CPHS Basketball: Girls fall 63-46 to Sapulpa, Armstead scores 18

The Class 6A No. 11 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (12-5, 5-4) suffered a Frontier Valley Conference loss Tuesday Night at the Chieftain, falling 63-46 to Highway 97 rival No. 7 Sapulpa (15-3, 8-1).

The Chieftain starting five had 11 inches on the Sandites, and out-rebounded them 34 to 22. They also out-shot their visitors and won the turnover battle.

The Sandites got help from a foul-happy first half, scoring nine points on twelve fouls, but still trailed 34-22 going into the locker room after a 12-point performance from Temira Poindexter and 11 from Ray Osborn.

Osborn picked up her third and fourth fouls less than a minute into the second half and missed most of the third quarter. Her absence contributed to the Sandites’ best stanza, a 13-13 tie. Journey Armstead put up nine points in the quarter and got her team back within single digits at 44-35, but Stailee Heard made a buzzer-beating three for the Chieftains.

Sapulpa got hot again in the fourth and took their biggest lead at 63-44 before Raegan Padilla made her way into the score book with the final points of the game.

Poindexter led all scorers with 21 points, but the Chieftains had three in double digits. Osborn scored 15 despite missing most of the second half, and Alexis Lewis added 13. Armstead paced the Sandites with 18, followed by Hailey Jackson with 10.

Sand Springs will return to action with a huge conference road game against No. 6 Union (14-3, 7-1) Friday at 6:30 p.m. They lost their previous meeting with the Redskins 39-25 at home. The Chieftains will travel to No. 10 Bixby (11-6, 5-3) Friday at 6:30 p.m. They edged out the Spartans 52-49 in overtime in December.

SHS 63 CPHS 46
1Q: SHS 15-6.
2Q: SHS 19-16.
3Q: All 13-13.
4Q: SHS 16-11.

Free Throws: SHS 11-of-16, CPHS 12-of-17.
Field Goals: SHS 24-of-50, CPHS 16-of-48.
Offensive Rebounds: SHS 13, CPHS 10.
Defensive Rebounds: SHS 21, CPHS 12.
Total Rebounds: SHS 34, CPHS 22.
Steals: SHS 8, CPHS 6.
Blocks: SHS 2, CPHS 2.
Fouls: SHS 17, CPHS 14.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Armstead 18, Jackson 10, Burris 7, Morris 5, Padilla 2, Regalado 2, Walker 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Armstead 4, Jackson 2, Morris 2, Burris 1, Walker 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Armstead 4, Jackson 4, Burris 2, Padilla 1, Morris 1.
Total Rebounds: Armstead 8, Jackson 6, Burris 3, Morris 3, Padilla 1, Walker 1.
Steals: Armstead 2, Padilla 2, Burris 1, Jordan 1.
Assists: Armstead 4, Padilla 1.
Blocks: Jackson 1, Burris 1.
Fouls: Padilla 5, Armstead 2, Jackson 2, Burris 1, Jordan 1, Morris 1, Cheney 1, Walker 1.

(Sapulpa partial stats).
Scoring: Poindexter 21, Osborn 15, Lewis 13, Heard 8, Thomas 3, #10 2, Mason 1.
Fouls: Osborn 4, Poindexter 3, Heard 3, Thomas 3, Lewis 2, Mason 1, #10 1.