CPHS Basketball: Girls rout Bartlesville 67-31, Armstead scores 21

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The Class 6A No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team is 2-0 for the first time since 2017 after rolling to a dominant 67-31 win against Bartlesville (0-2. 0-2) Friday night in their Frontier Valley Conference opener. More impressively, they have yet to trail by even a single point this season.

Sand Springs put the game away in the first quarter with a 29-5 lead, snagging seven steals and shooting 11-of-13 on field goals. Journey Armstead banked in a three, Hailey Jackson scored on a steal, then Armstead snagged another takeaway and passed it to Darrian Jordan who made a three-point play off a foul for the 8-0 advantage within the first minute. Bayleigh Cheney hit a pair of threes to make it 16-3, then the visitors went on a 13-point run before Kate Gronigan made a layup to end the stanza.

The Sandites got in early foul trouble, with Jackson and Layne Kirkendoll picking up three apiece in the first quarter. They switched to a less aggressive zone defense in the second half, giving the Bruins more shooting opportunities and snagging less takeaways. The final three quarters amounted to a much closer score of 38-26, still in the visitors’ favor, however. The Bruins never cut it closer than a 26-point deficit after the first quarter, and the Sandites led by as much as 38 after an 11-point run in the fourth quarter.

Eleven Sandites saw action in the game and nine made their way onto the scoreboard. Armstead led the Sandites for the second game in a row and the 23rd time in her career, putting up 21 points with three threes, five assists, four rebounds, and two steals. Freshman star Sakauri Wilson matched her last week’s performance of 11 points, along with two steals, two rebounds, and three assists.

Lady Sandite Basketball will return to action Thursday at 3:30 p.m. against No. 3 Edmond North (3-0) in the first round of the Bixby Invitational. Bartlesville will play 5A No. 13 Shawnee (0-1) Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in the Bishop Kelley Invitational.

CPHS 67 BHS 31
1Q: CPHS 29-5.
2Q: CPHS 14-11.
3Q: CPHS 9-8.
4Q: CPHS 15-7.
Free Throws: CPHS 11-of-15, BHS 11-of-25.
Field Goals: CPHS 22-of-50, BHS 9-of-31.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 7, BHS 7.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 15, BHS 14.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 22, BHS 21.
Steals: CPHS 16, BHS 6.
Blocks: CPHS 2, BHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 23, BHS 13.

(Sand Springs)
Scoring: Armstead 21, Wilson 11, Cheney 9, Jordan 6, Hampton 6, Tanner 5, Jackson 4, Morris 3, Pearce 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Armstead 2, Rector 2, Jordan 1, Hampton 1, Pearce 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Jordan 3, Kirkendoll 3, Jackson 2, Wilson 2, Armstead 1, Hampton 1, Rector 1, Pearce 1, Morris 1.
Total Rebounds: Jordan 4, Armstead 3, Kirkendoll 3, Rector 3, Pearce 2, Wilson 2, Hampton 2, Jackson 2,.Morris 1.
Steals: Jackson 3, Cheney 3, Jordan 2, Armstead 2, Kirkendoll 2, Wilson 2, Hampton 1, Rector 1.
Assists: Jordan 5, Armstead 3, Wilson 3, Cheney 2, Hampton 1, Tanner 1, Rector 1.
Blocks: Kirkendoll 2.
Fouls: Kirkendoll 5, Jordan 3, Jackson 3, Hampton 3, Pearce 3, Cheney 2, Armstead 1, Wilson 1, Tanner 1, Morris 1.

(Bartlesville)
Scoring: Rovenstine 10, Bilger 6, Gronigan 6, Ward 3, McPhail 3, Chambers 1, Duncan 1.
Fouls: Bilger 3, Gronigan 3, Valentine 2, Duncan 2, Ward 1, Rovenstine 1, Chambers 1.