TOURNEY REVIEW: Action ruled at COP/Arvest basketball pageant
A great mass of energy filled the Bartlesville High Bruin Fieldhouse for three days last week.
The ConocoPhillips/Arvest Invitational basketball tournament drew 16 teams — eight for a girls bracket, eight for a boys bracket — for the Thursday-through-Friday hoops spectacle.
There were no major surprises in the championship matchups. For the girls, Booker T. Washington outlasted Broken Arrow, 39-34.
In the boys final, the two tourney final favorites met, with Carl Albert pulling past Bixby, 58-49.
Bartlesville girls fared strong overall. They beat thundered past Tulsa Memorial in the first round, 76-17. But, they just got on the wrong side of a wild momentum swing that carried BT Washington to a 79-38 win.
The Lady Bruins snapped back to surprise No. 15-ranked Del City, 52-46, in the third-place game.
On the boys side, the Bruins opened up by crushing Ponca City, 85-48, for head coach Clent Stewart’s 75th career victory.
But, the next two rounds featured two of the top three teams.
In the semifinals, Carl Albert got past the stubborn Bruins, 64-46. In the third-place game, Millwood edged Bartlesville, 71-68.
Bartlesville had a chance to tie the game at the end of regulation, but a three-pointer fell just shy.
Kaelynn “K.K.” Duncan and David Castillo would be the Bartlesville players named to the All-Tourney team.
Following are the final results, including the All-Tourney teams.
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BOYS
FIRST ROUND
Bartlesville 85, Ponca City 48
Carl Albert 65, Hirschi (Texas) 50
Bixby 69, Stillwater 64
Millwood 50, Southmoore 44
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Ponca City 67, Hirschi 59
Southmoore 62, Stillwater 57
CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS
Carl Albert 64, Bartlesville 46
Bixby 69, Millwood 51
7th PLACE
Stillwater 43, Hirschi 40
5th PLACE
Southmoore 67, Ponca City 48
3rd PLACE
Millwood 71, Bartlesville 68
CHAMPIONSHIP
Carl Albert 58, Bixby 49
ALL-TOURNEY TEAM
David Castillo (Bartlesville), Jesse Ledbetter (Southmoore), Jaden Nickens (Millwood), Quincy Hopkins (Carl Albert), Parker Friedrichsen (Bixby), MVP — Jordan England (Carl Albert).
GEORGE STOIA COACH AWARD
Jay Price (Carl Albert)
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GIRLS
FIRST ROUND
Bartlesville 76, Tulsa Memorial 17
Booker T. Washington 63, Stillwater 49
Del City 51, Southmoore 46
Broken Arrow 66, Millwood 44
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Southmoore 45, Millwood 43
Stillwater 64, Memorial 38
CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS
Booker T. Washington 79, Bartlesville 38
Broken Arrow 58, Del City 42
7th PLACE
Millwood 48, Memorial 25
5th PLACE
Stillwater 52, Southmoore 34
3rd PLACE
Bartlesville 52, Del City 46
CHAMPIONSHIP
Booker T. Washington 39, Broken Arrow 34
ALL TOURNEY TEAM
K.K. Duncan (Bartlesville), Macey Streeter (Stillwater), Sacha Hunt (Del City), McKenzie Mathurin (Broken Arrow), Ky’Liin Johnson-Cooper (BT Washington), MVP — Marcayla Johnson (BT Washington).
MARTA MANNING COACH AWARD
Rabu Leyva (BT Washington)
This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Review of ConocoPhillips/Arvest Basketball Invitational
