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Murray State outscored Redlands Community College women’s basketball team 24-11 in the fourth period to rally for a 72-66 victory, snapping the Cougars 15-game win streak.

Redlands tumbled from a first-place tie in the NJCAA Region 2 standings to alone in fourth place at 2-1.

The game was tied 33-all at intermission before Redlands went on a 22-15 break in the third period to lead by 55-48 going into the final period.

Redlands had just two players in double digits, led by Alaura Pruitt’s double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds.

Despite double-double efforts from Damond Matthews and Justice Johnson, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was left searching for its first regional road win of the season.

The Cougars dropped an 83-79 contest at Murray State to slide to 0-2 in NJCAA Region 2 and 1-2 overall in the standings – tied for sixth.

Redlands is now 7-10 on the season.

Matthews put up a team-high 31 points off 8-of-12 shooting that included a pair of 3-pointers and a 13-of-14 effort from the free-throw line. He added 10 rebounds and four assists.

For the second time this season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team emerged from a tournament outing with two setbacks after losing 44-24 to Guymon in the consolation championship game of the 2026 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

The 20-point loss to the Tigers, who El Reno beat by 11 last month, dropped the Indians to 6-6 on the season. Jennifer Douglas’ team lost to Lawton Eisenhower (55-53) after trailing by as many as 20, before beating John Marshall (69-21) in the other two tourney games.

The host of the 2026 Anadarko Warriors Classic used an 18-11 run in the fourth quarter to defeat El Reno High School’s boys basketball team 44-36 in the third-place game.

El Reno dropped to 4-8 on the season with the loss to Anadarko, ranked No.17 in Class 3A, which came on the heels of a setback to Classen SAS (61-54) in the semifinals. The Indians opened the tourney with a win over Lawton Eisenhower (70-54).

Over the three games, El Reno shot 39 percent from the floor (57-of-146) including a 40-of-98 (41 percent) effort from 2-point range.

El Reno took 10 wrestlers to the 2026 Mustang Girls Wrestling Tournament, splitting the group between varsity and junior high matches.

In the high school division, Alivia Jackson (145) dropped two matches, while Bentley Sharp (235) went 3-1 to take third with falls over Claremore’s Scarlett Ramos (:43), Altus’ Anahi Uribus (2:27) and Sand Springs’ Heaven Bullis (2:40).

Billie Hinchey (155) went 2-2 after pinning Stillwater’s Selene Flores (3:31) and Southmoore’s Taya Amevor (3:01). Lilie Arrasmith (145) posted a 1-2 mark with a 1:18 fall over Ava Henry of Piedmont.

El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team, starting the 2026 portion of its schedule unranked, outwrestled Class 5A’s 15th-ranked Newcastle, coached by former EHS skipper Tyrone Lewis, on the mat.

However, it was the matches on paper that cost El Reno the victory.

“We won seven of the nine matches wrestled but we had to forfeit four weights due to injuries.

“That was 24 points we could not come back from,” said El Reno head coach Anthony McDonald of his team’s 41-37 loss to the Racers.

El Reno slipped to 1-2 on the dual season.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team used a 10-1 run in the first period to pull away from Eastern Oklahoma State College for a 69-47 win in its regional home opener.

The 22-point victory over the Mountaineers lifted Redlands to 15-1 on the season and extended its current win streak to 15 games. The Cougars are 2-0 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings, tied for first with three other squads.

Pushing four players into double digits, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with an 85-73 home win over Eastern Oklahoma.

The Cougars improve to 7-9 on the season and 1-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings - tied for fourth.

Damond Matthews went 7-of-16 from the floor en route to his team-high 19 points. He added eight rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Glenn Bishop Jr. was close behind with a double-double line of 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.

Freshman Jaida Richardson scored a season-high 18 points but it wasn’t enough as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team kicked off the 2026 portion of its schedule with a 61-38 road loss to Midwest City.

The loss snapped a two-game winning streak as El Reno slipped to 5-4 on the season.

The Indians are now 4-2 in the District 5A-2 standings but remain in third place.

Richardson scored three 2-point baskets, hit two of the team’s three treys on the night and went 6-of-7 from the free-throw line.

In just his second game back from emergency appendectomy surgery, Bradley Island scored a season-high 19 points in a losing effort as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team dropped a 64-51 road game at Midwest City.

The 13-point loss gave the league-leading Bombers the sweep of El Reno in District 5A-2 play. Midwest City beat the Indians by 25 points inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

El Reno, winner of three straight going into the 2026 opener, slipped to 3-6 overall and 2-4 in the league. The Indians are tied for fourth with Lawton in the 5A-2 win column at 2-4.