CPHS Basketball: Sandites overcome resurgent Owasso with fourth-quarter shutout on Homecoming

After more than doubling their opponents 28-12 in the first half, the Class 6A No. 7 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (11-2, 8-0) probably didn’t expect to find themselves leading by a single point to start the fourth quarter.

The unranked Owasso Rams (2-11, 0-7) won the third quarter 18-3 to keep the Sandites on their toes, but the home team rallied with a 15-0 shutout in the final period to win Homecoming and remain undefeated in the Frontier Valley Conference.

The Sand Springs basket seemed to have a lid on it in the first few minutes as the home team’s first five shots came up dry. Owasso’s Kianna Cunningham was first on the board with a three pointer but Holly Kersgieter responded with two baskets and a free throw for their first lead of the game.

Rylie Boone briefly tied it, but Kersgieter rebounded for two, Regan Padilla laid up, and Madison Burris scored back to back for a 14-5 advantage. Nylia Finch broke up that run, but the Sandites had their foes doubled at the end of the period.

Destiny Johnson scored four, and Jacie Taber and Darrian Jordan scored two apiece in the second period to triple the Rams at 21-7. Kersgieter went down on a foul with just under four minutes in the half and Mika Hampton came into shoot Kersgieter’s free throws. She hit one and Isabella Regalado scored a goal to make it 24-7 before Finch broke up the ten-point run.

Jordan and Leyshia Morris traded field goals and Padilla drained two from the charity stripe for a 28-12 halftime lead.

Paige Knight kicked off a big second half comeback with a three-point play on a putback followed by a layup from Cunningham. Kersgieter made a bucket for the Sandites and Johnson added a free throw, but the Rams closed the period with a thirteen-point run and trailed only 31-30 entering the final stanza.

The Sandites didn’t allow their nerves to get the better of them and rattled off fifteen straight points for the win.

Kersgieter led all scorers with sixteen points and nine rebounds, followed by Johnson with ten points. Morris had the team-high for Owasso with nine points.

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday on the road at No. 20 Jenks (7-5, 4-3). The Sandites previously needed overtime to beat the Trojans 75-62 at the Bishop Kelley Invitational in December.

CPHS 46 OHS 30
1Q: CPHS 14-7
2Q: CPHS 14-5
3Q: OHS 18-3
4Q: CPHS 15-0
Free Throws: OHS 1-of-2, CPHS 7-of-15.
Field Goals: CPHS 19-of-43, OHS 12-of-41.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 11, OHS 11.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 14, OHS 11.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 25, OHS 22.
Steals: CPHS 16, OHS 3.
Blocks: OHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 9, OHS 14.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
7-0 No. 7 Sand Springs
6-1 No. 5 Union
4-1 No. 10 Bartlesville
4-2 No. 14 Booker T. Washington
4-3 No. 20 Jenks
3-3 No. 19 Sapulpa
3-4 No. 18 Bixby
2-5 Broken Arrow
0-7 Owasso
0-8 Muskogee

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Kersgeiter 16, Johnson 10, Burris 5, Jordan 4, Regalado 4, Padilla 4, Taber 2, Hampton 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 4, Taber 3, Johnson 2, Regalado 1, Burris 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 5, Regalado 4, Taber 2, Padilla 2, Burris 1.
Total Rebounds: Kersgieter 9, Taber 5, Regalado 5, Johnson 2, Padilla 2, Burris 2.
Steals: Burris 4, Taber 3, Johnson 3, Kersgieter 2, Jordan 2, Regalado 1, Padilla 1.
Assists: Taber 2, Kersgieter 1, Burris 1, Jordan 1.
Fouls: Jordan 3, Taber 2, Johnson 2, Burris 1, Padilla 1.

(Owasso scoring): Morris 9, Finch 6, Cunningham 5, Knight 3, Vancuren 3, Korb 2, Boone 2.