CPHS Basketball: Lady Sandites roll NOAH, Darrian Jordan crowned Homecoming Queen

It wasn’t quite as lopsided as their season-opening 84-30 rout, but the Sand Springs girls basketball team still handily won their rematch with the Northeast Oklahoma Association of Homeschools Thursday evening at the Ed Dubie Field House.

Class 6A No. 13 ranked Charles Page High School improved to 10-7 on the season with a 51-34 win against NOAH (11-10) on Homecoming, despite playing without their top-scorer. Journey Armstead has now missed three of the last five games while recovering from a knee injury, but her team was more than capable of handling the Jaguars without her.

Not one Sandite scored in double digits as they put together their most balanced team effort of the season. Darrian Jordan and Sakauri Wilson led the victors with nine points apiece, while Layne Kirkendoll put up seven points and ten rebounds. Jordan was also crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime of the boys’ game.

It took a few minutes for the girls to get going, and the Jaguars led 7-6 late in the first quarter before KiAryn Taylor kicked off a twelve-point run spanning two quarters. Wilson gave them their first double-digit lead at 18-7 early in the second quarter and they took a 28-18 advantage into the half.

Emma Hay gave the Jags the first bucket of the second half, but Leyshia Morris kicked off an 11-point run for their biggest lead of the game at 39-20. Hay stayed hot for the Jags and scored seven points in the quarter, getting it as close as 41-30 before Victory Johnson ended the quarter with a free throw.

The fourth quarter was fairly low scoring for both teams but the Sandites worked their way back up to another 19-point lead before Heaven Smith made the final bucket of the game.

Hay was the workhorse for the Jaguars, scoring a game-high 14 points. Only four NOAH players made their way onto the scoreboard, while eight Sandites found the net.

Darrian Jordan followed up her back-to-back team-leading performances by signing a letter of intent Friday to play collegiate ball at Seminole State College. The Trojans compete at the NJCAA Division II level out of Seminole, Oklahoma, and went 13-16 last season. Jordan is averaging 6.4 points, one steal, and 2.8 rebounds per game this season.

Lady Sandite basketball was scheduled to host Bartlesville in conference action Friday night, but that game was canceled due to COVID problems in the Bruin program. They will return to action Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on the road at No. 16 Muskogee (7-8, 3-5). The Sandites previously beat the Roughers 54-49 in December and they are 5-4 in conference play.

NOAH will play Hoops For Christ Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

CPHS 51 NOAH 34
1Q: CPHS 13-7.
2Q: CPHS 15-11.
3Q: CPHS 14-12.
4Q: CPHS 9-2.
Free Throws: CPHS 7-of-19, NOAH 11-of-18.
Field Goals: CPHS 20-of-55, NOAH 11-of-35.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 19, NOAH 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 18, NOAH 13.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 37, NOAH 19.
Steals: CPHS 12, NOAH 4.
Blocks: CPHS 2, NOAH 1.
Fouls: CPHS 20, NOAH 13.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Jordan 9, Wilson 9, Jackson 8, Kirkendoll 7, Taylor 7, L. Morris 5, Cheney 3, Johnson 3.
Offensive Rebounds: Kirkendoll 5, Jordan 4, Tanner 4, Jackson 3, Wilson 1, Taylor 1, T. Morris 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Kirkendoll 5, Taylor 4, Wilson 3, L. Morris 2, Cheney 1, Jordan 1, Jackson 1, T. Morris 1.
Total Rebounds: Kirkendoll 5, Jordan 5, Taylor 5, Wilson 4, Jackson 4, Tanner 4, L. Morris 2, T. Morris 2, Cheney 1.
Steals: Wilson 4, Jordan 2, Kirkendoll 1, Jackson 1, L. Morris 1, Taylor 1, Tanner 1, T. Morris 1.
Assists: Wilson 2, Jordan 1, Kirkendoll 1.
Blocks: Kirkendoll 1, Jackson 1.
Fouls: Wilson 4, L. Morris 3, Cheney 2, Jordan 2, Jackson 2, Tanner 2, T. Morris 2, Kirkendoll 1, Hampton 1, Johnson 1.

(NOAH stats)
Scoring: Hay 14, Smith 9, Langley 7, Stevens 4.
Fouls: Hay 4, Stevens 3, Langley 2, Smith 2, Trost 1, Padgett 1.