Prep Spotlight: Playoffs, Edmond Memorial vs Santa Fe

[Edmond_Sooner]

Here are the scores from tonight

Couple of things that stand out to me.
Mustang vs Santa Fe is going to be a hard fought game tomorrow. They're playing tomorrow with winner goes to state and losers goes home. Mustang beat them in February. Should be a great game.

Little surprised to see Muskogee go out, also them losing to PC North locks up 5 West side teams in state.

Great win by Ardmore tonight over Bishop McGuiness, anybody know if Nino played?

Booker T looks like the favorite in 5A, especially after the way they destroyed Memorial tonight. Don't know if Memorial is any good but a win that big with only 16 teams left is still strong.

Similar to Muskogee, little surprised to see NW Classen so out at this stage as well. Heard some good things about them and was hoping to get a first hand look at state,

Nino did not play...they will find out in a few days if he will be available for next week...all who i spoke with said they are positive about him playing next week...

 

[Seymore Cox]

Cohee and Galbreath are good players who step up. Hope Jackson can follow the lead set by those two.

 

[NMSooner'80]

Cohee and Galbreath are good players who step up. Hope Jackson can follow the lead set by those two.

Jackson is probably the best talent to come through Ardmore High since the school was fully integrated in 1969. It's a shame that he apparently can't get his act together - whatever is happening with him.

I was in Oklahoma for the Christmas break (I get over a week off from my job at UNM every year) and planned my trip over to Ardmore - from my folks' place in Lawton - around getting to see a basketball game there. Nino was sick and/or suspended, and they lost to Carl Albert in their tournament. While it was still fun to see a game in the gym at the ol' alma mater, it would have been more fun to have seen the Tigers at full strength.

I wonder what he would think if he didn't get reinstated and AHS won the title without him. That might be the best possible scenario for all concerned.

 

[brettromar]

I attended the Bixby vs Stillwater game at Sapulpa tonight.

Stillwater led most of the game behind an aggressive defense and an attack the basketball on clear-outs philosophy in the halfcourt. They got the lead close to double digits several times including in the fourth quarter. Bixby did just enough to hang around by using the long ball and by the aggressive play of Jacob Parker down low (no relation!).

Awesome ending saw Parker hitting a midrange jumper from just inside the arc as time expired to give Bixby a one point win! The ball literally hung on the rim for what seemed like seconds before rolling in.

A couple of decent prospects in this one:

2011 - Jacob Parker looks to be around 6-4 and is a guy who can bang down low and play a bit on the perimeter. He has a nice build and and good looking jumper.

2012, PG/Combo Guard - Jacob Bittle looked around 6-1 with nice handles and a smooth looking stroke. He is a crafty scorer who used a variety of step back moves and pushoffs to gain space in order to launch 3s.

2012, Center - Sean Young looks to be around 6-9. Very raw but made a couple of nice post moves including using his weak hand (left).

Great game overall.

Gonna help you out here some since you were probably in the stands guessing these heights.

Jacob Parker is 6'6.
Jacob Bittle is at least 6'4.