The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association on Wednesday approved two motions that would clear the way for shot clocks to be used in high school basketball games.
“It changes the game,” said Brian Lester, the assistant director of OSSAA told KFOR. “Is it going to make our game better or is it possibly going to make it worse?”
The first approved motion would add a 35-second shot clock for both regular and postseason games for class 3A through 6A starting in 2026. A second motion would approve an experimental shot clock for classes 2B through B.
“It’s going to change dramatically, girls basketball, especially in three and four,” said Ceceilia Robinson-Woods, a member of the OSSAA Board of Directors.
Lester said there are some stipulations.
“As long as mutually agreed between the two schools for non playoff games,” said Lester. “Because we’re not adopting it for our playoffs and adopting it in class 2A and below. that’s why, for an experimental use, we would have to get approval from the NFHS, because we’re not fully adopting it in those three classes.”
A spokesman for the OSSAA confirmed to KFOR that if a 3A school plays at a 2A school in a regular season game, the 2A school would decide if they use the shot clock or not.
If the 2A school played at a 3A school in the regular season, the shot clock would be used.
