Kerns’ 32 Leads Cougars Past Houston

It was quite a half, quite a game for the Mabel-Canton junior. With the team’s leading scorer through two games, Drew Wyffels, nursing an injured left wrist (and he’s left-handed), teammate Brenden Kerns was given a greenlight to score. And score he did versus Houston. Kerns topped his career-high of 18 by halftime, scoring 21, helping M-C to a 31-15 lead. Houston went with a younger line-up in the second stanza (three sophomores with two seniors). They got as close as seven (54-47) with around 5-minutes to play. But the Cougars were too much. M-C downed Houston 63-51. Kerns finished with a career-high 32 points (10-17 FTs, 4-7 three’s, 9-19 FGs) and 8 rebounds. With a couple more made gimmee’s and a couple more made free throws, he could’ve gotten 40. Wyffels (9 pts, 6 assists, 6 stls) and Blake Henry (9 pts, 10 rebs) helped out. Five Cougars had eight or more boards, helping them win the glass 51-42. Wesley Johnson (16 pts, 4 stls), Micah Johnson (10 pts, 8 rebs > all in second half), and James Hongerholt (8 pts, 11 rebs) paced the Hurricanes.