Tuesday had the makings of an important game for Jordan.

The Warriors were in a big spot, going up against a team with a similarly strong start to the season in Cinco Ranch and with the chance to get above .500 in district play.

The Warriors put together a complete team performance and got a much needed win behind a record setting day from Jaden Holt. The Warriors came out 67-54 victors while Holt set the single game points record for the school, scoring 32 and leading the way offensively.

“He’s one of our leaders and he’s a guy we count on in these types of big games,” said Jordan head coach Charlie Jones. “He’s been on varsity before and he’s played in these types of games and been in these moments. When he has games like this it just lifts up the level of every other guy on the team, they all feed off of it.”

Holt kept the Warriors in the game through the fist quarter of the contest, scoring 13 of the teams 15 first quarter points as the two teams were tied at 15 after one.

But in the second, Jordan jumped out ahead and never looked back. The defense picked up its intensity and broke open a 32-25 lead at halftime. Increasing that to a 51-36 lead after the third quarter.

“All week we’ve preached play together,” Holt said. “It took us a bit, but we got there in the second quarter and we kept getting better as the game went on. We rebounded, boxed out and got out in transition. We did a really good job o that in the last three quarters and when we play like that it puts us in positions to win.”

Just as important as the offensive display was the teams work on defense. The Warriors slowed down Cinco Ranch’s No. 1 option in Prince Jones-Bynum in a big way, limiting the junior point guard to just eight points and not allowing the Cougars to ever get into a rhythm.

“We tried to throw a lot of bodies at Prince, pick him up full court and just make things tough on him,” Jones said. “He’s a really good player and it’s hard going against my nephews like that but we worked on how we would defend him and the biggest thing was making him take tough shots. He’s going to make some because he’s really good, but luckily tonight he missed more than he made.”

Jordan has bounced back in a good way after losing its first district game, beating Katy and Cinco Ranch to go to 2-1 in District 19-6A. Next up Jordan gets Seven Lakes before playing Taylor in the teams final game before the Christmas break.

“Our energy against Paetow last week was way too low and we’ve preached about picking that up and being better,” said junior guard Corey Nicholson. “You could see it work out tonight. We had so much energy, we played hard and that’s what we have to keep doing.”

District 19-6A

Jordan 67, Cinco Ranch 54

Points: (J) Jaden Holt 32, Corey Nicholson 10, Jalen Black 7, Jacob Oluokun 6, Jude Oluokun 6, Rayan Fadika 4, Elian Dudziak 2; (CR) Dylan Jones-Bynum 14, Noah Pearce 11, Prince Jones-Bynum 9, Pat Origo 6, Darren Moore 5, Kellen LeCronier 4, Joseph Kayinda 3, Campbell Turner 1;

Halftime: Jordan 32-25; 3-Pointers: (J) Holt 2, Nicholson 2, Black; (CR) Pearce 3, Dylan Jones-Bynum 2, Prince Jones Bynum 2, Origo, Moore; Records: (J) 14-3, 2-1; (CR) 13-4, 2-1;