CPHS Basketball: Sandites drop overtime heartbreaker to Jenks

Down 8-0 to start the game, the Class 6A No. 20 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team rallied to a 26-24 halftime lead and were up 43-35 early in the fourth. Then it was the visitors’ turn to rally.

No. 10 Jenks (8-3 overall, 3-2 conference) forced the Sandites into overtime before dropping them to 5-7 overall and 1-5 in Frontier Valley Conference action Tuesday night at the Ed Dubie Field House.

Dylan Golightly scored two threes and Benjamin Averitt added a pair of free throws in the Trojans’ opening volley before Daren Hawkins found an answer. Marlo Fox hit his first of three threes late in the quarter and Hawkins added a conventional three to make it a one-score game to end the stanza.

Fox added two more threes in the second quarter to tie it at 22-22, then hit a jump shot for the first Sandite lead of the game. Seth Wilkins and Corbin Fisher exchanged twos and the Sandites entered the locker room on top.

The teams took turns trading the lead in the third quarter before Cason Savage tied it at 34-34 with a pair of free throws to kick off a seven-point run that included a three from Fisher. They remained out front till Gron Tata hit a three at 45-45 late in the fourth.

Hawkins retaliated with a pair of free throws, but Averitt tied it up with 1:45 to play. Fox had a three shot rim out and Jenks rebounded, but Averitt missed a layup and the Sandites worked to drain the clock before their last attempt. Fox missed a two-point jumper and Chase Martin grabbed the board, but with only two seconds to play, and Tata failed to get the three up before the buzzer.

Fox scored two early into the four-minute overtime period, but Tata hit a three for the lead and the Trojans added a trio of free throws to end the game on a six-point run.

Fox led all scorers with 21 points, and Fisher added 13 points and seven rebounds as the only other Sandite in double-digits. Averitt had 18 points to pace the Trojans, followed by Tata with 11.

Sandite basketball will look to snap their three-game losing streak Friday at 8:00 p.m. when they host Booker T. Washington (2-4, 1-4). Jenks will travel to No. 15 Broken Arrow (8-5, 2-2) Saturday at 4:00 p.m.

Jenks 53 CPHS 49
1Q: Jenks 15-12.
2Q: CPHS 14-9.
3Q: CPHS 13-10.
4Q: Jenks 13-8.
OT: Jenks 6-2.
Free Throws: Jenks 13-of-23, CPHS 13-of-16.
Field Goals: Jenks 17-of-51, CPHS 16-of-46.
Offensive Rebounds: Jenks 12, CPHS 9.
Defensive Rebounds: Jenks 21, CPHS 22.
Total Rebounds: Jenks 33, CPHS 31.
Steals: Jenks 7, CPHS 8.
Blocks: CPHS 1.
Fouls: Jenks 15, CPHS 18.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 21, Fisher 13, Hawkins 7, Savage 4, Clark 2, Oakley 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Fisher 4, Hawkins 2, Shoemaker 1, Keim 1, Oakley 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Savage 8, Hawkins 4, Fox 4, Fisher 3, Keim 2, Oakley 1.
Total Rebounds: Savage 8, Fisher 7, Hawkins 6, Fox 4, Keim 3, Oakley 2, Shoemaker 1.
Steals: Fox 3, Savage 2, Hawkins 1, Fisher 1, Shoemaker 1.
Assists: Savage 2, Fox 2, Oakley 1.
Blocks: Fisher 1.
Fouls: Savage 4, Fox 4, Keim 3, Clark 2, Hawkins 2, Fisher 2, Oakley 1.

(Jenks stats)
Scoring: Averitt 18, Tata 11, Golightly 9, Martin 7, Kittleman 6, Wilkins 2.
Fouls: Martin 4, Tata 4, Kittleman 3, Averitt 2, Diarra 1, Wilkins 1.