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Despite missing three starters, losing a fourth at half, committing 22 turnovers and shooting 26 percent in the first half, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team had chances to beat Noble.

Down by double digits to start the final period, El Reno trimmed that deficit to single digits twice before suffering a 60-47 league loss and dropping the season series to the Bears.

The loss keeps El Reno in the fifth spot in the District 5A-2 standings at 3-7. The Indians are now 6-12 on the year heading into the final five games of the regular season.

El Reno High School graduate Nazhoni Sleeper (13) drives around a steal attempt by Redlands’ Katelyn Harviston (15) during a game over the weekend.

Sleeper plays point guard for Seminole State College.

Myracle Washington led a trio of scorers to reach double digits as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team defeated Northern Oklahoma College of Enid 67-61.

Washington was 5-of-8 shooting from the floor and made 4-of-6 free-throw attempts to close with 14 points.

The guard added four rebounds and a steal.

Alaura Pruitt knocked down a trio of 3-pointers to highlight her line of 13 points, five rebounds, three blocked shots and two steals.

Karlee Harviston added 11 points and three rebounds.

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team earned its first regional road win of the season, defeating Northern Oklahoma College of Enid 85-78.

The seven-point victory came after RCC held off the Jets 44-43 in the second half after leading 41-35 at the break.

Redlands shot 31-of-65 (48 percent) from the floor which included seven made 3-pointers off a 41 percent effort.

Justice Johnson and Jayden Forrest led the arc scoring with three makes each and Damond Matthews with one.

El Reno was slated to host the District 5A-3 Championships on Thursday.

The Indians will wrestle Blanchard, Carl Albert and Santa Fe South and need to win all three to punch a ticket to the Class 5A Dual State Championships in Tulsa in February.

Both EHS teams were off Tuesday but were scheduled to host Noble Friday night in District 5A-2 play.

Mother Nature has been the biggest opponent for area high school basketball teams as the recent bout of winter weather has forced postponements or cancellations.

Area schools lost eight games due to weather, while Union City had its two-team run in the Paden Pirates Classic postponed until this weekend.

The Union City boys defeated Carney (53-38) in the first round to move to 11-9 on the season. Jake Hamilton hit a 3-pointer and shared the team lead in scoring with Gavin Righter - each with 12 points.

Points left on the court and off the scoreboard came back to haunt Redlands Community College men’s basketball team in an 84-77 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.

The seven-point setback dropped the Cougars to 8-12 on the season and 2-4 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Redlands sits in the eighth spot but is only two games out of first place.

The Cougars left 48 points unaccounted from the 3-point line after going 4-of-20 (20 percent) from the arc.

Alaura Pruitt knocked down a trio of 3-pointers and led five players into double-digit scoring as Redlands Community College women’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak.

Redlands 86-60 road victory over Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa moves the Cougars to 16-4 on the season.

More importantly, it keeps RCC in the fourth spot in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with a 3-3 record, three games back of the front-runners.

With the cancelation of the third round of the Shawnee Invitational due to weather, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team was denied a shot at its best regular-season tournament finish of the year.

El Reno was 1-1 in the event after defeating Coweta (42-26) but falling to Class 6A power Tulsa Union (54-26) in the semifinals.

The Indians would have played Shawnee for third. Instead, El Reno now takes a 9-8 overall record back into the stretch run of District 5A-2 play.

Tourney finishes this season included fourth in Harrah and sixth in Anadarko.