CPHS Basketball: Boys fall 69-55 at Union, Fox scores 25

UCO-commit Davon Richardson posted his sixth double-double of the season with 20 points and 13 rebounds.

The Class 6A No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (14-4, 6-4) played their fifth top-ten match-up of the season Friday night at the Union Multipurpose Athletic Center against No. 7 Union (14-5, 7-3) in a rematch of the Sandites’ December upset.

This time around the Sandites were minus two starters (Jaeden Hurd, ACL and Daren Hawkins, ACL) and the Redskins had home court advantage. Sand Springs had a season-low field goal percentage and lost starter Josh Minney to fouls early in the fourth, allowing the Redskins to run away with what what had been a very close game.

After leading only 44-40 going into the final stanza, Union finished 69-55 despite two exceptional Sandite performances. University of Central Oklahoma-committed senior Davon Richardson posted his sixth double-double of the season with 20 points and 13 rebounds, and junior standout Marlo Fox scored 25 to lead all scorers on his birthday.

The Redskins had the deeper bench, however, with eight scorers while Sand Springs only had five. Seth Chargois paced his team with 18 points, followed by Nehemiah Boykins and Micah Lovett with 12 apiece.

The teams went blow for blow through the first half, with Union holding narrow leads of 12-10 after the first and 25-23 at the half.

Fox made the opening bucket of the second half, but the Redskins got hot and scored twelve in a row, with six from Chargois, for their biggest lead yet at 37-25. Then it was the Fox show, as the Sandite scored eight in a 10-2 run to even it up. Union went on a five-point run late in the quarter, but Richardson broke it up and Fox added a three to enter the home stretch 44-40.

Richardson put up nine in the fourth, but with Minney out of the game and an unproductive second string, the Sandites were unable to keep up with the Union depth.

Sand Springs basketball will return to action Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. with a conference home game against No. 19 Owasso (8-10, 4-5), who they previously defeating 59-46 in December. The Redskins will kick off a three-game road stretch against Sapulpa (8-10, 3-6) Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. They previously beat the Chieftains 92-50 in December.

Union 69 CPHS 55
1Q: Union 12-10.
2Q: Tied 13-13.
3Q: Union 19-17.
4Q: Union 25-15.

Free Throws: Union 17-of-28, CPHS 14-of-18.
Field Goals: Union 22-of-48, CPHS 18-of-50.
Offensive Rebounds: Union 6, CPHS 11.
Defensive Rebounds: Union 21, CPHS 21.
Total Rebounds: Union 27, CPHS 32.
Steals: Union 6, CPHS 5.
Blocks: Union 3, CPHS 3.
Fouls: Union 19, CPHS 22.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 25, Richardson 20, Minney 5, Savage 3, Shoemaker 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 5, Shoemaker 2, Askew 2, Fox 1, Oakley 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 8, Oakley 4, Fox 2, Minney 2, Savage 2, Shoemaker 1, Clark 1, Askew 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 13, Oakley 5, Fox 3, Shoemaker 3, Askew 3, Minney 2, Savage 2, Clark 1.
Steals: Shoemaker 2, Richardson 1, Minney 1, Savage 1.
Assists: Richardson 1, Savage 1, Shoemaker 1.
Blocks: Richardson 1, Minney 1, Savage 1.
Fouls: Minney 5, Oakley 4, Richardson 4, Shoemaker 3, Savage 2, Fox 1, Clark 1, Askew 1, Stone 1.

(Union partial stats)
Scoring: Chargois 18, Boykins 12, Lovett 12, Mecke 9, Forney 8, Pierce 6, Aromaye 3, Reed 1.
Fouls: Lovett 4, Mecke 3, Reed 3, Chargois 3, Boykins 2, Pierce 2, Aromaye 1, Reed 1.