Twin Hurricanes in Double-H Land

Holiday tournaments were disappointing for Houston girls basketball (two losses).  In the first two games of 2019, the Hurricanes top two players both spun to damage strength in a couple wins.  In a 68-30 win over Faribault B.A., senior Alyssa Rostad (24 pts, 10-18 FGs, 4-9 threes, 13 rebs, 5 stls) and sophomore break-out Emma Geiwitz (20 pts, 9-14 FGs, 4 ats, 3 stls) combined for 65% of Houston’s offense.  By not attempting a free throw, Rostad did end an eight game streak where she went 57 of 70 (81%) at the line.  A night later, the duo combined for 57 points, 79% of the offense, in a 72-61 win over A-C/G-E.  Geiwitz posted a career-high (36 pts, 17-26 FGs, 7 reb, 8 stls), Rostad another double-double (21 pts, 11 rebs, 7 stls).  All told, the tandem scored 101 of Houston’s 140 points in the two contests (72% of offense).  They’ve each hit for 20-plus three straight games.  Alyssa’s averaging 19.3 and Emma 17.9.  The ‘Canes (4-1, 6-5) lead the SEC-East over SG (3-2, 5-4) and M-C (3-2, 4-9).