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Shot clock demands increase after Oklahoma HS game ends with 4 … – USA TODAY
Two Oklahoma high school boys basketball teams ended their Tuesday night game with a combined score of six points.
It’s not a typo.
Six points.
Weatherford defeated Anadarko, 4-2, in a Class 4A matchup on the Eagles’ court.
If you’re curious how this happened, the full game broadcast is available at https://wright.media/one/. Neither team had one point at the end of the first quarter, and Anadarko continued to employ the stall ball strategy.
In the third quarter, one possession for the Warriors lasted nearly seven minutes before officials called a foul and Weatherford called timeout.
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“Now, the Weatherford student section (is) taking a nap,” a game broadcaster said as Anadarko held the ball and occasionally passed it.
The bizarre result increased the already-widespread calls for implementation of the 35-second shot clock in Oklahoma prep basketball. In a Jan. 11 meeting, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Board of Directors voted against a recommendation to introduce the shot clock for Classes 6A-3A beginning in the 2024-25 school year. The board reached a 7-7 tie, and president Rex Trent of Binger-Oney broke the tie with a no vote.
“This is a real final score because one of the teams stalled for 4 quarters,” said KOCO-TV sports director Bryan Keating on Twitter. “What are we doing here in Oklahoma? We have to play with a shot clock. The players deserve a whole lot better than this.”
The final score tweet on the Weatherford Eagle Athletics account elicited comments from a national audience, too.
“This is going to be the sole reason why all high school basketball governing bodies will mandate a shot clock,” said Kyle J. Andrews, who reports on prep sports in Pennsylvania.
Even with the unfathomably low score, Weatherford sophomore star CJ Nickson managed to surpass 1,000 career points.
He was Weatherford’s only scorer.
