CPHS Basketball: Sandites upset defending State Champs, No. 2 Booker T. Washington

University of Kansas-commit Bryce Thompson dunks in the loss to Sand Springs.

Student section chants of “this is our house” filled the air as Sand Springs toppled the defending 6A State Champions from No. 2 ranked Booker T. Washington (7-3, 4-1) Tuesday night at the Ed Dubie Field House. No. 7 Charles Page High School (11-1, 3-1) led by as many as 16 points in the first half before the Hornets battled back, but ultimately the home team held on for a 66-62 overtime win.

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Coming into the season, seventh-year Head Coach Eric Savage had only two teams left in the Frontier Valley Conference that he had not beaten. The Sandites crossed No. 6 Union off that list last month, and now they have taken down No. 2 Booker T. Washington as well. The brutally physical game saw a combined 43 fouls, with four foul outs and one injury.

Five-star University of Kansas-signed senior Bryce Thompson led all scorers with 27 points, followed by University of Oklahoma-commit Trey Phipps with 24, but the Sandites had a more balanced team effort, with three players in double digits.

Marlo Fox scored 22 to lead the Sandites for the tenth time this season, followed by Davon Richardson with 18 points and 12 rebounds for his tenth career double-double. Cason Savage had a season-best ten points.

The home team opened on an 8-0 run with baskets from Fox and Cason Savage, and worked the lead up to an incredible 17-2 before the Hornets battled back to end the quarter 18-9. 

RaShannon Phillips hit a pair of free throws to open the second quarter, but Davon Richardson kicked off another eight-point run to regain the 15-point lead. 

By halftime the Sandites were holding a 33-21 advantage, and Fox added a layup to it to start the third. The Sandites suffered their first big loss just thirty seconds into the half, when Jaeden Hurd had his legs taken out by a Hornet diving for a loose ball. He left the game with a hurt knee and didn’t return. The Hornets went on an eleven-point run late in the third to cut it to 41-39, but Fox ended the quarter with a traditional three. 

Josh Minney hit two free throws to start the final stanza, but soon fouled out and another Hornet run tied it at 46-46 with 5:21 left after a three from Thompson. Fox retaliated with a three and the Sandites remained out front till 2:55 when Daren Hawkins fouled Phillips on a three, and Phillips made it a four-point play to tie it. 

The Hornets drained the clock till 38.2 when Savage fouled Thompson. Thompson made one and the Hornets took their first lead of the game. Richardson tied it with a free throw, then Savage sent Phipps to the line with five seconds left. The Hornet missed both shots and the game headed to overtime. 

Richardson won the tip off and Fox drained a three. Richardson added two more, then Kameron Parker fouled out and Savage made a traditional three for the 61-53 lead before Thompson put the Hornets on the board. Fox added a free throw, Phipps drilled a three, Richardson added a free throw, then Thompson sank a three to make it 63-62.

With 18.6 left Richardson scored two on an inbound throw, then Hawkins added a free throw to secure the win.

Sand Springs will return to action Friday at 8:00 p.m. with a conference road game at No. 10 Broken Arrow (12-1, 4-0). The Hornets will travel to the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions in Springfield, Missouri on Thursday.

CPHS 66 BTW 62
1Q: CPHS 18-9.
2Q: CPHS 15-12.
3Q: BTW 18-11.
4Q: BTW 14-9.
OT: CPHS 13-9.

Free Throws: CPHS 13-of-25, BTW 16-of-20.
Field Goals: CPHS 23-of-50, BTW 18-of-57.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 8, BTW 5.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 31, BTW 18.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 39, BTW 23.
Steals: CPHS 3, BTW 5.
Blocks: CPHS 3, BTW 1.
Fouls: CPHS 21, BTW 22.

(Sand Springs Stats)
Scoring: Fox 22, Richardson 18, Savage 10, Hurd 7, Minney 5, Hawkins 4.
Offensive Rebounds: Hawkins 3, Richardson 2, Fox 2, Hurd 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Richardson 10, Minney 6, Savage 5, Hawkins 5, Hurd 3, Fox 1.
Total Rebounds: Richardson 12, Minney 8, Hawkins 8, Savage 5, Hurd 4, Fox 1, Oakley 1.
Steals: Richardson 1, Hurd 1.
Assists: Richardson 3, Hawkins 2, Minney 1, Savage 1.
Blocks: Minney 3.
Fouls: Minney 5, Hawkins 4, Savage 4, Richardson 3, Fox 3, Hurd 2.

(Booker T. Washington partial stats)
Scoring: Thompson 27, Phipps 24, Phillips 8, Parker 3.
Fouls: Parker 5, Breath 5, Phillips 5, Thompson 3, Phipps 2, Ruffin 2.