CPHS Basketball: Undefeated Sandites survive HFC, advance to tournament finals - presented by Inkwell Printing

The Class 6A No. 6 ranked Charles Page High School continued its undefeated start to the season Friday evening at the Stride Bank Center, rolling to a 52-45 victory against the Hoops For Christ home school team (9-5) in the Enid Holiday Classic semifinals. The Sandites are now 8-0 for the first time in at least the past decade.

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Josh Minney was the star of the first period, scoring the Sandites’ first two buckets and assisting the third. After putting up the first points of the game, the Sandites fell behind 6-2 before Minney took a steal coast to coast, then passed to Jaeden Hurd for an easy two at 8-6. Davon Richardson tied the game up briefly before Khiry Montgomery hit the final basket of the quarter. The Sandites found themselves down after the first quarter for only the second time this season.

Richardson kicked off the second quarter with a three, Tadrian Davis retaliated, Marlo Fox drained two from the charity stripe, then Davis reclaimed the lead once again. That would be the last lead of the game for the Warriors. Fox iced a three and Cason Savage took a steal to the house to make it 18-14 and the Warriors never recovered. By halftime the Sandites held a 23-20 lead.

The Warriors continued to play close throughout the third period, cutting it to 31-30 with a three-pointer from D’Marius Dobbins and a two from Levi Schrader. Fox hit a three of his own, but Dobbins had the final say of the quarter.

Dobbins made it a one-point game once again, early in the fourth, but this time it was Daren Hawkins with the retaliatory three to make it 39-35. The Sandites held a healthy margin throughout the fourth quarter and the Warriors never got within four.

Sand Springs will return to action in the Championship finals against the winner of Bixby (3-4) vs. Enid (3-2) Saturday at 8:00 p.m. HFC will play the losers of that game at 2:00 p.m. for third place.

CPHS 50 HFC 44
1Q: HFC 10-8.
2Q: CPHS 15-10.
3Q: HFC 12-11.
4Q: CPHS 16-12.

Free Throws: CPHS 15-of-18, HFC 5-of-11.
Field Goals: CPHS 15-of-34, HFC 17-of-36.
Offensive Rebounds: CPHS 6, HFC 12.
Defensive Rebounds: CPHS 11, HFC 11.
Total Rebounds: CPHS 17, HFC 23.
Steals: CPHS 7, HFC 4.
Blocks: CPHS 3, HFC 1.
Fouls: CPHS 14, HFC 13.

(Sand Springs stats)
Scoring: Fox 16, Richardson 11, Minney 7, Hawkins 7, Savage 5, Hurd 4.
Offensive Rebounds: Minney 2, Fox 1, Richardson 1, Hurd 1, Brockman 1.
Defensive Rebounds: Minney 3, Savage 3, Richardson 2, Hurd 2, Fox 1.
Total Rebounds: Minney 5, Richardson 3, Savage 3, Hurd 3, Fox 2, Brockman 1.
Steals: Richardson 2, Fox 1, Minney 1, Hawkins 1, Savage 1, Hurd 1.
Assists: Savage 2, Minney 2, Richardson 1.
Blocks: Fox 1, Richardson 1, Minney 1.
Fouls: Fox 4, Richardson 3, Hawkins 3, Minney 2, Savage 2.

(Hoops For Christ partial stats)
Scoring: D’Marius Dobbins 14, D’Arius Dobbins 9, Montgomery 9, Davis 7, Hill 3, Schrader 2.
Fouls: Davis 5, D’Arius Dobbins 4, Hill 3, D’Marius Dobbins 1.