CPHS Basketball: Sandites win Enid Tournament 61-36 over Bixby - presented by Inkwell Printing

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The Class 6A No. 6 ranked Charles Page High School boys’ basketball team has been unstoppable this season, and they improved their record to 9-0 Saturday night at the Stride Bank Center, beating Bixby 61-36 in the Enid Holiday Classic Championship finals. It was their first regular season tournament title since 2015.

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Marlo Fox drained a three to start the game, and the Sandites never trailed. They took a 12-3 lead before the Spartans closed the period with five unanswered points. Sand Springs dominated the second period and took a 33-20 lead into the locker room. They were only up 25-20 after a six-point run from the Spartans, but scored eight straight to end the quarter.

The scoring streak stretched into the second half as they opened the quarter on a six-point run to make it 39-20 before Parker Friedrichsen sank a three. The Sandites went up 47-27 to end the third and maintained a 20-point lead for the entire fourth quarter.

Friedrichsen led all scorers with 16 points, followed by Jaeden Hurd. Hurd put up 14 points to match his season-best and to lead his team for the first time this year. Fox scored 13 and was named the Tournament MVP. Josh Minney scored 11 and Davon Richardson added 9. Minney and Richardson were both named to the All-Tournament team.

Sand Springs will return to action Saturday, January 4th at 4:00 p.m. with a non-conference game in Ponca City (1-5). They previously beat Ponca 75-64 in the season opener. Bixby (4-5) will compete at the Bartlesville Tournament beginning January 9th. Sand Springs and Bixby will meet again January 31st in a Frontier Valley Conference match-up at Sand Springs.

CPHS 61 Bixby 36
1Q: CPHS 12-8.
2Q: CPHS 21-12.
3Q: CPHS 14-7.
4Q: CPHS 14-9.

Free Throws: CPHS 21-of-34, Bixby 12-of-15.
Field Goals: CPHS 19-of-41, Bixby 10-of-36.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 6, Bixby 5.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 19, Bixby 15.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 25, Bixby 20.
Steals: CPHS 13, Bixby 4.
Blocks: CPHS 2, Bixby 0.
Fouls: CPHS 18, Bixby 25.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Hurd 14, Fox 13, Minney 11, Richardson 9, Hawkins 9, Savage 5.
Offensive Rebounds: Fox 2, Hurd 2, Richardson 1, Hawkins 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Minney 6, Hurd 5, Richardson 3, Hawkins 3, Savage 2.
Total Rebounds: Hurd 7, Minney 6, Richardson 4, Hawkins 4, Fox 2, Savage 2.
Steals: Hawkins 5, Hurd 3, Minney 2, Fox 1, Richardson 1, Savage 1.
Assists: Fox 1, Minney 1, Hurd 1, Savage 1, Hawkins 1.
Blocks: Fox 1, Minney 1.
Fouls: Minney 5, Savage 4, Fox 3, Richardson 3, Hawkins 2, Hurd 1.

All Tournament Team: Jayden Hill (HFC), D’Marius Dobbins (HFC), Elias Prescott (Green Country), Luke Seals (Ponca City), Justin Thompson (Ponca City), Marlo Fox (CPHS, Davon Richardson (CPHS, Josh Minney (CPHS), Parker Friedrichsen (Bixby), Preston Cowen (Bixby), Carter Owens (Enid).