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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[edit] National Basketball Association

[edit] United States collegiate

[edit] United States high school

According to the National High School Sports Record Book, only 15 male players have scored 100 points in U.S. high school basketball games (since 1913).[1] In addition, four women have scored 100 or more points in high school basketball games (since 1981). The women in this list are in bold text.

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 I. C. Norcom (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
Epiphanny Prince 113 Murry Bergtraum HS (NY) Brandeis HS (NY) 137-32 2 February 2006
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
Cheryl Miller 105 Riverside Polytechnic HS (CA) Norte Vista HS (CA) 179-15[2] 26 January 1982
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
Lisa Leslie 101 (in the first half only)[3] Morningside HS (CA) South Torrance HS (CA) 102-24 7 February 1990
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
Linda Page 100 Murrell Dobbins HS (PA) Jules Mastbaum HS (PA) 131-37 13 February 1981
Tigran Grigorian 100 Armenian Mesrobian HS (CA) Los Angeles Pacific Christian (CA) 114-47 11 February 2003

[edit] Other levels

This is a partial list of all recorded 100 point games. All facts taken from Luckyshow.
  • In the 1923 Far Eastern Games, 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.[4]
  • Former UConn star Denham Brown scored a Canadian high-school record 111 points for West Hill Collegiate Institute against R.H. King in Toronto on February 7, 2002.
  • 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 by a female professional 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.
  • Australian junior representative Ben Weatherbee scored 114 points in a club game in 2005 hitting 17 three-point shots.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.nfhs.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Publications/Basketball.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/5351
  3. ^ Moore, David (2002-04-30). "Lisa Leslie: The best of the bunch". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketba/2002-05-01-leslie.htm. Retrieved on 2008-07-02. 
  4. ^ Bocobo, Christian; Beth Celis (2004). Legends and Heroes of Philippine Basketball. Philippines: Christian Bocobo. p. 131. ISBN 0-9763202-0-7. 
  5. ^ Hardcourt: The 2001 Official PBA Annual. Philippines: The Philippine Basketball Association. 2001. p. 146. 
  6. ^ http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1974/february_5_1974_145548.html

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