CPHS Basketball: Sandites beat Broken Arrow 69-55, Kersgieter scores 26

The Class 6A No. 8 ranked Charles Page High School girls basketball team (15-4, 11-0) had to play tough for all four quarters and never pulled substantially away from their Friday night guests, but never trailed after the first quarter and overcame Broken Arrow (8-11, 2-8) 69-55 to remain undefeated in Frontier Valley Conference action.

University of Kansas-commit Holly Kersgieter played one of her best games of the season for her eleventh career double-double. The senior led all players with 26 points and eighteen rebounds, followed by University of Tulsa-commit Destiny Johnson with fourteen points and Northeastern State University-commit Isabella Regalado with ten. Kiersten Hines was the only visitor in double-digits, leading her team with twelve.

The Tigers led only briefly in the first period, both times after three-pointers from Hines. Madison Burris tied it at 5-5 and Johnson gave her team the lead for the remainder of the night with back-to-back layups. The Sandites went on a ten-point run for a 15-8 advantage before Makayla Adams broke it up with a three-point play. Regalado retaliated with back-to-back threes for a double-digit lead.

Sand Springs took a 23-17 lead into the second period, then started playing some of their most aggressive defense of the season. The Tigers still found ways to score, however, and hung tight until the home team went on a six point run to close the half 38-26.

Nine Lady Sandites saw action in the first half, including senior Jacie Taber, who has been out with a hamstring injury for the past five games. Sophomore Reagan Padilla got her fifth start of the season in Taber’s stead. Seven players made their way into the scorebook, led by Kersgieter with ten points and six rebounds.

Adams made the first basket of the second half on a reverse layup, Sand Springs went on a six-point run, then Hines sank a three and Kamaya Cowan laid up to make it 44-33. Padilla took a steal coast to coast for two and Kersgieter added a pair of layups for a seventeen point lead.

The Tigers battled back and trailed 52-39 to start the fourth. Sand Springs scored five for their biggest lead of the night, but their visitors continued to chip steadily away and were down by only ten as they entered the final two minutes.

Sand Springs outperformed Broken Arrow in every single statistical category in the fourteen-point victory.

The Lady Sandites will return to action Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. against No. 6 Bartlesville (14-3, 6-2), who they previously defeated 66-48 in December. Broken Arrow will travel to No. 12 Union (14-5, 8-2) who they lost 45-39 to in December.

CPHS 69 BAHS 55
1Q: CPHS 23-17.
2Q: CPHS 15-9.
3Q: CPHS 14-13.
4Q: CPHS 17-16.
Free Throws: CPHS 5-of-7, BAHS 4-of-12.
Field Goals: CPHS 30-of-72, BAHS 23-of-69.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 17, BAHS 9.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 25, BAHS 18.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 42, BAHS 27.
Steals: CPHS 8, BAHS 4.
Blocks: CPHS 7, BAHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 12, BAHS 13.

Frontier Valley Conference Standings
11-0 No. 8 Sand Springs
8-2 No. 12 Union
6-2 No. 6 Bartlesville
6-3 No. 20 Sapulpa
——Eliminated——
6-4 No. 18 Bixby
5-4 No. 14 Booker T. Washington
4-6 No. 19 Jenks
2-8 Broken Arrow
1-9 Owasso
0-11 Muskogee

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Kersgieter 26, Johnson 14, Regalado 10, Burris 6, Padilla 6, Hampton 4, Jordan 3.
Offensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 10, Burris 2, Jordan 2, Johnson 1, Regalado 1, Hampton 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kersgieter 8, Regalado 4, Jordan 4, Johnson 3, Burris 2, Padilla 1, Hampton 1, Shrum 1.
Total Rebounds: Kersgieter 18, Regalado 6, Jordan 6, Johnson 4, Burris 4, Hampton 2, Padilla 1, Shrum 1.
Steals: Johnson 3, Padilla 2, Kersgieter 1, Burris 1, Hampton 1.
Assists: Johnson 1, Kersgieter 1, Regalado 1.
Blocks: Johnson 3, Burris 3, Hampton 1.
Fouls: Johnson 3, Padilla 3, Jordan 3, Regalado 2, Burris 1.

(Broken Arrow Scoring): Hines 12, Harding 9, Givens 8, Adams 7, Duffey 7, Cowan 6, Duin 4, Sanders 2.