CPHS Basketball: Sandites hand Memorial first loss, 75-34 at Bishop Kelley Invitational

Sixteen Lady Sandites saw court time in a 41-point win at the Bishop Kelley Invitational Thursday morning. The No. 4 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (3-1) rolled over 5A No. 19 Tulsa Memorial 75-34 in the first round of the tournament, dealing the Chargers (2-1) their first loss of the season.

In what has become a normal occurrence during the past few seasons, the Sandites jumped out to a practically insurmountable first-period lead and were able to run the bench throughout the game. With a 55-13 lead to start the second half, the starters rode the bench through the entire third quarter and only saw two minutes of action in the fourth.

University of Tulsa-commit Destiny Johnson scored nine points in a 15-0 start before Memorial made their way onto the board and University of Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter scored six in the stanza. Kersgieter was the leading scorer with nineteen points, sixteen of which came in the first half. Johnson was next up with eleven, all in the first half.

Ashlee Bunch was the star of the second half, scoring a career-high seven points and Mikah Hampton had five. The full roster got to play for the first time with Raylynn Mong making her season debut late in the fourth, and a season-best fourteen players made their way into the scorebook.

The Sandites had their highest-scoring second quarter of the season, and allowed only six points to tie their best defensive period of the season. They also allowed only seven points in both the first and fourth quarters. The game was their second-biggest win of the year and best defensive allowance. They improved on free-throw percentage for the fourth consecutive game, going nine-of-eleven at the charity stripe and committed a season-low seven personal fouls.

Second-year Memorial coach Audra Estrada, who lives in Sand Springs, led the Chargers to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2015 with wins over Daniel Webster and the Green Country Defenders.

The Lady Sandites are the defending Bishop Kelley Invitational Champions and have won the tournament three years straight. The win over Memorial was their second-highest margin of victory in the tournament behind a 45-point win over Cascia Hall in the 2016 quarterfinals. They haven’t won a Kelley Invitational game by less than twenty points since since the 2015 finals.

Sand Springs plays the winner of No. 11 Shawnee (2-0) vs. 5A No. 16 Claremore (1-1) Friday at 4:00 p.m. Memorial will take on the losers of that game Friday at 10:00 a.m. The finals will be played Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

CPHS 75 MHS 34
1Q CPHS 29-7
2Q CPHS 26-6
3Q MHS 14-11
4Q CPHS 10-7
Free Throws: CPHS 9-of-11, MHS 7-of-11.
Field Goals: CPHS 29-of-57, MHS 13-of-35.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 14, MHS 7.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 15, MHS 12.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 29, MHS 19.
Steals: CPHS 23, MHS 8.
Blocks: MHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 7, MHS 7.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Kersgieter 19, Johnson 11, Bunch 7, Regalado 6, Taber 6, Hampton 5, Jordan 4, Padilla 3, Shrum 3, Harris 3, Burris 2, Hughes 2, Solis 2, Cheney 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Jordan 3, Kersgieter 2, Solis 2, Bunch 2, Burris 1, Regalado 1, Shrum 1, Cheney 1, Harris 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 4, Cheney 3, Taber 2, Harris 2, Padilla 1, Regalado 1, Hughes 1, Brown 1.
Total Rebounds: Kersgieter 6, Cheney 4, Jordan 3, Taber 2, Regalado 2, Solis 2, Bunch 2, Burris 1, Padilla 1, Hughes 1, Shrum 1, Brown 1.
Steals: Kersgieter 6, Taber 4, Solis 3, Jordan 2, Regalado 2, Shrum 2, Cheney 1, Johnson 1, Padilla 1, Hampton 1, Cheney 1.
Assists: Johnson 2, Jordan 2, Kersgieter 1, Padilla 1.
Fouls: Regalado 2, Johnson 1, Jordan 1, Brown 1, Cheney 1, Harris 1.