WARR ACRES – Sand Springs broke open a 3-point game in the third quarter en route to a 51-34 win over Putnam City Friday (Feb. 2) in a Class 6A District 3 contest.
Putnam City (8-12) overcame a slow first quarter, milked the clock in the second before back-to-back long treys from junior JaColby Williams pulled the Pirates within three (18-15) with 3:29 left.
The Sandites (12-6) countered with a 3-pointer from junior Zane Fueshko to make it 21-15. Pirate senior Eddie Lloyd pulled Original within three points again with a bucket and a free throw to make it 21-18 with 1:03 before halftime.
Neither team scored for the first 2:20 of the third quarter, but then Sand Springs three-point lead ballooned to ten points within the next two minutes of basketball. The Sandites outscored Putnam City, 11-2, in the third quarter as a whole.
Williams finished with 13 points in the loss. Sand Springs junior Deke Johnson, held to 14 points by Enid Tuesday, scored a game-high 22 points. Fellow junior Khalil Allen added 11 points and Fueschko finished with 10 points.
UP NEXT: The Pirates hit the road to take on Owasso Tuesday (Feb. 6) in another district contest. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| Sand Springs | 12 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 51 |
| Putnam City | 6 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 34 |
Putnam City (8-12) – JaColby Williams 13, Jaiden Perry 6, Gabriel Osborne 5, Zamarion Frost 3, Eddie Lloyd 3, Johnn Sheffey 2, Maleke Frost 2.
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