CPHS Basketball: Girls drop tough loss to No. 10 Booker T. Washington

The Class 6A No. 14 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (8-7 overall, 4-4 conference) suffered a tough Frontier Valley Conference loss Friday night at the Ed Dubie Field House, falling 52-40 to No. 10 Booker T. Washington (8-5, 5-2).

The Hornets won their third straight game and led for most of the bout after Natalya Jones kicked off a seven-point run for an 11-4 lead in the first quarter. Layne Kirkendoll scored the last bucket of the quarter to start an eight-point streak for the Sandites, who took their only lead of the game at 16-14 on a three-pointer from Sakauri Wilson early in the second.

The game of streaks continued and the Hornets scored seven in a row and never against gave up their advantage. The Sandites only trailed 23-20 at the half, but an 11-point Hornet run in the third quarter put them down 36-22 and they never recovered despite narrowly winning the fourth quarter.

Journey Armstead, returning from injury, scored 14 points to lead the Sandites, and put up two three-pointers in the fourth quarter as her team tried to rally. Hailey Jackson added ten as the only other Sandite in double digits. Carrigan Hill led all scorers with 15 points, followed by Sai Johnson with 13 and Haylee Mitchell with 11.

Lady Sandite Basketball will return to action Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. with a conference road game at Broken Arrow (6-7, 3-4). The Sandites went 2-1 against the Tigers last season, winning both league games but falling in a high-scoring Regional playoff shootout.

Booker T. Washington will host 5A No. 1 Sapulpa (11-3, 4-2) Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

BTW 52 CPHS 40
1Q: BTW 14-8.
2Q: CPHS 12-9.
3Q: BTW 16-6.
4Q: CPHS 14-13.
Free Throws: BTW 11-of-19, CPHS 3-of-6.
Field Goals: BTW 19-of-39, CPHS 16-of-47.
Offensive Rebounds: BTW 5, CPHS 8.
Defensive Rebounds: BTW 17, CPHS 11.
Total Rebounds: BTW 22, CPHS 19.
Steals: BTW 9, CPHS 8.
Blocks: BTW 2, CPHS 2.
Fouls: BTW 10, CPHS 15.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Armstead 14, Jackson 10, Jordan 7, Wilson 5, Kirkendoll 4.
Offensive Rebounds: Wilson 3, Jackson 1, Cheney 1, Kirkendoll 1, Jordan 1, Hampton 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kirkendoll 6, Jackson 3, Armstead 2.
Total Rebounds: Kirkendoll 7, Jackson 4, Wilson 3, Armstead 2, Cheney 1, Jordan 1, Hampton 1.
Steals: Jackson 3, Armstead 2, Wilson 1, Jordan 1, Morris 1.
Assists: Armstead 5, Wilson 2, Morris 1.
Blocks: Jackson 1, Kirkendoll 1.
Fouls: Jackson 5, Jordan 5, Kirkendoll 3, Wilson 1, Morris 1.

(Booker T. Washington stats)
Scoring: Hill 15, Johnson 13, Mitchell 11, Smith 9, Nunez 2, Jones 2.
Fouls: Smith 3, Johnson 3, Mitchell 2, DeLouiser 1, Hill 1.

Frontier Valley Conference standings
6-0 Union (14-1)
6-0 Bixby (12-4)
5-2 Booker T. Washington (8-5)
4-2 Sapulpa (11-3)
4-4 Sand Springs (8-7)
3-4 Broken Arrow (6-7)
2-4 Muskogee (5-7)
2-5 Jenks (6-10)
1-7 Owasso (3-13)
0-6 Bartlesville (3-12)