Sandite Basketball ends season in Area playoffs

Sandite high school basketball ended its season this past weekend in the Area playoffs. The boys fell 61-40 to No. 12 Union Friday night at Owasso, while the girls won their first-round game 50-46 against No. 11 Edmond Memorial before falling 36-33 to No. 7 Midwest City Saturday afternoon in Edmond.

The No. 13 Lady Sandites (12-9) paid back a December loss against Edmond Memorial with an overtime thriller Thursday night. Junior star Journey Armstead scored a game-high 22 points with five steals and six assists against the Bulldogs, but the Bombers held her to only 12 points on Saturday. She finished her season averaging 16.9 points per game and joined the 1,000 point club in January.

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