Sand Springs Girls' Basketball throttles Jenks 64-30 on the road
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This story was originally written by Scott Emigh for the Sand Springs Leader.
Jenks hung tough for a half, but the Sand Springs girls’ basketball team opened the floodgates after intermission.
Class 6A No. 11 Charles Page High School (4-0 overall, 2-0 conference) outscored the home team 42 to 18 in the second half and cruised to a 64-30 win against No. 19 Jenks (2-3, 1-1) Tuesday night at the Frank Herald Field House.
Three Lady Sandites scored in double digits as the visitors secured their 16th consecutive win against Jenks. Journey Armstead led all scorers with 20 points, followed by Hailey Jackson with 13 and Sakauri Wilson with 10.
Taiona Morris scored 8 points, Layne Kirkendoll added seven points and ten rebounds from the bench, and Avery Tanner scored 6.
“I think this year we’ve been able to get a lot more help and a lot of players are stepping up and getting a lot more confidence,” said Sandites head coach Josh Berry.
The Sandites held their opponents to single digits in all four quarters and came away with 14 steals and three blocks in a dominant defensive effort.
“I think that’s what we’ve got to do is just hang our hat on the defense,” said Berry. “As long as we keep playing defense and they keep sharing the ball, and other players keep getting aggressive, we’ve got a good chance of being pretty good.”
Jill Twiehaus scored 14 points to lead the Trojans, who will take three weeks off before traveling to 5A No. 2 Sapulpa (3-2, 1-1).
Sand Springs will travel to the Tampa Bay Christmas Invitational on December 29th with a first-round game against Fort Myers, Florida.
“Of course we’re going down there to compete,” said Berry. “First we want to go down there and take care of business, but we want to have some fun. It’s about family, and it’s about being together. It’s a chance for us to go down there and relax and have some fun over the holidays and enjoy each other.”
In junior varsity action the Trojans won 44-40. Abigaile Martin scored 15 points to lead the Sandites.
CPHS 64 Jenks 30
1Q: CPHS 11-6.
2Q: CPHS 11-6.
3Q: CPHS 25-9.
4Q: CPHS 17-9.
Free Throws: CPHS 13-of-16, Jenks 11-of-13.
Field Goals: CPHS 23-of-58, Jenks 9-of-46.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 19, Jenks 12.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 22, Jenks 13.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 41, Jenks 25.
Steals: CPHS 14, Jenks 5.
Blocks: CPHS 3, Jenks 5.
Fouls: CPHS 16, Jenks 13.
Scoring: (CPHS) Armstead 20, Jackson 13, Wilson 10, T. Morris 8, Kirkendoll 7, Tanner 6. (Jenks) Twiehaus 14, Forgione 7, Brown 4, Luciano 2, Simpson 2, Aeschleman 1.
