Pocola boys advance to play Dale

Pocola boys advance

Pocola boys advance to the Class 2A boys’ state basketball finals at 11:30 a.m. Saturday against top-ranked Dale.

This is the second straight year the second-ranked Indians will face top-ranked Dale in the finals at the Jim Norwick arena at the State Fairgrounds Arena.

Pocola will attempt to avenge a 63-38 loss to Dale in last year’s finals.

The Indians advanced with a 46-42 win in the semifinals over third-ranked Hooker.

Pocola trailed by a point before rallying in the final quarter to get the win. Dakotah Terrell led the Indians with 16 points while Heuston Stroops finished with 13.

Pocola’s girls were not as fortunate as the Lady Indians lost to Hartshorne, 53-46 in the girls’ tournament

Pocola, ranked second, finishes with a 24-3 record with two of those losses coming against Hartshorne, a fellow member of the Black Diamond Conference. Hartshorne is 28-1 with its lone loss coming earlier in the season to Pocola.

In her last high school basketball game, OU softball signee Allyssa Parker finished with 24 points to pace Pocola.

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