CPHS Basketball: Boys fall 69-56 to No. 1 Booker T. Washington, Fox scores 20

The Class 6A No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (16-5, 8-5) took on the Frontier Valley Conference Champions from No. 1 Booker T. Washington (16-5, 12-1) on the road Tuesday night and were unable to repeat their January upset.

The two teams were very similar on shooting, rebounding, steals, and blocks. The Sandites had a more balanced team effort with six scoring players while the Hornets only had four, but they were unable to overcome lopsided fouls and Hornet star power. The teams were equally matched in the paint, but Washington had three more three-pointers and half as many fouls as the Sandites.

University of Kansas-commit Bryce Thompson led all scorers with 24 points, followed by University of Oklahoma-commit Trey Phipps with 21 points and Jalen Breath with 17. The Sandites also had three players in double-digits. Junior Marlo Fox scored 20, University of Central Oklahoma-commit Davon Richardson had his eighth double-double of the year with 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Cason Savage added 10 points.

Sand Springs could not have played better in the first quarter and led for almost all of it. Thompson kicked off the game with a three, but Ryan Shoemaker hit a layup for the 6-5 lead in his first varsity start, and the Sandites didn’t trail till the 4:40 mark of the second quarter.

Sand Springs led 16-12 after the first quarter, but Washington reclaimed the lead with a six-point run capped by a layup from Breath. Sand Springs responded by scoring six of their own, including four from Fox, and they were up 29-25 late in the half, but the home team closed out with a ten-point run thanks to numerous Sandite fouls.

The Sandites won the third quarter 16-14. They fell behind 45-35 at the 4:23 mark, but finished the stanza 10-4 to enter the home stretch 49-45. Washington finally began to pull away with a seven-point run in the middle of the period for their biggest lead at 67-51.

Sandite basketball will return to action Friday at 8:00 p.m. with a regular season finale against No. 11 Broken Arrow (15-6, 7-5). The Tigers won their last meeting 63-51 during a 13-1 start to the season, but since then they are 2-5 and the Sandites will be looking for payback with home court advantage. The Hornets, who already clinched the FVC title, will wrap up the regular season on the road against Sapulpa (9-12, 4-8) Friday at 8:00 p.m. They previously beat the Chieftains 84-62 in December.

BTW 69 CPHS 56
1Q: CPHS 16-12.
2Q: BTW 23-13.
3Q: CPHS 16-14.
4Q: BTW 20-11.

Free Throws: BTW 11-of-16, CPHS 7-of-9.
Field Goals: BTW 25-of-51, CPHS 22-of-49.
Offensive Rebounds: BTW 8, CPHS 9.
Defensive Rebounds: BTW 17, CPHS 17.
Total Rebounds: BTW 25, CPHS 26.
Steals: BTW 7, CPHS 6.
Blocks: BTW 3, CPHS 3.
Fouls: BTW 8, CPHS 15.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 20, Richardson 12, Savage 10, Minney 8, Shoemaker 4, Askew 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 3, Minney 3, Savage 1, Shoemaker 1, Askew 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 8, Fox 5, Savage 3, Shoemaker 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 11, Fox 5, Savage 4, Minney 3, Shoemaker 2, Askew 1.
Steals: Savage 3, Richardson 1, Fox 1, Minney 1.
Assists: Richardson 2, Miney 2, Fox 1, Savage 1.
Blocks: Richardson 2, Minney 1.
Fouls: Minney 4, Shoemaker 4, Richardson 2, Clark 2, Fox 1, Savage 1, Brockman 1.

(Booker T. Washington partial stats)
Scoring: Thompson 24, Phipps 21, Breath 17, Johnson 7.
Fouls: Breath 3, Phipps 2, Parker 2, Johnson 1.