CPHS Basketball Season Rewind: 2018-2019 continues recent tradition of Sandite excellence

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The 2018-2019 Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team continued a recent tradition of team excellence before their season came to an end Saturday.

They fell one round short of the State Tournament, but even making the Area finals is something unheard of for Sandites just a few years ago. The team finished with a 17-9 record overall, and were 9-5 in the Frontier Valley Conference.

The Sandites hosted their first Regional Tournament since 2001 and won their first Regional title since 1956. Last season they made it to the State Tournament for the first time since 1963. It was the fifth-straight ten-win season for Sand Springs, the second-best record in the Eric Savage era, and they finished the year ranked fifth in Class 6A. Just six seasons ago the Sandites went 1-21 before Savage took the reigns.

This year’s team included five total seniors: Cale Savage, Cole Durkee, Kason Hughes, Jonathan Quier, and Sam Anderson. Savage and Durkee were the only senior starters. The Class of 2019 went 62-41 in their careers and 30-26 in conference, finishing fourth in the Frontier Valley two straight years.

The team averaged 61.96 points per game, the best offense of the Savage era, and had the best Home Court record at 7-2.

Junior Davon Richardson led the team in numerous statistical categories with 15.7 points, 2.4 offensive rebounds, 6.1 defensive rebounds, 2 assists, and 1.1 blocks per game. He led the team in scoring on fifteen occasions with six double-doubles and a season-best performance of 26 points against Northwest Classen. He also had the team’s best field-goal percentage at 48.9%.

Cale Savage was the most accurate player on the team from all three ranges. He shot 39.8% on threes, 63.0% on twos, and 78.5% at the free throw line. He was second on the team in total scoring with 12 points per game and had the best single-game performance, scoring 35 against the Hoops For Christ Warriors.

The Sandites will return three regular starters and four players with starting experience, as well as 63% of their scoring power next season. This season brought Coach Savage’s career record to 387-164 (.702) overall, and 82-71 (.536) at Sand Springs.

Charles Page High School Team Stats

Average Box Score
CPHS 62 Opponent 55
1Q: CPHS 14-14.
2Q: CPHS 14-12.
3Q: CPHS 15-14.
4Q: CPHS 18-15.
(OT: CPHS 11-6).
Free Throws: CPHS 14-of-20, Opp 11-of-18.
2-pt Shooting: CPHS 16-of-29, Opp 13-of-28.
3-pt Shooting: CPHS 5-of-16, Opp 6-of-18.
Field Goals: CPHS 21-of-45, Opp 19-of-46.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 8, Opp 7.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 21, Opp 16.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 29, Opp 23.
Steals: CPHS 6, Opp 7.
Blocks: CPHS 3, Opp 2.
Fouls: CPHS 16, Opp 17.

Individual Stats

Games Played
26 Fox
26 Hurd
26 Cale Savage
26 Durkee
25 Minney
23 Richardson
23 Hawkins
23 Quier
22 Cason Savage
17 Hughes
6 Anderson

Games Started
26 Fox
26 Cale Savage
26 Durkee
25 Minney
23 Richardson
3 Hurd
1 Quier

Leading Scorer (Games)
15 Richardson
7 Cale Savage
2 Minney
1 Hurd
1 Fox

Double-Doubles
6 Richardson
1 Durkee
1 Minney
1 Hurd

Career Points
718 Richardson
650 Cale Savage
484 Durkee
276 Fox
255 Minney
129 Hurd
44 Hawkins
38 Cason Savage
32 Hughes
28 Quier
10 Anderson

Season Points
361 Richardson
311 Cale Savage
241 Fox
226 Durkee
212 Minney
129 Hurd
44 Hawkins
35 Cason Savage
27 Hughes
18 Quier
6 Anderson

Season High
35 Cale Savage
26 Richardson
23 Minney
18 Hurd
17 Durkee
17 Fox
11 Hawkins
11 Cason Savage
11 Hughes
7 Quier
3 Anderson

Points Per Game
15.7 Richardson
12.0 Cale Savage
9.3 Fox
8.7 Durkee
8.5 Minney
5.0 Hurd
1.9 Hawkins
1.6 Hughes
1.6 Cason Savage
1.0 Anderson
0.8 Quier

Field Goal Percentage*
(Minimum 15 attempts, both ranges)
48.9% Richardson
45.8% Minney
45.7% Cale Savage
44.7% Fox
43.7% Durkee

Three-Point Percentage*
(Minimum 15 attempts)
39.8% Cale Savage
34.9% Durkee
29.0% Richardson
24.5% Fox
16.7% Minney

Two-Point Percentage*
(Minimum 15 attempts)
63.0% Cale Savage
59.4% Hurd
55.1% Fox
52.4% Durkee
51.5% Richardson
51.2% Minney

Free Throw Percentage*
(Minimum 15 attempts)
78.5% Cale Savage
69.2% Richardson
66.7% Minney
67.5% Fox
66.7% Durkee
65.2% Hawkins
58.8% Hurd

Offensive Rebounds
2.4 Richardson
1.8 Minney
1.2 Durkee
0.9 Hurd
0.8 Cale Savage
0.6 Hawkins
0.4 Fox
0.3 Anderson
0.3 Quier
0.1 Cason Savage

Defensive Rebounds
6.1 Richardson
3.5 Minney
3.0 Durkee
2.6 Cale Savage
2.5 Hurd
2.1 Fox
0.9 Hawkins
0.8 Quier
0.6 Cason Savage
0.3 Hughes
0.2 Anderson

Total Rebounds
8.4 Richardson
5.4 Minney
4.1 Durkee
3.4 Cale Savage
3.3 Hurd
2.6 Fox
1.4 Hawkins
1.1 Quier
0.7 Cason Savage
0.5 Anderson
0.3 Hughes

Assists
2.0 Richardson
1.0 Minney
1.0 Cale Savage
0.8 Fox
0.6 Cason Savage
0.6 Durkee
0.3 Quier
0.2 Anderson
0.1 Hawkins
0.1 Hurd
0.1 Hughes

Steals
1.4 Minney
1.0 Fox
1.0 Richardson
0.9 Cale Savage
0.7 Durkee
0.6 Hawkins
0.4 Quier
0.4 Cason Savage
0.2 Hughes

Blocks
1.1 Richardson
1.0 Minney
0.4 Durkee
0.3 Hurd
0.2 Fox
0.2 Hawkins
0.1 Quier
0.1 Cale Savage
0.1 Cason Savage

Fouls
3.0 Minney
2.9 Fox
2.9 Richardson
1.8 Hurd
1.7 Cale Savage
1.4 Hawkins
1.2 Durkee
1.1 Cason Savage
0.4 Quier
0.4 Hughes