El Reno defeats Sapulpa: Live updates, score of Oklahoma (OSSAA) girls basketball Class 5A state championship (3/9/2024)
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA - El Reno attempts to finish off a perfect season.
On the other side, Sapulpa is seeking to repeat as Class 5A state champions, as well as win its third gold ball in the past four seasons.
In the 5A title game Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center, the 27-0 Lady Indians face off with the Lady Chieftains.
You can follow all of the action from the Lloyd Noble Center on the University of Oklahoma campus here.
See live updates below.
Below is our Live Update Feed created as the contest progresses. Read from the bottom up to follow from the beginning and refresh often for the latest updates throughout the game.
CLASS 5A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
EL RENO 48, SAPULPA 41 (FINAL)
- El Reno's Emmary Elizondo led all scorers with 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting. Nazhoni Sleeper and Pauline Black-Harmon each scored 10 points as well for the Lady Indians. Sapulpa got 15 points from Taylor Bilby, all courtesy of five 3's.
- Perfection. El Reno 28-0, and the Lady Indians win their first state championship (El Reno, 48-41 | Final)
- El Reno's Raegan Bugaj goes 1-of-2 at the line (El Reno, 48-41 | :25, 4th)
- El Reno up six after Sapulpa goes 1-of-2 at the line (El Reno, 47-41 | :26, 4th)
- Sapulpa misses a pair of shot attempts. El Reno's Lilly Thomas grabs the rebound. Emmary Elizondo gets fouled, goes to the line and makes 1-of-2 (El Reno, 47-40 | :35, 4th)
- El Reno's Nazhoni Sleeper goes to the line, makes 1-of-2 free throws. Six-point El Reno lead entering the final minute (El Reno, 46-40 | 1:00, 4th)
- Sapulpa down five on a Riki McQuarters basket (El Reno, 45-40 | 1:10, 4th)
- El Reno goes to the line in the double bonus, but can't get both shots to drop (El Reno, 45-38 | 1:40, 4th)
- Seconds later, Raegan Bugaj swipes momentum back for El Reno by getting a shot to drop while being fouled. She goes to the line and completes the three-point play (El Reno, 43-36 | 2:40, 4th)
- Sapulpa not done yet. Lady Chieftains with six quick points, capped by another Taylor Bilby 3 (El Reno, 40-36 | 3:00, 4th)
- Sapulpa misses a pair of shots. El Reno gets the rebound and puts together a textbook give-and-go in transition, as Lilly Thomas finds teammate Emmary Elizondo for the finish. Elizondo now has 13 points on the night (El Reno, 40-30 | 3:30, 4th)
- Sapulpa got within six on two Riki McQuarters foul shots, but El Reno answers on the other end, breaking pressure as Raegan Bugaj goes in for a layup (El Reno, 38-30 | 4:30, 4th)
- El Reno leads by eight inside of six minutes (El Reno, 36-28 | 5:50, 4th)
- El Reno is eight minutes away from achieving a perfect season and claiming the program's first championship (El Reno, 32-25 | 8:00, 4th)
- Sapulpa within five, but El Reno's Lilly Thomas gets a basket (El Reno, 32-25 | :50, 3rd)
- El Reno scored the first four points of the second half to build a 10-point lead. Sapulpa's Taylor Bilby answers with a 3 (El Reno, 30-23 | 4:00, 3rd)
- El Reno was 9-of-19 from the field (47.4 percent) in the first half while Sapulpa made 7-of-24 shot attempts (29.2 percent).
- El Reno's Emmary Elizondo leads all scorers with 11 points. She is 3-of-4 from the field and 4-of-6 from the line.
- First half comes to a close with El Reno taking a six-point lead into the locker room at the break. Nazhoni Sleeper with 9 points, all on three second-quarter 3's, for the Lady Indians. Wrigley Adkisson has 7 points for Sapulpa (El Reno, 26-20 | Half)
- Nazhoni Sleeper with yet another 3 for El Reno in the closing seconds of the first half (El Reno, 26-19 | :25, 2nd)
- Nazhoni Sleeper hits another 3 for El Reno to put the Lady Indians up by nine, but Sapulpa's Taylor Bilby answers on the other end with a 3 of her own (El Reno, 23-17 | 1:54, 2nd)
- El Reno opens the second quarter with six straight points, capped by a 3 from Nazhoni Sleeper. Lady Indians up seven (El Reno, 19-12 | 4:35, 2nd)
- El Reno comes back and takes the lead by the end of the first quarter. Emmary Elizondo already with 9 points for the Lady Indians (El Reno, 13-12 | 8:00, 2nd)
- Sapulpa holds the lead in the early going (Sapulpa, 9-8 | 2:00, 1st)
- El Reno starters: Lilly Thomas, Emmary Elizondo, Raegan Bugaj, Nazhoni Sleeper and Pauline Black-Harmon.
- Sapulpa starters: Taylor Bilby, Riki McQuarters, Wrigley Adkisson, Shay Koch and Tyla Heard.
- El Reno is the first team to take the court, and a strong contingent of fans greet them upon arrival. Sapulpa follows suit.
Photo of El Reno's Lilly Thomas by Michael Kinney
-- Buck Ringgold | buck@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveOK
