CPHS Basketball: Girls drop Defenders 70-51, headed to tournament finals - presented by Inkwell Printing

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The Class 6A No. 11 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (7-1) picked up their sixth-straight win Friday night at the Stride Bank Center, rolling to a dominant 70-51 victory against the Green Country Defenders (5-3) in the Enid Holiday Classic semifinals.

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Sophomore Journey Armstead led all scorers with 16 points, followed by freshman Hailey Jackson with a career-high 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds for her first double-double. Jade Shrum put up 11 and Madison Burris had 10 to put four Sandites in double digits.

The Sandites scored the first eight points of the game before the Defenders rallied back with eight of their own. Green Country never led in the game, but tied it three times in the first quarter before the Sandites went on a nine-point run for a 20-11 lead.

Jackson and Shrum rattled off five-straight to start the second period and took their first double-digit lead at 25-15. The second period saw the Sandites’ best defensive effort, only giving up seven points for a 36-22 locker room advantage.

The third and fourth periods were fairly even, but the Sandites won both despite playing mostly backups. All fifteen available Sandites saw extensive action and nine made their way into the score book. Raegan Padilla remained absent due to illness.

Emily Prather paced the Defenders with 15 points, followed by Kana Rackley with 11 and Ashley Phelan with 10.

Sand Springs will play No. 12 Edmond Memorial (6-3) Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the Championship finals. The Sandites are looking for their second gold ball of the season after wining the Bishop Kelley Invitational two weeks ago. The Bulldogs are making their first finals appearance after placing fourth at the Bixby Invitational. Green Country will play for third place against the Oklahoma City Storm (10-7).

CPHS 70 GCD 51
1Q: CPHS 20-15.
2Q: CPHS 16-7.
3Q: CPHS 16-15.
4Q: CPHS 18-14.

Free Throws: CPHS 13-of-23, GCD 14-of-20.
Field Goals: CPHS 27-of-81, GCD 16-of-48.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 33, GCD 6.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 25, GCD 22.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 58, GCD 28.
Steals: CPHS 12, GCD 4.
Blocks: CPHS 2, GCD 3.
Fouls: CPHS 15, GCD 18.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Armstead 16, Jackson 14, Shrum 11, Burris 10, Hampton 7, Harris 5, Regalado 4, Jordan 2, Tanner 1.
Offensive Rebounds: Jackson 9, Armstead 6, Jordan 5, Regalado 3, Shrum 3, Burris 2, Hampton 2, Cheney 1, Harris 1, Day 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Burris 4, Jackson 3, Cheney 3, J. Hughes 3, Armstead 3, Regalado 2, Shrum 2, A. Hughes 2, Day 1, Harris 1, Jordan 1.
Total Rebounds: Jackson 12, Armstead 9, Burris 6, Jordan 6, Regalado 5, Shrum 5, Cheney 4, J. Hughes 3, Hampton 2, Harris 2, Day 2, A. Hughes 2.
Steals: Armstead 3, Burris 3, Jackson 2, Hampton 2, Regalado 1, Jordan 1.
Assists: Armstead 4, Burris 2, Regalado 1, Shrum 1, Jordan 1.
Blocks: Jackson 1, A. Hughes 1.
Fouls: Regalado 4, Jordan 3, Armstead 2, Shrum 2, Jackson 1, Hampton 1, Cheney 1, Brown 1.

(Green Country partial stats)
Scoring: Prather 15, Rackley 11, Phelan 10, Macklin 8, Southern 4, Bianchi 2, Tucker 1.
Fouls: Bianchi 5, Prather 4, Macklin 3, Rackley 3, Southern 2, Arant 1.