CPHS Basketball: Sandites throttle Altus 78-36 at Duncan tournament

The Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (8-1) won their third-straight game Thursday afternoon in Duncan with a brutal 78-36 pummeling of Altus High (2-6) in the first round of the Duncan Holiday Classic.

The game was the highest-scoring of the season for Sand Springs and they had their biggest margin of victory in nearly a year at 42 points. Six Sandites got on the board in their biggest first period of the season, led by Davon Richardson with six points in a 21-5 rout.

Things slowed down in the second period, with Sand Springs edging out the Bulldogs 11-10 for a 32-15 lead, their best first half of the season. Altus did their best to keep up in the third period with three pointers from Carson Pickett and Tyler Bush, but still trailed 47-27 at the buzzer.

The final stanza was the highest-scoring period of the season with eight Sandites combining for 31 points. Kason Hughes scored a career-high eleven points, all in the fourth quarter, with three three-pointers.

Davon Richardson led the Sandites for the fourth time this season with seventeen points. Marlo Fox scored twelve, Cole Durkee added eleven. Jaeden Hurd recorded his first double-double with a career high ten points and fifteen rebounds.

The Sandites will return to action Friday against the winner of 5A No. 4 Northwest Classen (6-2) vs. Classen SAS (3-6). Sand Springs placed third in the tournament last season and were runners-up two years ago.

Scoring:
(Sand Springs) Richardson 17, Fox 12, Durkee 11, Hughes 11, Hurd 10, Cale Savage 5, Minney 5, Cason Savage 3, Hawkins 2, Quier 2.
(Altus) Filer 12, Bush 10, Pickett 5, Bostic 4, Olivas 3, Shenz 2.