STILLWATER, Okla. — The Stillwater Lady Pioneers have spent the past few weeks earning some hardware at a couple of different regular-season basketball tournaments.

They hope that will lead to some hardware when it counts in March.

The Lady Pioneers closed out the Jenks/Union Invitational on Saturday with a 55-35 win over Southwest Missouri Lady in the seventh-place game.

On the boys side, the Pioneers came up short against Booker T. Washington in the third place game, falling 59-47.



SHS girls 55, SW Missouri 35

Two weeks ago the Lady Pioneers (5-10) won the championship of the Bristow Invitational. This week Stillwater went 1-2 in the rugged Jenks/Union Invitational.

“For us to get a win in this tournament is a positive,” Stillwater coach Carl Treat said. “This is a tough tournament ... five of the eight teams are ranked. A win here gives us confidence going into a stretch of playing quite a few games at home now.”

The Lady Pioneers led from the start, building leads of 18-8 after one quarter and 27-18 at the half. Leading by 8 points after three quarters, SHS outscored Southwest Missouri 18-6 in the final quarter to pull away.

Stillwater junior Emma Gade scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Lady Pioneers. Gade hit two 3-pointers in the game and was 7 of 8 from the free throw line.

Allison Smith added 11 points and Ashby Wieligman hit two 3-pointers to score 8 points.

As a team, the Lady Pioneers made 16 of 17 free throws after struggling from the line earlier this season.

Stillwater remains on the road on Tuesday, traveling to Sand Springs for a 6:30 p.m. game. After Tuesday, the Lady Pioneers will have five of their remaining seven games at home.

Stillwater    18    27    37    55

SW Missouri    8    18    29    35

STILLWATER: Iven 1 0-0 3, Gade 6 7-8 21, Wieligman 3 0-0 8, Smith 3 5-5 11, Middleton 3 0-0 6, Fort 1 4-4 6. Totals: 16 16-17 55.

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI: Beaman 1 0-2 2, Rhoades 1 0-0 2, Williamson 4 8-11 16, Hicks 5 0-0 13, Hunt 1 0-0 2. Totals: 12 8-13 35.

3-pointers: Stillwater 5 (Gade 2, Wieligman 2, Iven); Southwest Missouri 3 (Hicks 3). Total fouls: Stillwater 17, Southwest Missouri 16. Fouled out: none.



Booker T. Washington 59,

SHS boys 47

Playing its third consecutive ranked team in three days in the tournament, the Stillwater Pioneers ran out of gas a little bit against Booker T. Washington, falling 59-47 in the third-place game.

The Pioneers (4-10) started the tournament with a 53-47 win over Class 6A No. 12 Tulsa Union. In Friday’s semifinals SHS lost to Class 5A No. 4 East Central 60-45.

Saturday against Class 5A No. 5 Booker T. Washington, the Pioneers turned the ball over 22 times.

Connor Lamb led the way for the Pioneers with 9 points while Austin Brinker added 8 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. Josh Pierre and Josiah Woodard each chipped in 7 points.

Stillwater is at Sand Springs at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.



STILLWATER: Joe Pierre 1 3-4 5, Brinker 4 0-0 8, Josh Pierre 3 0-0 7, Lamb 4 1-2 9, Woodard 2 3-5 7, Holt 1 0-0 2, Pound 2 0-0 5, Bennett 1 2-4 4. Totals: 18 9-15 47

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: Glasscow 2 2-4 6, Sells 4 1-2 10, Hyslop 1 0-0 2, Seams 3 0-0 6, Parker 2 2-3 6, Chilton 4 5-6 13, Lockett 2 0-0 4, Billbury 4 1-2 12. Totals: 22 11-20 59