List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game

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Scoring 100 points in a game is a rare accomplishment in the sport of basketball. What follows is a partial list of the few who have achieved the century mark at various levels of competition.

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National Basketball Association

College

  • Clarence "Bevo" Francis has the NCAA all-Division record of 113 points while playing for Rio Grande College (now the University of Rio Grande) against Hillsdale College on February 2, 1954. Francis also holds the NAIA mark of 116 points for Rio against Ashland College on January 19, 1953, but this is not recognized by the NCAA because it did not occur in a game against a four-year institution.

United States High School

According to the National High School Sports Record Book, only 19 boys have scored 100 points in U.S. high school basketball games:

Player Points FG & FT High School (State) Opponent (State) Game Score Date
Danny Heater 135 53-70 FG & 29-41 FT Burnsville HS (WV) Widen HS (WV) 173-43 26 January 1960
John Morris 127 Portsmouth-I.C. Norcom HS (VA) Mary Smith (Accomac) (VA) 173-47 22 February 1961
Dick Bogenrife 120 London-Midway HS (Sedalia) (OH) Canaan HS (OH) 137-46 6 February 1953
Wayne Oakley 114 47-55 FG & 20-24 FT Hanson HS (KY) St. Agne's (KY) 128-56 12 December 1954
Pete Cimino 114 44-79 FG & 26-29 FT Bristol HS (PA) Palisades HS (PA) 134-86 22 January 1960
Herman “Buzz” Saygar 113 56 FG Culver HS (IN) Winamac HS (IN) 154-10 8 March 1913
Morris Dale Mathis 108 St. Joseph HS (AR) Witt Springs HS (AR) 22 January 1955
Ken Robinson 108 48 FG & 12-13 FT Midway Cassatt HS (SC) Ruby South (SC) 118-39 10 January 1961
Kenneth Johnson 105 Grandfield HS (OK) Terral HS (OK) 120-65 9 January 1979
Danny Boyd 104 Camden HS (TN) 6 January 1961
Dickie Pitts 103 Wimauma HS (FL) St. Petersburg Admiral Farragut HS (FL) 123-77 14 February 1956
Brian Payne 103 New Port Richey Christian (FL) Clearwater St. Paul (FL) 111-60 1980
Ed Vondra 102 Brainard HS (NE) 146 - ? 1922
Bennie Fuller 102 Little Rock School for the Deaf (AR) Leola (AR) 133-58 9 December 1971
Cedrick Hensley 101 Heritage Christian-Cleveland (TX) Banff Christian-Houston (TX) 178-28 16 January 2001
Wayne Coward 100 J.C. Lynch HS (SC) Britton's Neck HS (SC) 139-31 24 January 1961
Greg Procell 100 Noble-Ebarb HS (LA) Elizabeth HS (LA) 139-79 20 January 1970
Dajuan Wagner 100 Camden HS (NJ) Gloucester Twp. Tech HS (NJ) 157-67 16 January 2001
Tigran Grigorian 100 Pico Rivera Mesrobian HS (CA) Los Angeles Pacific Christian (CA) 114-47 11 February 2003

Four women have also scored 100 points in U.S. high school games:

1. Epiphanny Prince (113)
2. Cheryl Miller (105)
3. Lisa Leslie (101 in the first half before the opposing team forfeited)[1]
4. Linda Page (100)

Other levels

This is a partial list of all recorded 100 point games. All facts taken from Luckyshow.
  • In the 1923 Far Eastern Games, Luis "Lou" Salvador of the Philippines' achieved the all-time record for the most points scored by a player in a single game in international competition. He scored 116 points to lead the Philippines and beat China to recapture the gold medal.
  • Zdenko Babic scored 144 points in a 1985 Korać Cup game against Apoel (Cyprus).
  • A 13-year-old Croatian player named Marin Ferenčević scored 178 points in a game for the under-14 team KK Virovitica. He had previously scored 101 points in a single game.
  • Fenerbahce's former player Erman Kunter scored 153 points of his team's 175 points against Hilalspor in 1988 (81 in the first half).
  • Israeli Anat Draigor (b. 22 March 1960 in Beersheba, Israel) owns the Guinness world record for the number of points scored in a single game. On April 6, 2006, the then 46-year-old Draigor scored 136 points in a game between Draigor's Mate Yehuda and Elitzur Givat Shmuel in the Israeli third basketball league. The final score was 158-41.
  • Retired Latvian basketball player Aigars Zeidaks scored 100 points against "Valmiera" in a professional game in the Latvian Basketball League (LBL) on February 4, 1995. (45-56 FG and 9-14 FT).
  • New Zealand International Phill Jones scored 105 points in a game at club level in 1998.
  • Tom Short scored 102 points in Mackin AA's victory over Tioga on March 18, 1954, in the McVeich Recreation Center's Senior Basketball League.

References

  1. ^ Moore, David (2002-04-30). "Lisa Leslie: The best of the bunch", USA Today. Retrieved on 2 July 2008. 
  2. ^ (2001) Hardcourt: The 2001 Official PBA Annual. Philippines: The Philippine Basketball Association, pp. 146. 

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