CPHS Basketball: Girls beat Grant 87-8, biggest win of the decade - presented by Inkwell Printing

The Class 6A No. 11 ranked Charles Page High School girls’ basketball team (6-1) was short one starter Thursday afternoon at the Stride Bank Center, but it didn’t matter. Raegan Padilla sat on the bench, sick, but the rest of the starters joined her just a few minutes into the game. Sand Springs rolled to an 87-8 win against U.S. Grant (1-4) in the first round of the Enid Holiday Classic, and all but one player scored.

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The Sandites wasted no time, with Hailey Jackson rebounding for two, and Journey Armstead putting back three straight two-point baskets in the first 90 seconds. McKayla Ahboah got the Lady Generals on the board with a free throw, but Jade Shrum sank a three and Jackson scored three-straight twos to make it 16-1. With 3:56 remaining in the first quarter, Coach Joshua Berry benched his starters.

The second string pushed the Sandites to a 27-1 advantage with baskets from Jentry Hughes, Bayleigh Cheney, and McKenzie Harris. The starters rejoined the game in the second period, but for less than two minutes.

Sand Springs scored 38-straight points before Karla Zuniga made the Generals’ first field goal, and ended the second quarter up 57-3. All fifteen eligible/healthy players saw action in the half, and Abby Hughes, Darrian Jordan, Fayth Walker, and Avery Tanner scored buckets late in the second period.

The second half saw a running clock on both substitutions and throw-ins, only stopping for timeouts, preventing the Sandites from matching their 109-39 offensive performance against Muskogee last season. They did, however, make their best defensive effort since at least 2007 (as far back as Sandite Pride records go), with their largest point-differential of that era.

Armstead led all scorers with 17 points, and was the only player in double-digits. Thirteen Sandites scored more than Grant’s leading scorer, Yohanna Hall, who hit a three in the third quarter.

Sand Springs will return to action Friday at 6:30 p.m. against the winner of Green Country (4-2) vs. Enid (2-6). Grant will play the loser of that game at 12:30 p.m.

CPHS 87 USG 8
1Q: CPHS 27-1.
2Q: CPHS 30-2.
3Q: CPHS 22-3.
4Q: CPHS 8-2.

Free Throws: CPHS 6-of-13, USG 1-of-4.
Field Goals: CPHS 38-of-73, USG 3-of-26.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 20, USG 1.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 15, USG 10.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 35, USG 11.
Steals: CPHS 22, USG 2.
Blocks: CPHS 1, USG 0.
Fouls: CPHS 8, USG 10.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Armstead 17, Jackson 9, Regalado 6, Tanner 6, Harris 6, Walker 6, Shrum 5, Burris 5, J. Hughes 5, A. Hughes 5, Cheney 4, Jordan 4, Brown 4, Hampton 3.
Offensive Rebounds: Jackson 4, Regalado 3, Day 3, Hampton 2, Brown 2, A. Hughes 2, Burris 1, J. Hughes 1, Jordan 1, Walker 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Regalado 4, Cheney 2, Day 2, Walker 2, Jackson 1, Armstead 1, J. Hughes 1, Hampton 1, Tanner 1.
Total Rebounds: Regalado 7, Jackson 5, Day 5, Hampton 3, Walker 3, Brown 2, A. Hughes 2, J. Hughes 2, Cheney 2, Armstead 1, Burris 1, Jordan 1, Tanner 1.
Steals: Walker 4, Tanner 3, Shrum 3, Armstead 2, Regalado 2, Burris 2, Cheney 2, Jackson 1, J. Hughes 1, Jordan 1, Brown 1.
Assists: Armstead 4, J. Hughes 2, Walker 2, Tanner 2, Jackson 1, Regalado 1, Shrum 1, Burris 1.
Blocks: Burris 1.
Fouls: Jackson 3, Armstead 1, Shrum 1, Jordan 1, A. Hughes 1, Tanner 1.

(Grant partial stats)
Scoring: Hall 3, Zuniga 2, Smith 2, Ahboah 1.
Fouls: Hall 3, Ahboah 2, Grimsley 2, McElfresh 2, Zuniga 1.