Charles Page High School senior and University of Central Oklahoma commit Davon Richardson recently scored his 1,000th career point with the Sandites, a mark made even more impressive by the fact that he hasn’t even played three full seasons in Sand Springs.
Richardson scored at least 191 points as a freshman at Tulsa Central (we’re missing data on a few games) before moving to Sand Springs. He scored 357 points his sophomore year and 361 as a junior. His 20-point effort against Union on Friday pushed him to the 1,000 career mark (with Sand Springs), and his 19-point game against Owasso on Tuesday put him over 300 for the season. Including his time at Tulsa, he has scored over 1,200 in his career.
The 6’4” stud has also been a beast on the boards throughout his career, averaging 6.8 as a sophomore, 8.4 as a junior and 8.2 as a senior. He owns 16 career double-doubles with six this season.
Richardson is shooting 46.2% on field goals this season, 21.7% on threes, 55.3% on twos, and 69.8% on free throws. He averages 2.4 offensive rebounds, 5.8 defensive rebounds, 1.9 assist, 2.0 steals, 0.8 blocks, 2.7 fouls, and 15.8 points.
He has led the team in scoring four times this season and 25 times in his career. He scored a season-high 28 points last month against Bartlesville, and a career-high 44 points against Owasso as a sophomore.
Richardson is the sixth Sandite to join the 1,000 point club and the second since the arrival of Head Coach Eric Savage. Glen Buntin leads all Sandites with 1,720 points, followed by current UCO sophomore Colt Savage with 1,697. NAIA National Champion Nick Tate scored 1,282 for the Sandites, Justin Clemons scored 1,194, and Oklahoma State’s Ward Sherrill scored 1,009.
Brooks Haddock scored 1,427 career points, but spent his latter two seasons at Muskogee after scoring 687 at Sand Springs in his first two years. Junior Marlo Fox has a good shot at joining the club, sitting at 606 points currently. He is averaging 17.4 points per game this year and will likely take an even bigger role next year when the Sandites lose Richardson and Josh Minney.
Sand Springs is currently ranked ninth in Class 6A with three games left in the regular season. They are 15-4 overall, their best mark of the Savage era. The season has had a lot of highs and lows. They beat No. 6 Union and No. 2 Booker T. Washington during an 11-1 start to the year, but they’re currently having to adapt to the losses of Jaeden Hurd and Daren Hawkins who both suffered season-ending ACL injuries.
Sandite basketball will return to action Friday at 8:00 p.m. with a huge Frontier Valley Conference road games at No.3 Jenks (17-2, 9-2), followed by No. 1 Booker T. Washington (14-5, 10-1) next Tuesday. The Sandites are currently 7-4 for fourth place in the league. Their next and final home game will be next Friday against No. 11 Broken Arrow (14-6, 6-5) when they look to repay a 63-51 January loss. Regional/Area playoff assignments are set to be released Thursday afternoon.
