CPHS Basketball: Sandites throttle NW Arkansas 80-39, five score double digits

The Northwest Arkansas Hornets (1-6) were barely even a blip on the Sandites’ radar Saturday morning at the Tulsa Memorial Veterans Arena Invitational, as the undefeated Class 6A No. 12 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (5-0) rolled to a lopsided 80-39 win, despite giving the backups more minutes than the starters. It marked the fourth time in the past five years that the Sandites have gone undefeated at the festival-style event.

The team was without Cason Savage and Daren Hawkins, and Costen Brockman picked up his first varsity start. The entire Sandite bench saw action, and the backups outscored the starters 49-31. Most of the Sandites logged minutes in the first half after they jumped out to a 16-8 first quarter lead, then scored 24-straight through the second and went into the locker room with a 46-12 advantage.

Sand Springs used a 13-point run in the fourth for its biggest lead of the game at 80-36 before giving up three in the final minute.

Arkansas’s Nick Kirkman led all scorers with 15 points, and Trevor Altemeier had 10 for the Hornets. Marlo Fox’s 13 points were his lowest output of the season, but it was enough to lead the Sandites for the fifth-straight game. Cale Askew was the tenth player off the bench, but he put up 12 points, followed by Davon Richardson, Jason Clark, and Trevor Stone with 10 apiece. Fourteen Sandites saw action and eleven made their way onto the scoreboard.

Sand Springs will return to action Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. with a Frontier Valley Conference road game against No. 17 Owasso (0-1). The Hornets will travel to Ozark Adventist (1-1) Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

CPHS 80 NWA 39
1Q: CPHS 16-8.
2Q: CPHS 30-4.
3Q: Tied 17-17.
4Q: CPHS 17-10.

Free Throws: CPHS 8-of-11, NWA 10-of-16.
Field Goals: CPHS 31-of-71, NWA 12-of-42.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 17, NWA 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 19, NWA 20.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 36, NW 26.
Steals: CPHS 18, NWA 3.
Blocks: CPHS 3, NWA 2.
Fouls: CPHS 15, NWA 9.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Fox 13, Askew 12, Richardson 10, Clark 10, Stone 10, Shoemaker 6, Williams 5, Minney 4, Hurd 4, Oakley 4, Keim 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Keim 3, Richardson 2, Minney 2, Clark 2, Oakley 2, Shoemaker 2, Hurd 1, Stone 1, Williams 1, Lockhart 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Askew 4, Minney 3, Oakley 2, Stone 2, Shoemaker 2, Williams 2, Fox 1, Hurd 1, Keim 1, Lockhart 1.
Total Rebounds: Minney 5, Oakley 4, Shoemaker 4, Askew 4, Keim 4, Stone 3, Williams 3, Richardson 2, Hurd 2, Clark 2, Lockhart 2, Fox 1.
Steals: Askew 4, Fox 3, Brockman 2, Minney 2, Oakley 2, Richardson 1, Clark 1, Shoemaker 1, Keim 1, Sims 1.
Assists: Richardson 3, Shoemaker 3, Williams 2, Keim 1, Fox 1.
Blocks: Richardson 1, Minney 1, Keim 1.
Fouls: Shoemaker 3, Clark 2, Stone 2, Askew 2, Williams 2, Fox 1, Brockman 1, Minney 1, Sims 1.

(Northwest Arkansas partial stats)
Scoring: N. Kirkman 15, Altemeier 10, S. Kirkman 6, Dunn 4, Sanders 3, Stevens 1.
Fouls: S. Kirkman 3, Sanders 2, Dunn 2, #44 2.