Putnam City West defeats Edmond North: Live updates, score of Oklahoma (OSSAA) girls basketball Class 6A state championship (3/9/2024)
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA - It is one of the more anticipated Class 6A girls basketball championship games.
Edmond North, winners of each of the last two Class 6A titles, will be seeking a third consecutive championship.
But standing in the way is Putnam City West, which handed the Lady Huskies their only defeat all season, winning in the title game of the Jenks-Union Invitational in January. PC West has also lost just once all season, to Edmond Santa Fe just a few days after defeating Edmond North.
The two teams also faced off in last season's 6A semifinals, with the Lady Huskies getting a narrow win en route to repeating their title.
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 6A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
PUTNAM CITY WEST 41, EDMOND NORTH 40 (FINAL)
- Grace Jackson and Kate Melton each scored 11 points to lead the Lady Huskies. Jackson was also 6-of-6 from the foul line.
- Da'Nae Jefferson had 12 points, including the game-winning three-point play with 14 seconds left, for the Lady Patriots. She went 6-of-7 from the line and grabbed five rebounds. Shamar Bert added 10 points and made two 3-pointers.
- PC West forces an off-balance shot as time runs out. Jazzlin Brown grabs the rebound and the Lady Patriots begin celebrating after defeating two-time defending state champion Edmond North for the 6A title (PC West, 41-40 | Final)
- Edmond North misses a shot. Ball goes out of bounds. Lady Huskies retain possession (PC West, 41-40 | :06, 4th)
- Ball goes to PC West's Da'Nae Jefferson, who drives the lane and gets the shot to drop while being fouled. She then completes the three-point play to put the Lady Patriots in front (PC West, 41-40 | :14, 4th)
- PC West forces a turnover, an errant pass along the baseline. Lady Patriots get the ball with a chance to tie or take the lead (Edmond North, 40-38 | :30, 4th)
- Time out on the court. Edmond North ball (Edmond North, 40-38 | 1:22, 4th)
- Coming down to the wire here at the Lloyd Noble Center. Edmond North's lead cut to two as PC West's Da'Nae Jefferson makes both free throws (Edmond North, 40-38 | 1:27, 4th)
- North works the ball around, and Kate Melton hits a short baseline jumper to put the Lady Huskies up by two possessions (Edmond North, 40-36 | 2:50, 4th)
- It is now a two-point game as PC West's Shamar Bert knocks down a 3 from the left wing (Edmond North, 38-36 | 3:40, 4th)
- PCW cut it to three once more, but North's Allison Heathcock drew a foul, sending her to the line. She makes both free throws (Edmond North, 38-33, 4:10, 4th)
- Edmond North up five now as Kate Melton hits two free throws (Edmond North, 36-31 | 4:38, 4th)
- It's a one-possession game now, as PC West's Da'Nae Jefferson hits a pair of free throws inside the opening minute of the final quarter (Edmond North, 34-31 | 6:35, 4th)
- Edmond North was up by 10 earlier in the third but PC West making a run now. Kiana Gray drives in for a shot in the final seconds of the third, cutting the Lady Huskies' lead to five (Edmond North, 34-29 | 8:00, 4th)
- Edmond North with its biggest lead of the day, eight points, on a basket from Grace Jackson, who now has 11 points (Edmond North, 27-19 | 5:00, 3rd)
- Edmond North shot exactly 50 percent from the field in the first half (8-of-16), while holding PCW to 26.3 percent (5-of-19). Grace Jackson was the Lady Huskies' top scorer in the first half with 7 points. Shamar Bert leads PCW with 4 points (Edmond North, 23-17 | 8:00, 3rd)
- Edmond North goes on a 7-0 run in the final two minutes of the first half to take a six-point lead at the break (Edmond North, 23-17 | Half)
- Edmond North regains the lead with back-to-back baskets from Kinzie Hazzard and Kyndal Williams. Then the Lady Patriots miss a shot, and North takes it down the court, with KK Peeler driving in the lane for a shot while being fouled. She makes the free throw (Edmond North, 23-17 | :16, 2nd)
- Back and forth action between the two teams now. Lady Patriots take a one-point lead late in the first half (PC West, 17-16 | 2:00, 2nd)
- Edmond North tied the score on a 3 from Allison Heathcock; then went in front late in the first quarter on a basket from Kate Melton. Lady Huskies shot 57 percent from the field in the first quarter; PCW made 37 percent of its field goals (Edmond North, 11-9 | 8:00, 2nd)
- Edmond North playing a deliberate style on offense, gets the game's first points. But PC West responds with a 3 from Kiana Gray and two free throws from OU signee Caya Smith (PC West, 5-2 | 4:10, 4th)
- PC West starters: Kiana Gray, Jayla Constant, Shamar Bert, Da'Nae Jefferson and Caya Smith.
- Edmond North starters: Grace Jackson, KK Peeler, Mallory Jackson, Allison Heathcock and Kate Melton.
- Here we are at the Lloyd Noble Center, as Edmond North and Putnam City West get set to square off for the 6A title.
Photo of Edmond North's KK Peeler by Michael Kinney
-- Buck Ringgold | buck@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveOK
