Faith 7 basketball: Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Bradyn Hubbard lead Oklahoma over Texas

SHAWNEE — Oklahoma swept the Faith 7 Bowl, which featured Oklahoma’s and Texas’ top seniors from the past high school girls and boys basketball seasons.

The girls took the court first and Oklahoma continued its hold in the series, taking down Texas for the third consecutive time. Oklahoma bested Texas 88-68 in Noble Field House on the Oklahoma Baptist University campus Saturday. Oklahoma fell two points shy of the Faith 7 record for most points scored by a girls team.

In a game that featured players across the state, a starting trio from Class 4A state champion Classen SAS had the most chemistry and it showed early as just three minutes into the game, Micah Gray drove into the lane and tossed the ball to Jordan Harrison, who then flung a pass behind her head to Darianna Littlepage-Buggs for a score.

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The trio finished as the leading scorers of the game. Gray, a Texas Southern commit, finished with 17 points and five steals. Gray knocked down three 3-pointers, which tied the record for the most made in a Faith 7 game.

McDonald’s All-American and The Oklahoman’s Super 5 Player of the Year, Littlepage-Buggs recorded a 16-point, 15-rebound double-double to go along with four blocks. Littlepage-Buggs’ 15 rebounds were the most ever in a Faith 7 game.

Texas' Vivian Gray previously held the record with 13. Heritage Hall's Abbie Winchester previously had the most for an Oklahoma squad with 12. Littlepage-Buggs, a Baylor signee, was named Most Valuable Player.

“I’m happy,” Littlepage-Buggs said. “This is our last go-round so we took that into consideration. Everybody just came up and showed out.”

Harrison, a Stephen F. Austin signee, finished with 14 points, five assists and three steals.

Mustang’s Talia Pogi was the other double-figure scorer for Oklahoma. Pogi finished with 11 points, going 2-for-3 from behind the 3-point line. Pogi also finished tied for second place with Broken Arrow’s Taleyah Jones in the halftime 3-point contest. Texas’ Emma Kent won by one point. Pogi missed her first six shots before knocking down eight of her last nine on the final racks.

“I was shooting a little (flat) at first,” Pogi said. “But at the end, I said I have to follow through so I figured it out.”

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Oklahoma boys take down Texas

Oklahoma avenged last season’s blowout loss by returning the favor this time around. Behind an outstanding shooting performance, Oklahoma took down Texas 127-98. Oklahoma leads the series 38-22.

Texas had won the last two games in 2021 and 2019. The 2020 game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tulsa Memorial’s Bradyn Hubbard finished with 24 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Oklahoma squad. He was named Most Valuable Player.

“It means a lot,” Hubbard said of winning the award. “Especially since there’s so many great players from Texas and Oklahoma in this. It meant a lot.”

Oklahoma had all but one player score in double-figures. Norman North’s Kevin Overton followed Hubbard with 19 points, eight assists and two blocks. Lawton MacArthur’s Arzhonte Dallas added 16 points, six rebounds and four assists.

Tulsa Washington’s Aaron Potter had 14 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.

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Oklahoma finishes second in dunk contest

Halftime of the boys game featured a dunk contest between a select group of athletes.

Texas’ Robert Hall won the contest on total points after completing all three of his dunks. Midwest City’s Jacobi Sebock may have had the best dunks but after failing to dunk his final attempt, he came in second.

Sebock opened the contest with a reverse double-pump slam and followed it with a between the legs dunk. On his third dunk, Sebock had Frierson toss the ball up around the rim, where Sebock tried to dunk and force his arm in the goal as well. But Sebock just fell short of finishing the slam.

“That last dunk I was trying to do the honey-dip, the Vince Carter,” Sebock said with a smile. “But we only got two attempts and I couldn’t get it. But I thought my other two were pretty good that you normally don’t see high schoolers doing in Oklahoma. So, I thought that would help out a little bit, but they said that he completed all three dunks.”

James D. Jackson covers high school sports across the Oklahoma City metro and state. Have a story idea for James? He can be reached at jjackson@oklahoman.com or on Twitter @JamesDJackson15. Support digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com or by using the link at the top of this page.

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