Final from Weatherford.

Eagles win a shootout over the Warriors on Tuesday night.

Whichever team won the tip also took the only shot of the first quarter. Wild to me that a team would gameplan for this. 

Two high school men’s basketball teams in Oklahoma produced what looks like a baseball score on Tuesday night, playing to a final score of 4–2.

Yes, there were only six total points scored in an entire four quarter game between Weatherford High School and Anadarko High School.

As a reminder, in about 40 states including Oklahoma, high school basketball does not currently have a shot clock, meaning the teams can hold onto the ball as long as they desire without being penalized for it.

During Tuesday night’s game, Weatherford came out and scored a basket pretty quickly in the game to go up 2–0, but then Anadarko held onto the ball until halftime, per social media reports.

Anadarko’s players continued to pass the ball and didn’t even appear to want to take a shot, per Butler County Times-Gazette’s Charles Chaney. 

Weatherford scored off of a steal with 2:40 left in the game to go up 4–0. Later in the quarter Anadarko would score its lone basket off of a missed layup by Weatherford to cut the lead to 4–2. The team would eventually shoot a long three-pointer at the buzzer in an attempt to steal the win, but it was no good.

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2023/02/08/oklahoma-high-school-basketball-weatherford-anadarko-game-4-2-score-shot-clock

1 minute ago, SnottieDrippen said:

Whichever team won the tip also took the only shot of the first quarter. Wild to me that a team would gameplan for this. 

Imagine buying a ticket to go watch that mess.  

8 minutes ago, Randy Parker said:

Imagine buying a ticket to go watch that mess.  

Imagine telling your team they can only win if the other team doesn’t score.

15 minutes ago, Randy Parker said:

Imagine buying a ticket to go watch that mess.  

I have, back a few years ago when UC played UK.

3 minutes ago, 4 Quarters said:

I have, back a few years ago when UC played UK.

I was a youngin', but I remember watching that game.  Dreadful.

Still, it wasn't as bad as 4-2.

Not to tweak the lens at all, but it is actually quite difficult for a H.S. team to possess the ball for 8 straight minutes without a turnover...assuming Weatherford didn't just sit in a packed 2-3 and let them pass it around the perimeter.  If they defended at all, it is actually oddly impressive that Anadarko could possess the ball for 16 minutes without a shot attempt or a turnover.

And NO, I wouldn't have enjoyed paying $10 to watch them do it.

2 hours ago, Randy Parker said:

Final from Weatherford.

Who are you, and what have you done with newarkcatholicfan?

13 minutes ago, Runcible Owl said:

Who are you, and what have you done with newarkcatholicfan?

You've never seen us at the same time, have you?

14 minutes ago, Randy Parker said:

You've never seen us at the same time, have you?

1 hour ago, The Double Deuce said:

Not to tweak the lens at all, but it is actually quite difficult for a H.S. team to possess the ball for 8 straight minutes without a turnover...assuming Weatherford didn't just sit in a packed 2-3 and let them pass it around the perimeter.  If they defended at all, it is actually oddly impressive that Anadarko could possess the ball for 16 minutes without a shot attempt or a turnover.

And NO, I wouldn't have enjoyed paying $10 to watch them do it.

I saw snipets. Defense did sit back and didn’t pressure…

3 hours ago, Randy Parker said:

Imagine buying a ticket to go watch that mess.  

Another valid argument that high school basketball needs a shot clock!!

1 hour ago, Hoopstars said:

Defense did sit back and didn’t pressure…

That is super odd.  Why not heat them up (asking you rhetorically)?