CPHS Basketball: Sandites win Regional Championship 59-51 over Broken Arrow - presented by Inkwell Printing

Saturday night at the Ed Dubie Field House was a special occasion for more reasons than one. The Class 6A No. 9 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (18-6) avenged two regular season losses to No. 11 Broken Arrow (18-7), they won consecutive Regional Championships for the first time in school history, and they gave Head Coach Eric Savage his 100th win at Sand Springs.

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The Sandites were explosive in the first half, taking a 37-18 lead into the locker room, and used aggressive defense to stave off a second half Broken Arrow rally that went 33-22 in the Tigers’ favor. Junior standout Marlo Fox scored 22 points to lead all scorers, and University of Central Oklahoma-commit Davon Richardson added 21 points and 7 rebounds.

Fox hit a three on the Sandites’ opening possession, then Josh Minney turned a steal into a free throw and the home team never trailed. Ja’ell Talley hit a pair of twos to tie it, but Cason Savage and Fox responded with back to back threes. The Sandites worked their lead up to 17-9 before giving up a trio of free throws to end the period. 

The second quarter was even more lopsided as the Sandites ran away with it 20-6 behind a nine point performance from Richardson. Sand Springs took its first double digit lead at the 4:17 mark, then went on an 11-2 run capped by back to back steal and scores from Cason Savage and Richardson to make it 37-18 at the half.

The Tigers battled back hard in the second half and cut their deficit to 46-35 at the end of the third, but the Sandites found their feet in the fourth and kept up for the most part. Minney drew his fifth foul with 1:04 to play, sending Talley to the line for a traditional three that made it 57-51, but Richardson hit a pair of free throws to end the game.

Broken Arrow was led by Talley and Anthony Allen with 14 apiece and Tyler Pinder with 11.

Both teams will advance to the Area playoffs. Sand Springs will play No. 1 Booker T. Washington (19-5) Friday, March 6th at 6:30 p.m. The Sandites are the only team in Class 6A to beat the Hornets this season, doing so 66-62 at home in January, but lost 69-56 on the road two weeks ago. The winner of that game will advance to State, while the loser will move to the Area Consolation bracket.

Broken Arrow will play No. 19 Yukon (14-11) Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the first round of the Area Consolation bracket. The loser of that game will be eliminated, and the winner will have to win another game to advance to State. Area playoff sites have yet to be announced.

CPHS 59 BAHS 51
1Q: CPHS 17-12.
2Q: CPHS 20-6.
3Q: BAHS 17-9.
4Q: BAHS 16-13.

Free Throws: CPHS 15-of-21, BAHS 8-of-13.
Field Goals: CPHS 19-of-39, BAHS 19-of-36.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 5, BAHS 4.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 15, BAHS 12.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 20, BAHS 16.
Steals: CPHS 11, BAHS 5.
Blocks: CPHS 4, BAHS 5.
Fouls: CPHS 17, BAHS 18.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 22, Richardson 21, Minney 8, Savage 6, Oakley 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Oakley 2, Richardson 1, Minney 1, Savage 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 6, Minney 6, Savage 2, Fox 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 7, Minney 6, Savage 3, Oakley 2, Fox 1.
Steals: Richardson 4, Savage 3, Fox 1, Minney 1, Oakley 1, Askew 1.
Assists: Minney 1, Savage 1.
Blocks: Richardson 2, Fox 1, Oakley 1.
Fouls: Miney 5, Oakley 4, Richardson 3, Askew 2, Fox 1, Savage 1, Shoemaker 1.

(Broken Arrow partial stats)
Scoring: Talley 14, Allen 14, Piner 11, Barnes 6, McCurdy 2, Stika 2, Blair 2.
Fouls: Barnes 4, Talley 4, Pinder 4, Stika 3, McCurdy 2, Golden 1.