (13 first half points), the Burros came back to lead 30-29 at halftime.   It was tied 42-42 with about 8:00 left.  Lanesboro then had a 13-possession stretch with eight turnovers and just one point.  Houston scored eight points in the span.  It gave them breathing room to post a 56-49 win.  Houston may have been in more command earlier, but they were just 14 of 31 at the free throw line.  Geiwitz (26 pts, 5 stls) again led the way, with help from Becca Rostad (12 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts, 5 stls) and Torgerson (11 pts, 12 rebs, 4 stls).  Ruen (16 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts) and Payton Benson (12 pts, 4-9 threes, 5 stls) paced the Burros.  Houston won the teams’ first meeting 53-21.  The ‘Canes ended the week by handling L/P 59-26, the seventh time holding a foe under 30.  Geiwitz (28 pts, 13-19 FGs) again got hers.  Torgerson (13 pts, 4-5 FGs, 5-6 FTs, 8 rebs) and Albrecht (7 pts, 6 rebs, 8 asts, 6 stls) helped.  With just one loss in their last 12 games (Fillmore Central), SEC-East Champion Houston is 11-0, 18-5.