By Clay Horning
Transcript Sports Editor
Lawton High's Kendall Suttles might be the state's best post. An early signee to play at Oklahoma State, she controlled the paint opening-night Tuesday at the NHS Gym, corralling 16 rebounds to go with her 16 points.
But if Suttles made things tough on Norman High's Jeannie Ramon, a darn fine post herself, there wasn't much she could do about the Tigers point guard, Kamra King.
Is there a better point guard in the state?
"No, there's not," NHS coach Matilda Mossman said after King led the Tigers to a ho-hum 55-33 victory over a fair bunch, and a great post, from Lawton. "Especially when the game starts getting close. She's just so instinctive."
She was so instinctive it never got close.
The Tigers crushed the Wolverines 55-33 behind King's 23 points, four rebounds, four steals and six assists. Of the Tigers 22 field goals, King made or assisted 14 of them.
Asked for the assessment of her night, King appeared to know her assignment, if not her grade.
"I don't know," she said. "I'm supposed to be like the leader, telling everybody what to do ... I think I did all right, but I think we played really well as a team."
She had some help.
Olivia Meek added 13 points and a co-team best, along with Ramon, six rebounds. Chelsea Key added eight points, all in the second half.
Meek was also charged with guarding the Wolverines' best player.
"She really made Suttles work," Mossman said. "Shot got her hand on a lot of passes."
King scored 12 of the Tigers' first 26 points, at which point NHS led 26-8.
Never a close game, the Wolverines pulled within 35-24 in the middle of the third quarter while King took a break. Upon returning, she added three more points before the end of the quarter and the Tigers were back in control, leading 40-26 headed into the fourth quarter.
NHS coasted home.
