Boys basketball: Hudson’s Bay 70, R.A. Long 39

Eli Hoover made sure Hudson’s Bay started its season on fire.

Hoover gave the Eagles a 9-0 lead with three 3-pointers. Hudson’s Bay cruised from there, beating R.A. Long 70-39 in a non-league home game Tuesday.

Hoover finished with 21 points, including six 3-pointers, and rebounds.

Hudson’s Bay coach Theo Mikaele was pleased with his team’s defense. His team led 35-15 at halftime.

“Our goal was to go into the half having allowed 25 points,” he said. “So we exceeded our expectations.”

Quadrese Teague added nine points and seven assists. Demareya Gipson had 11 points.

“What has most important is that we were pretty balanced,” Mikaele said. “The ball was being distributed equally.”

HUDSON’S BAY 70, R.A. LONG 39

R.A. LONG (0-1) — Elijah Sharer 3, Dana Cathcart 0, Chandler Lyon 0, Ryan Plampin 2, Jacob Thompson 6, Conner Wallace 5, Corbin Comin 0, Jacob Childers 11, Cole Kotera 0, Herbie Desrouleaux 0, Tanner Rybnikar 11. Totals 15 (4) 6-12 39.

HUDSON’S BAY (1-0) — Norman Brown , Carter Morse 3, Demareya Gipson 11, Julio Vara 0, Quadrese Teague 9, Eli Hoover 21, Nathan Buslach 1, Nicholas Campbell 4, Zachary Ross , Eric Ryapolov 8, Marcus Cadiz 0, Travion Weiss 13. Totals 20 (9) 22-29 70.

R.A. Long 9 6 13 11–39

Hud.Bay 17 12 21 20–70

JV — Bay 50-32. C — Bay 48-32.