CPHS Basketball: Sandites headed to State Tournament - presented by Inkwell Printing

For the second time in the past three years the Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team (19-7) is headed to the Class 6A State Tournament following an Area Consolation Finals win over No. 18 ranked Owasso (13-14). The No. 9 Sandites never once trailed in the 64-50 Saturday night victory at the Catoosa Activities Center.

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The Sandites started the game on fire, scoring on their first three field goal attempts for a 7-0 lead before Owasso even got off a shot. Kyler Mann got the Rams on the board with a putback and Trenton Ellison sank a three, but Cason Savage responded with two twos. Davon Richardson scored threes on the first and last buckets of the period to bookend a 14-7 lead. 

Marlo Fox got on the board with a three to start the second period and Josh Minney added another three for their biggest lead of the half at 24-11 before the Sandites got into foul trouble. Mann made a traditional three and added two more free throws on the next possession, then Ellison cut it to 24-20 with a four-point play. Fox and Savage added a bucket apiece to end the half 28-20.

The Rams had more rebounds, more steals, and only four fouls to the Sandites’ nine, but struggled with field goal accuracy, going 7-of-20 in the first half. 

Sand Springs really began to run away with it in the third quarter, holding their foes to only three field goals for a 43-28 lead. Their biggest lead of the game came at 50-32 in the fourth, but Owasso refused to go down without a fight and won the final quarter. Both teams ended up well into the double bonus with Ethan Oakley fouling out at the 5:21 mark and Mann fouling out at 3:11. 

Richardson, a senior University of Central Oklahoma-commit, led all scorers with 23 points, followed by Minney with 16, Fox with 13, and Savage with 10. Mann led Owasso with 14 points, and Ellison was the only other Ram in double digits with 11.

The first round of the State Tournament will be played Thursday at Memorial High School Veterans’ Arena in Tulsa. The semifinals and Championship will be played at the Oral Roberts University Mabee Center. The Sandites’ opponent and game time have yet to be determined.

CPHS 64 OHS 50
1Q: CPHS 14-7.
2Q: CPHS 14-13.
3Q: CPHS 15-8.
4Q: OHS 22-21.

Free Throws: CPHS 14-of-20, OHS 15-of-19.
Field Goals: CPHS 22-of-43, OHS 15-of-52.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 5, OHS 7.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 24, OHS 15.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 29, OHS 22.
Steals: CPHS 7, OHS 9.
Blocks: CPHS 6, OHS 1.
Fouls: CPHS 22, OHS 19.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Richardson 23, Minney 16, Fox 13, Savage 10, Askew 2.
Offensive Rebounds: Richardson 2, Minney 1, Savage 1, Askew 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Minney 7, Richardson 6, Savage 5, Fox 3, Askew 2, Oakley 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 8, Minney 8, Savage 6, Fox 3, Askew 3, Oakley 1.
Steals: Fox 2, Minney 2, Richardson 1, Savage 1, Clark 1.
Assists: Richardson 2, Fox 2, Savage 1.
Blocks: Minney 3, Richardson 2, Oakley 1.
Fouls: Oakley 5, Richardson 4, Fox 3, Minney 3, Savage 2, Shoemaker 2, Clark 2, Askew 1.

(Owasso partial stats)
Scoring: Mann 14, Ellison 11, Fry 9, Armstrong 8, Potter 5, Journee 3.
Fouls: Mann 5, Fry 4, Potter 3, Journee 3, Armstrong 2, Ellison 2.