CPHS Basketball: Sandites top Collinsville 54-45 at Port City Classic

The Class 6A No. 18 ranked Charles Page High School boys basketball team (5-4) got back to a winning record Thursday night with a 54-45 knockout of 5A No. 16 Collinsville (5-4) in the first round of the Port City Classic. On Wednesday it looked like the tournament wouldn’t even be played after Catoosa canceled all athletic operations due to COVID-19, but Victory Christian stepped and volunteered to host.

Oscar Hammond put up the first bucket of the game and Cooper McDowell drained a three for a 5-0 Cardinal lead. Corbin Fisher hit a pair of free throws, Marlo Fox buried a three to tie it, and Cason Savage earned the Sandites their first lead at 7-5. The teams traded leads six times in the first half, but after Fisher put the Sandites up 23-22 they never again let the Cardinals out front, despite the game remaining close.

Down 38-33 to start the fourth quarter, Caden Bouy went on a 5-1 run to make it a one-point game, but foul trouble caught up with the Cardinals and the Sandites scored eight from the stripe to go with field goals from Fox and Jason Clark. They took their biggest lead at 54-42 before Corey Dees scored three unanswered to end the game.

Fox led all scorers with 17 points, followed by Fisher with 11 and Clark with 10. McDowell scored 12 as the only Cardinal in double digits.

Sandite basketball will return to action Friday at 8:30 p.m. against 5A No. 6 Bishop Kelley (7-3). Collinsville will play 5A No. 10 Edison (6-5) at 5:30 p.m. The Kelley Comets defeated the Eagles 66-58 in their quarterfinal game.

CPHS 54 CHS 45.
1Q: CPHS 14-12.
2Q: CPHS 12-11.
3Q: CPHS 12-10.
4Q: CPHS 16-12.
Free Throws: CPHS 16-of-33, CHS 16-of-24.
Field Goals: CPHS 16-of-43, CHS 12-of-36.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 8, CHS 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 24, CHS 19.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 32, CHS 25.
Steals: CPHS 10, CHS 8.
Blocks: CPHS 2.
Fouls: CPHS 22, CHS 25.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 17, Fisher 11, Clark 10, Savage 9, Hawkins 3, Keim 3, Oakley 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Keim 2, Oakley 2, Hawkins 1, Savage 1, Fisher 1, Brockman 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Clark 6, Fisher 6, Fox 4, Savage 3, Hawkins 2, Keim 2, Oakley 1.
Total Rebounds: Fisher 7, Clark 6, Savage 4, Fox 4, Keim 4, Hawkins 3, Oakley 3, Brockman 1.
Steals: Fox 3, Hawkins 2, Savage 2, Fisher 2, Clark 1.
Assists: Fisher 2, Fox 2.
Blocks: Fisher 2.
Fouls: Hawkins 4, Keim 4, Savage 3, Fox 3, Oakley 3, Fisher 2, Clark 1, Brockman 1, Corona 1.

Collinsville Scoring: McDowell 12, Bouy 8, Scyrkels 8, Dees 6, Hammond 4, Schloman 3, Meacham 3, Morgan 1.