Kayla Houston

21 Kayla Houston

Height:

5-8
Hometown:

Columbus, Ohio
Position:

F
Year:

Fr.
High School:

Centennial

gp

28
pts/g

8.7
fg %

32.9
3pt %

9.5
ft %

58.9
reb/g

4.5
a/g

0.6

Bio

Freshman (2025-26)

Appeared in all 28 games and made 14 starts
Finished 3rd on the team in scoring at 8.7 points per game
Led the team in scoring on 7 occasions
Scored double figures in 5 of the first 7 games of the season, holding a 12.0 point per game average over that stretch
Netted a season-high 23 points with a pair of 3-pointers on Jan. 17 vs. Lawrence Tech
Posted her top rebounding performance with 11 boards to go with 15 points on Jan. 14 at Cleary
127 total rebounds were 2nd-best on the team

Personal

Majoring in education
Graduated from Centennial High School in Columbus in 2025
Won City League title during senior season, the first in program history
Finished high school career with 1,550 points
Earned All-State, All-City honors
Also played track and volleyball in high school career
Daughter of Stephanie and Kevin Houston

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	28	22
Games started	14	11
Minutes	676	527
Minutes per game	24.1	24.0
FG	92-280	56-214
FG Pct	32.9	26.2
3PT	4-42	4-37
3PT Pct	9.5	10.8
FT	56-95	47-80
FT Pct	58.9	58.8
Off rebounds	29	13
Def rebounds	98	81
Total rebounds	127	94
Rebounds per game	4.5	4.3
Personal fouls	75	56
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	17	12
Turnovers	70	57
Assist to turnover ratio	0.2	0.2
Steals	26	19
Blocks	7	6
Points	244	163
Points per game	8.7	7.4
Points per 40.0 min	14.4	12.4

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 4	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 65-43
Feb 7	Northwestern Ohio	L, 75-67
Feb 11	at Madonna	L, 67-60
Feb 14	Michigan-Dearborn	L, 76-62
Feb 18	Cleary (Mich.)	L, 92-43
Feb 21	Aquinas (MI)	L, 71-50

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Oct 24	at Wilberforce (OH)	W, 85-79	-	15	7-13	53.8	0-1	0.0	2-3	66.7	16
Nov 3	at Siena Heights	L, 75-56	1	14	4-9	44.4	0-1	0.0	2-2	100.0	10
Nov 6	at #25 Cumberlands (KY)	L, 101-60	-	20	4-7	57.1	0-1	0.0	0-2	0.0	8
Nov 7	vs. #RV Southeastern	L, 85-38	-	31	7-10	70.0	0-2	0.0	3-3	100.0	17
Nov 18	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 68-58	1	25	0-5	0.0	0-1	0.0	1-2	50.0	1
Nov 21	Grace Christian (MI)	W, 111-53	1	26	6-10	60.0	0-1	0.0	2-4	50.0	14
Nov 22	Great Lakes Christian	W, 77-60	1	32	8-18	44.4	0-0	-	2-3	66.7	18
Nov 25	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 91-56	-	20	4-8	50.0	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	8
Dec 1	Indiana East	L, 90-65	1	25	4-8	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	8
Dec 3	Lourdes	L, 100-47	1	29	0-11	0.0	0-0	-	5-6	83.3	5
Dec 5	at Eastern Michigan	L, 96-44	1	32	5-10	50.0	0-2	0.0	2-4	50.0	12
Dec 7	at Bowling Green	L, 118-35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	at Lawrence Tech	L, 64-49	0	19	1-6	16.7	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Dec 13	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 95-47	-	23	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Dec 20	Indiana Tech	L, 88-40	1	31	2-10	20.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	4
Jan 3	at Michigan-Dearborn	L, 84-47	1	26	1-9	11.1	1-3	33.3	3-4	75.0	6
Jan 7	Madonna	L, 68-57	-	26	4-8	50.0	0-1	0.0	3-3	100.0	11
Jan 11	at Aquinas (MI)	L, 79-52	-	23	1-6	16.7	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	2
Jan 14	at Cleary (Mich.)	L, 65-33	1	35	6-23	26.1	0-6	0.0	3-6	50.0	15
Jan 17	Lawrence Tech	L, 79-45	1	33	8-16	50.0	2-3	66.7	5-11	45.5	23
Jan 21	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 88-30	1	13	2-8	25.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	4
Jan 24	Siena Heights	L, 69-46	1	30	2-14	14.3	0-3	0.0	8-8	100.0	12
Jan 28	at Lourdes	L, 72-55	1	33	3-12	25.0	0-2	0.0	1-5	20.0	7
Jan 31	at #25 Indiana Tech	L, 93-47	1	23	3-8	37.5	0-3	0.0	2-2	100.0	8
Feb 4	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 65-43	-	23	3-12	25.0	0-1	0.0	2-5	40.0	8
Feb 7	Northwestern Ohio	L, 75-67	-	27	6-15	40.0	0-2	0.0	5-9	55.6	17
Feb 11	at Madonna	L, 67-60	-	32	2-9	22.2	1-2	50.0	4-10	40.0	9
Feb 14	Michigan-Dearborn	L, 76-62	-	8	0-4	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Feb 18	Cleary (Mich.)	L, 92-43	-	13	0-8	0.0	0-1	0.0	1-4	25.0	1
Feb 21	Aquinas (MI)	L, 71-50	-	21	4-12	33.3	0-1	0.0	2-2	100.0	10

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Oct 24	at Wilberforce (OH)	W, 85-79	-	15	4	2	6	1	3	0	0
Nov 3	at Siena Heights	L, 75-56	1	14	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 6	at #25 Cumberlands (KY)	L, 101-60	-	20	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
Nov 7	vs. #RV Southeastern	L, 85-38	-	31	1	8	9	0	2	2	0
Nov 18	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 68-58	1	25	0	4	4	1	4	2	0
Nov 21	Grace Christian (MI)	W, 111-53	1	26	5	1	6	2	3	2	0
Nov 22	Great Lakes Christian	W, 77-60	1	32	3	3	6	1	3	3	0
Nov 25	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 91-56	-	20	0	4	4	0	5	1	0
Dec 1	Indiana East	L, 90-65	1	25	2	2	4	1	2	0	0
Dec 3	Lourdes	L, 100-47	1	29	4	4	8	0	1	0	0
Dec 5	at Eastern Michigan	L, 96-44	1	32	0	6	6	0	3	2	0
Dec 7	at Bowling Green	L, 118-35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	at Lawrence Tech	L, 64-49	0	19	1	2	3	0	2	1	0
Dec 13	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 95-47	-	23	0	2	2	0	2	0	0
Dec 20	Indiana Tech	L, 88-40	1	31	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Jan 3	at Michigan-Dearborn	L, 84-47	1	26	0	2	2	1	1	2	0
Jan 7	Madonna	L, 68-57	-	26	0	5	5	2	4	1	1
Jan 11	at Aquinas (MI)	L, 79-52	-	23	2	3	5	0	1	1	0
Jan 14	at Cleary (Mich.)	L, 65-33	1	35	0	11	11	0	6	1	1
Jan 17	Lawrence Tech	L, 79-45	1	33	0	5	5	1	10	2	0
Jan 21	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 88-30	1	13	1	5	6	0	1	0	0
Jan 24	Siena Heights	L, 69-46	1	30	1	4	5	0	3	0	0
Jan 28	at Lourdes	L, 72-55	1	33	1	3	4	1	5	0	1
Jan 31	at #25 Indiana Tech	L, 93-47	1	23	0	2	2	1	3	1	0
Feb 4	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 65-43	-	23	0	2	2	2	2	1	1
Feb 7	Northwestern Ohio	L, 75-67	-	27	0	4	4	1	0	1	1
Feb 11	at Madonna	L, 67-60	-	32	1	2	3	1	1	2	0
Feb 14	Michigan-Dearborn	L, 76-62	-	8	0	5	5	0	2	2	0
Feb 18	Cleary (Mich.)	L, 92-43	-	13	1	3	4	0	2	1	0
Feb 21	Aquinas (MI)	L, 71-50	-	21	0	5	5	1	2	0	1

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Oct 24	at Wilberforce (OH)	W, 85-79	-	3	-	0.3
Nov 3	at Siena Heights	L, 75-56	1	3	-	-
Nov 6	at #25 Cumberlands (KY)	L, 101-60	-	4	-	-
Nov 7	vs. #RV Southeastern	L, 85-38	-	2	-	0.0
Nov 18	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 68-58	1	4	-	0.3
Nov 21	Grace Christian (MI)	W, 111-53	1	4	-	0.7
Nov 22	Great Lakes Christian	W, 77-60	1	3	-	0.3
Nov 25	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 91-56	-	3	-	0.0
Dec 1	Indiana East	L, 90-65	1	3	-	0.5
Dec 3	Lourdes	L, 100-47	1	3	-	0.0
Dec 5	at Eastern Michigan	L, 96-44	1	2	0	0.0
Dec 7	at Bowling Green	L, 118-35	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	at Lawrence Tech	L, 64-49	0	2	0	0.0
Dec 13	at Northwestern Ohio	L, 95-47	-	3	-	0.0
Dec 20	Indiana Tech	L, 88-40	1	1	-	-
Jan 3	at Michigan-Dearborn	L, 84-47	1	4	0	1.0
Jan 7	Madonna	L, 68-57	-	2	-	0.5
Jan 11	at Aquinas (MI)	L, 79-52	-	3	-	0.0
Jan 14	at Cleary (Mich.)	L, 65-33	1	1	-	0.0
Jan 17	Lawrence Tech	L, 79-45	1	2	-	0.1
Jan 21	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 88-30	1	1	-	0.0
Jan 24	Siena Heights	L, 69-46	1	3	-	0.0
Jan 28	at Lourdes	L, 72-55	1	2	-	0.2
Jan 31	at #25 Indiana Tech	L, 93-47	1	2	-	0.3
Feb 4	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 65-43	-	3	-	1.0
Feb 7	Northwestern Ohio	L, 75-67	-	4	-	-
Feb 11	at Madonna	L, 67-60	-	2	-	1.0
Feb 14	Michigan-Dearborn	L, 76-62	-	3	-	0.0
Feb 18	Cleary (Mich.)	L, 92-43	-	3	-	0.0
Feb 21	Aquinas (MI)	L, 71-50	-	2	-	0.5

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2025-26	28	24.1	3.3-10.0	0.1-1.5	2.0-3.4	8.7
Total	28	24.1	3.3-10.0	0.1-1.5	2.0-3.4	8.7

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2025-26	28	14	676	92-280	32.9	4-42	9.5	56-95	58.9	244
Total	28	14	676	92-280	32.9	4-42	9.5	56-95	58.9	244

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2025-26	28	676	24.1	5.4-16.6	0.2-2.5	9.5	3.3-5.6	14.4
Total	28	676	24.1	5.4-16.6	0.2-2.5	9.5	3.3-5.6	14.4

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2025-26	28	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.6	2.5	0.9	0.3
Total	28	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.6	2.5	0.9	0.3

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2025-26	28	14	29	98	127	17	70	26	7
Total	28	14	29	98	127	17	70	26	7

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2025-26	28	1.7	5.8	7.5	1.0	4.1	1.5	0.4
Total	28	1.7	5.8	7.5	1.0	4.1	1.5	0.4

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	28	24.1	3.3-10.0	0.1-1.5	2.0-3.4	8.7
Conference	22	24.0	2.5-9.7	0.2-1.7	2.1-3.6	7.4
Exhibition	1	32.0	5.0-10.0	0.0-2.0	2.0-4.0	12.0
Location
Home	14	24.9	3.4-10.8	0.1-1.2	2.6-4.1	9.4
Away	13	22.8	2.9-9.2	0.2-1.8	1.3-2.7	7.3
Neutral	1	31.0	7.0-10.0	0.0-2.0	3.0-3.0	17.0
Result
Wins	3	24.3	7.0-13.7	0.0-0.7	2.0-3.3	16.0
Losses	25	24.1	2.8-9.6	0.2-1.6	2.0-3.4	7.8
Month
October	1	15.0	7.0-13.0	0.0-1.0	2.0-3.0	16.0
November	7	24.0	4.7-9.6	0.0-0.9	1.4-2.4	10.9
December	5	25.4	1.4-7.2	0.0-0.6	1.0-1.2	3.8
January	9	26.9	3.3-11.6	0.3-2.7	2.8-4.3	9.8
February	6	20.7	2.5-10.0	0.2-1.3	2.3-5.0	7.5

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	28	14	676	92-280	32.9	4-42	9.5	56-95	58.9	244
Conference	22	11	527	56-214	26.2	4-37	10.8	47-80	58.8	163
Exhibition	1	1	32	5-10	50.0	0-2	0.0	2-4	50.0	12
Location
Home	14	8	349	47-151	31.1	2-17	11.8	36-57	63.2	132
Away	13	6	296	38-119	31.9	2-23	8.7	17-35	48.6	95
Neutral	1	-	31	7-10	70.0	0-2	0.0	3-3	100.0	17
Result
Wins	3	2	73	21-41	51.2	0-2	0.0	6-10	60.0	48
Losses	25	12	603	71-239	29.7	4-40	10.0	50-85	58.8	196
Month
October	1	-	15	7-13	53.8	0-1	0.0	2-3	66.7	16
November	7	4	168	33-67	49.3	0-6	0.0	10-17	58.8	76
December	5	3	127	7-36	19.4	0-3	0.0	5-6	83.3	19
January	9	7	242	30-104	28.8	3-24	12.5	25-39	64.1	88
February	6	-	124	15-60	25.0	1-8	12.5	14-30	46.7	45

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	28	676	24.1	5.4-16.6	0.2-2.5	9.5	3.3-5.6	14.4
Conference	22	527	24.0	4.3-16.2	0.3-2.8	10.8	3.6-6.1	12.4
Exhibition	1	32	32.0	6.2-12.5	0.0-2.5	0.0	2.5-5.0	15.0
Location
Home	14	349	24.9	5.4-17.3	0.2-1.9	11.8	4.1-6.5	15.1
Away	13	296	22.8	5.1-16.1	0.3-3.1	8.7	2.3-4.7	12.8
Neutral	1	31	31.0	9.0-12.9	0.0-2.6	0.0	3.9-3.9	21.9
Result
Wins	3	73	24.3	11.5-22.5	0.0-1.1	0.0	3.3-5.5	26.3
Losses	25	603	24.1	4.7-15.9	0.3-2.7	10.0	3.3-5.6	13.0
Month
October	1	15	15.0	18.7-34.7	0.0-2.7	0.0	5.3-8.0	42.7
November	7	168	24.0	7.9-16.0	0.0-1.4	0.0	2.4-4.0	18.1
December	5	127	25.4	2.2-11.3	0.0-0.9	0.0	1.6-1.9	6.0
January	9	242	26.9	5.0-17.2	0.5-4.0	12.5	4.1-6.4	14.5
February	6	124	20.7	4.8-19.4	0.3-2.6	12.5	4.5-9.7	14.5

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	28	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.6	2.5	0.9	0.3
Conference	22	0.6	3.7	4.3	0.5	2.6	0.9	0.3
Exhibition	1	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.0
Location
Home	14	1.2	3.5	4.7	0.9	2.7	1.1	0.3
Away	13	0.8	3.2	4.0	0.4	2.3	0.7	0.2
Neutral	1	1.0	8.0	9.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Result
Wins	3	4.0	2.0	6.0	1.3	3.0	1.7	0.0
Losses	25	0.7	3.7	4.4	0.5	2.4	0.8	0.3
Month
October	1	4.0	2.0	6.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
November	7	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.6	2.4	1.4	0.1
December	5	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.2	1.4	0.2	0.0
January	9	0.6	4.4	5.0	0.7	3.8	0.9	0.3
February	6	0.3	3.5	3.8	0.8	1.5	1.2	0.5

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	28	14	29	98	127	17	70	26	7
Conference	22	11	13	81	94	12	57	19	6
Exhibition	1	1	0	6	6	0	3	2	0
Location
Home	14	8	17	49	66	12	38	15	4
Away	13	6	11	41	52	5	30	9	3
Neutral	1	-	1	8	9	0	2	2	0
Result
Wins	3	2	12	6	18	4	9	5	0
Losses	25	12	17	92	109	13	61	21	7
Month
October	1	-	4	2	6	1	3	0	0
November	7	4	10	23	33	4	17	10	1
December	5	3	8	12	20	1	7	1	0
January	9	7	5	40	45	6	34	8	3
February	6	-	2	21	23	5	9	7	3

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	28	1.7	5.8	7.5	1.0	4.1	1.5	0.4
Conference	22	1.0	6.1	7.1	0.9	4.3	1.4	0.5
Exhibition	1	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.0	3.8	2.5	0.0
Location
Home	14	1.9	5.6	7.6	1.4	4.4	1.7	0.5
Away	13	1.5	5.5	7.0	0.7	4.1	1.2	0.4
Neutral	1	1.3	10.3	11.6	0.0	2.6	2.6	0.0
Result
Wins	3	6.6	3.3	9.9	2.2	4.9	2.7	0.0
Losses	25	1.1	6.1	7.2	0.9	4.0	1.4	0.5
Month
October	1	10.7	5.3	16.0	2.7	8.0	0.0	0.0
November	7	2.4	5.5	7.9	1.0	4.0	2.4	0.2
December	5	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.3	2.2	0.3	0.0
January	9	0.8	6.6	7.4	1.0	5.6	1.3	0.5
February	6	0.6	6.8	7.4	1.6	2.9	2.3	1.0