Mountain Grove blocked the Houston Lady Tigers’ path to a tournament championship. And two days later, the Lady Panthers got a conference victory over HHS as well.
After upsetting Licking in the semifinals, Houston’s cinderella run in the Mansfield Tournament ended Saturday night with a 49-39 loss to Mountain Grove in the championship game.
Junior Sarah Kelley had team highs of 26 points and 12 rebounds in the loss.
Mountain Grove led 26-16 at the half.
On Monday, Houston faced Mountain Grove again in conference play and lost 57-36.
The Lady Tigers trailed 33-32 on Kelley’s basket with 3:03 left in the third quarter. But Mountain Grove scored 24 of the game’s final 28 points to pull away.
Kelley led Houston (7-11) with 11 points. Shelby Cremer added seven.
HHS is 1-3 in the South Central Association.
JUNIOR VARSITY: Stephani Crewse hit three 3-pointers and scored a team-best 14 points in the JV Lady Tigers’ 33-31 loss Monday at Mountain Grove.
Houston nearly rallied from a 12-point deficit.
BOX SCORES
VARSITY
Monday’s game
| Houston | 8 | 9 | 15 | 4 | – | 36 |
| Mtn. Grove | 13 | 13 | 19 | 12 | – | 57 |
HOUSTON (36) – Shelby Cremer 7. Abby Casper 6. Sydney Cremer 2. Sarah Kelley 11. Jaydin Ramsey 6. Kaylea Preheim 4. FG 14. FT 7-11. F 20. (3-pointers: Ramsey. Fouled out: none).
Mansfield Tournament
Saturday’s game
| Houston | 10 | 6 | 15 | 8 | – | 39 |
| Mtn. Grove | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | – | 49 |
HOUSTON (39) – Kylee Elmore 5. Abby Casper 5. Sydney Cremer 2. Sarah Kelley 26. Jaydin Ramsey 1. FG 15. FT 9-15. F 20. (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: none).
JUNIOR VARSITY
Mtn. Grove 33, Houston 31
HOUSTON (31) – Krista Scott 4. Jaycee Huff 2. Monica Hunter 2. Stephani Crewse 14. Makayla Koch 3. Lizzy Swindell 2. Alyssa Hayes 4. FG 12. FT 4-8. F 10. (3-pointers: Crewse 3. Fouled out: none).