CPHS Basketball: Undefeated Shawnee knocks off Sand Springs 57-43

Jacie Taber had a career morning against Shawnee, with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Head Coach Tobey Nightingale played with her winning formula Friday morning and it didn’t pay off, but a return to the Sandites’ bread and butter didn’t offer much improvement.

The No. 4 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (3-2) fell 57-43 to No. 11 Shawnee (4-0) in the Bishop Kelley Invitational semifinals. Sand Springs was the defending three-time tournament champions coming into the match.

Destiny Johnson and Isabella Regalado sat out the opening two minutes while Reagan Padilla and Darrian Jordan got the start, and the team went scoreless before sending in the usuals. The Sandites average a 25-9 first quarter lead this season, but instead found themselves down 16-13 at the buzzer. Notably absent in the first half were turnovers, as the Sandites average five steals per quarter this season but only came up with two in the first half. Instead it was the Wolves with seven and a 29-25 halftime advantage.

The first quarter saw nine lead changes, but the Wolves never trailed in the latter three periods. Regalado came off the bench to give her team a 3-2 lead and Holly Kersgieter put her team out front three times. Regalado recorded the teams’s first steal with less than two minutes in the half and Johnson scored on a steal soon after, but the girls never managed to find their usual rhythm.

Jacie Taber bookended the second period and kicked off the third en route to a double-double. The Missouri State softball commit finished the game with a career-high twelve points and twelve rebounds. Kersgieter led the Sandites for the fourth time this season with nineteen points.

The Wolves only won the second and third periods by a point apiece, and led only 43-38 to start the final stretch before putting it away. Taber and Johnson made a three-free throw run to cut it to 45-41, but their foes rattled off nine straight points in a 12-2 run to remain undefeated.

The Sandites struggled with accuracy and ball security, giving up twice as many turnovers as they gained. They had season-low shooting percentages from two and three point range, and at the free throw line.

The girls will play for third place Saturday at 4:00 p.m. against No. 20 Jenks (2-2). Jenks defeated 5A No. 18 Bishop Kelley (0-5) 52-40 in the first round of the tournament but fell 60-42 to No. 8 Norman North (5-0). Norman North and Shawnee will play for first place Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

SHS 57 CPHS 43
1Q SHS 16-13
2Q SHS 13-12
3Q SHS 14-13
4Q SHS 14-5
Free Throws: SHS 15-of-19, CPHS 12-of-19.
Field Goals: SHS 19-of-47, CPHS 14-of-48.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 13, SHS 9.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 17, SHS 17.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 30, SHS 26.
Steals: SHS 13, CPHS 6.
Blocks: SHS 2, CPHS 1.
Fouls: SHS 11, CPHS 14.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Kersgieter 19, Taber 12, Johnson 8, Regalado 4.
Offensive Rebounds: Taber 5, Johnson 3, Regalado 3, Kersgieter 2.
Defensive Rebounds: Taber 7, Kersgieter 5, Regalado 3, Johnson 1, Burris 1.
Total Rebounds: Taber 12, Kersgieter 7, Regalado 6, Johnson 4, Burris 1.
Steals: Regalado 2, Johnson 2, Kersgieter 1, Burris 1.
Assists: Johnson 1, Kersgieter 1, Burris 1.
Blocks: Johnson 1.
Fouls: Johnson 3, Taber 3, Kersgieter 2, Burris 2, Padilla 1.