An Oklahoma high school basketball game ended with a 4-2 score. It renewed calls for a shot clock.

Two Oklahoma high school boys basketball teams ended their Tuesday night game with a combined score of six points.

It’s not a typo.

Six points.

Weatherford defeated Anadarko, 4-2, in a Class 4A matchup on the Eagles’ court. The bizarre result increased the already-widespread calls for implementation of the 35-second shot clock in Oklahoma prep basketball, though the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association voted against the recommendation in January.

If you’re curious how the game finished with this unfathomably low score, the broadcast is available at https://wright.media/one/.

Here’s a summary:

Weatherford coach Derrick Bull said his team had only seven possessions. After stalling for most of the game, Anadarko tried to go for the win at the end, missing a buzzer-beater 3-point attempt. And sophomore star CJ Nickson surpassed 1,000 career points as the Eagles’ lone scorer.

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"While this game has gained much media attention in regard to how the game was played," Anadarko Public Schools superintendent Jerry McCormick said in a release, "our basketball coach Doug Schumpert and his staff utilized their knowledge of the game along with the skills of our players to provide us with the best opportunity to win and we support those efforts."

Bull said Weatherford (19-1) had the first possession and quickly attempted a shot, unaware of the strategy Anadarko would use. The Eagles started in their trademark 1-3-1 zone defense, which allowed Anadarko to hold the ball. Then they switched to man, but that didn’t pick up the pace of the scoreless first quarter as Anadarko played keep-away.

“(Anadarko was) just kind of dribbling around, kind of a four-corner type offense,” Bull said. “... They held it the rest of the quarter.”

In the second quarter, Anadarko (13-8) missed a shot, and Weatherford responded with a pair of free throws from Nickson.

With a 2-0 lead, the Eagles settled into the zone again. Bull said if the Eagles could preserve that advantage, then they were fine letting the Warriors hold the ball for the rest of the game.

“Anadarko is a good team,” Bull said. “Our game isn’t really to get out and really pressure people, and I was afraid if we started doing something that was out of character for us, we could have a breakdown defensively and give up something easy.”

In the third quarter, one possession for the Warriors lasted nearly seven minutes before officials called a foul and Weatherford called timeout.

“Now, the Weatherford student section (is) taking a nap,” a game broadcaster said as Anadarko held the ball and occasionally passed it.

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With the shot clock, that scenario would have been impossible.

After seeing favorable survey results among Class 6A-3A schools, the OSSAA had the chance to introduce the shot clock to only those classes beginning in the 2024-25 school year. The board reached a 7-7 tie, and president Rex Trent of Binger-Oney broke the tie with a no vote.

Trent declined to comment on the reasoning behind his decision, saying he wasn’t the only person to vote no. He also said he had “no opinion” of the Anadarko at Weatherford game.

Many of the shot clock’s opponents are small-school administrators and coaches, which is why the recommendation didn’t include Classes 2A-B, but some administrators at larger schools also have doubts. Lawton Public Schools superintendent Kevin Hime, a board member who voted no, listed some of the Lawton administrators’ concerns.

He mentioned staffing, increased pressure on officials and maintenance if the shot clock breaks, something a college official pointed out to him. The 4-2 game didn’t change his opinion.

“You can’t ever let one game, one incident, drive your decision,” Hime said.

The game was an outlier in high school basketball. Rarely does a team stall to that extent.

But that outlier caught the attention of people across Oklahoma.

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“This is a real final score because one of the teams stalled for 4 quarters,” said KOCO-TV sports director Bryan Keating on Twitter. "What are we doing here in Oklahoma? We have to play with a shot clock. The players deserve a whole lot better than this.”

It elicited comments from a national audience, too. Josh Manck, a freelance sports professional in Texas, watched the game broadcast and shared his box score on Twitter.

According to his box score, the teams combined for more fouls than shot attempts.

“This is going to be the sole reason why all high school basketball governing bodies will mandate a shot clock,” said Kyle J. Andrews, who is a prep sports reporter in Pennsylvania.

Bull said he hadn’t had strong opinions about the shot clock. He could understand both sides of the ongoing debate, but Tuesday night gave him a new perspective.

“Last night, I really wished we would have had one, I’ll say that,” Bull said. “Moving forward, I think it would probably be good for the game of basketball, especially in the bigger classes.”

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