bluesooner17
Member
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2010
- Messages
- 863
- Reaction score
- 3
The state title Mom never had
Liz Glover’s daughters didn’t score as prolifically as their mother did in high school girls basketball. But now all three have something their mother never achieved. A state championship.
Kayci Glover scored 17 points, matching teammate Zoe Shieldnight for game-high, as Fort Gibson beat Harrah 55-41 Saturday at State Fair Arena to win the Class 4A girls title.
Liz Brown scored 4,281 career points at Roff, 1983-87, and remains the No. 3 scorer in Oklahoma girls history. She later starred at Oklahoma State, which retired her jersey. But she never won a state title.
“She’s still pretty great,” daughter said of mom.
Liz Glover stood amid the Fort Gibson fan celebration Saturday and said, “It’s so exciting. I never got one myself. But it’s more exciting for my kids, all them to get one.”
Kayci Glover’s older sisters, Jodi and Allie, each won state titles with Fort Gibson. But the last Fort Gibson championship was in 2014. This was Kayci’s last chance.
“We wanted that for her for four years,” Liz Glover said. “Her sisters have ‘em. We’ve spent a lot of time in the gym shooting. It finally paid off.”
Kayci Glover made three of her six 3-point shots, including a deep trey that gave Fort Gibson a 43-36 lead with 2:55 left in the game. Harrah trailed by seven in the third quarter, but Erika Ankney scored on two straight drives, Piper King hit a 3-pointer and Kiara Lovings’ foul shots forged a 32-32 tie.
But backup Reese Webb scored on a drive, Glover did the same, Shieldnight scored inside twice in a row and Glover nailed the 3-pointer, all within a six-possession span.
Fort Gibson suffered a blow over the summer when coaching icon Jerry Walker stepped down, after 22 seasons and three state championships.
Longtime assistant Chuck London took over, and Fort Gibson never wavered.
“We wanted to do it for our coaches and for our new team and everything,” Kayci Glover said. “We always said, throughout the whole year, nothing changes, we’re still the same team. We’re still tough and we’re still the same team. We came to win.”
Harrah was led by Ankney’s 15 points. But Fort Gibson’s defense limited her to just eight shots.
Top-ranked Fort Gibson finishes with a 27-3 record. Second-ranked Harrah finishes 25-4.
Liz Glover’s daughters didn’t score as prolifically as their mother did in high school girls basketball. But now all three have something their mother never achieved. A state championship.
Kayci Glover scored 17 points, matching teammate Zoe Shieldnight for game-high, as Fort Gibson beat Harrah 55-41 Saturday at State Fair Arena to win the Class 4A girls title.
Liz Brown scored 4,281 career points at Roff, 1983-87, and remains the No. 3 scorer in Oklahoma girls history. She later starred at Oklahoma State, which retired her jersey. But she never won a state title.
“She’s still pretty great,” daughter said of mom.
Liz Glover stood amid the Fort Gibson fan celebration Saturday and said, “It’s so exciting. I never got one myself. But it’s more exciting for my kids, all them to get one.”
Kayci Glover’s older sisters, Jodi and Allie, each won state titles with Fort Gibson. But the last Fort Gibson championship was in 2014. This was Kayci’s last chance.
“We wanted that for her for four years,” Liz Glover said. “Her sisters have ‘em. We’ve spent a lot of time in the gym shooting. It finally paid off.”
Kayci Glover made three of her six 3-point shots, including a deep trey that gave Fort Gibson a 43-36 lead with 2:55 left in the game. Harrah trailed by seven in the third quarter, but Erika Ankney scored on two straight drives, Piper King hit a 3-pointer and Kiara Lovings’ foul shots forged a 32-32 tie.
But backup Reese Webb scored on a drive, Glover did the same, Shieldnight scored inside twice in a row and Glover nailed the 3-pointer, all within a six-possession span.
Fort Gibson suffered a blow over the summer when coaching icon Jerry Walker stepped down, after 22 seasons and three state championships.
Longtime assistant Chuck London took over, and Fort Gibson never wavered.
“We wanted to do it for our coaches and for our new team and everything,” Kayci Glover said. “We always said, throughout the whole year, nothing changes, we’re still the same team. We’re still tough and we’re still the same team. We came to win.”
Harrah was led by Ankney’s 15 points. But Fort Gibson’s defense limited her to just eight shots.
Top-ranked Fort Gibson finishes with a 27-3 record. Second-ranked Harrah finishes 25-4.
