Sallisaw sweeps Poteau
Sallisaw sweeps Poteau in a pair of basketball games Tuesday at Sallisaw.
The Lady Diamonds won big in the opener, 57-29, before Sallisaw’s boys overcame a halftime deficit and used a big third quarter to get a 54-43 victory.
Poteau’s girls are 1-5 while the Pirates are 2-4. The Lady Diamonds improve to 5-2 while Sallisaw’s boys up their record to 4-3. Poteau visits Eufaula Thursday.
Boys
Poteau led 26-23 at the break before Sallisaw went on a 17-5 run in the third quarter to take control of the game en route to the victory.
Deacon King led the Pirates with 14 points and Garrison Whitworth added 13. Brodie Nickel scored 13 to lead Sallisaw, Tae Muskraft-Flynn added 12 and Cooper Cox finished with 10.
Sallisaw 54, Poteau 43
PHS 12 14 5 12–43
SHS 16 7 17 14–54
Poteau—Drew Stone 0 0-0 1 0; Deacon King 6 1-1 2 14; Alex Martinez 1 0-0 0 2; Jacob Guiterez 1 0-0 2 2; Rylan Waddell 1 1-2 5 3; Ryder Waddell 3 2-4 3 8; Garrison Whitworth 4 4-4 4 13. TOTALS: 16 7-11 17 43.
Sallisaw—Cooper Jackson 3 3-6 2 9; Cooper Cox 3 4-6 3 10; Tae Muskraft-Flynn 4 1-2 1 12; Brodie Nickel 5 0-1 3 13; Cooper Carter 2 4-6 3 8. TOTALS: 17 12-21 12 54
Girls
Sallisaw 57, Poteau 29
Poteau’s girls fell behind early and could never get back in the game after Sallisaw led 29-9 at halftime.
Kenzie Williams led Poteau with nine points. Kayli Macon paced Sallisaw with 15, Emma Martin scored 12 and Hannah Palmer scored 11.
PHS: 5 4 10 10–29
SHS 14 15 13 14–57
Poteau—Mack Thompson 1 1-2 3 3; Gracie Spradley 1 3-6 3 5; Lestyn Soehlman 0 2-2 0 2; Emily Pearson 1 0-2 0 3; Kenzie Williams 3 0-0 0 9; Kiah King 0 1-2 0 1; Kinlie Taylor 1 0-0 2 2; Kiera Cox 2 0-0 3 4. TOTALS: 9 7-14 11 29.
Sallisaw—Emma Martin 4 1-2 0 12; Jaycie Cox 1 0-0 4 2; Hannah Palmer 4 1-2 1 11; Casey Brackett 1 0-0 0 3; Kayli Macon 6 1-1 1 15; Sydney Weedon 1 0-0 2 2; Katelyn Carlton 1 0-0 4 2; Channing Wilson 2 4-6 0 8; Abrey Cox 1 0-0 0 2. TOTALS: 21 7-11 12 57.
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