Service rides strong fourth past Houston

ANCHORAGE — The Service Cougars used a 22-point fourth quarter and 41-point second half to bury the Houston Hawks 71-48 during the first round of the Service Tip-Off at Service High School on Thursday.

Adam and Nate Klie scored 20 points each to lead the host Cougars to the first-round victory.

Senior Zack Qual sank three of Houston’s six three-pointers, and recorded a team-high 16 points in the loss. Sophomore Scott Kramer added 12 points.

Houston will play either Palmer today at 3:45 p.m. in consolation action.

Service 71, Houston 48

Thursday, Service High School

Houston 11-13-10-14—48

Service 15-15-19-22—71

Houston (48) — Kramer 3 4-9 12, Qual 4 5-5 16, Ruta 1 0-0 3, Rothley 2 2-3 6, Montreuil 2 0-0 4, Barron 2 0-0 4, Buzby 1 0-0 2, Pease 0 1-2 1; Totals: 15 12-19 48.

Service (71) — Touray 2 2-2 6, A. Klie 7 6-7 20, Aukustino 5 5-6 14, Hale 2 0-02 4, Sounthone 1 0-2 2, Sim 0 1-2 1, N. Klie 8 4-8 20, Muller 1 2-6 4; Totals 25 20-35 71.

3-point field goals: Houston 6 (Qual 3), Service 1 (Aukustino 1); Total fouls: Houston 26, Service 17; Fouled out: Houston- Montreuil, Barron.

Grizzlies claw past Moose

Grace Christian used a 14-2 second-half run to score a 50-31 win over Palmer during the first round of the Service Tip-Off at Service High School on Thursday.

The teams were tied 11-11 at the end of the first, before Grace's big second quarter.

Senior Kyle Titus and sophomore Sean Niekamp scored 10 each for Palmer. Christian Odom added seven.