Scoring outbursts
Because I love me some high-scoring games
Pick your favorite scoring outburst from 2008-09. Was it Ryan Toolson hitting 63 against Chicago State? Or Ben Woodside’s 60 vs. Stephen F. Austin? Or Jodie Meeks dropping 54 against Tennessee?
Meeks passed Dan Issel in the Kentucky record books, while the last time two players passed the 60-point mark in the same season was 1977. It may be years before we see something like those performances again.
Then again, maybe not.
Any one of the following 16 players could go for 50 on a given night. Or even 60. Some, like Meeks, are efficient players who don’t need a lot of shots. Others are volume scorers. But all of them can fill it up.
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Move over Jodie Meeks. Make room Stephen Curry. Ben Woodside, you have company.
Ryan Toolson officially joined the high-scorers club. The Utah Valley senior scored 63 points in a four-overtime win Thursday against Chicago State.
Yes, 63. Sure, he played 60 minutes, but … wow. Considering only 20 other D-I players have scored more than 60 points in a game, that’s damn impressive.
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Scoring more than 40 points in a college basketball game is no small thing. A point a minute? That’s some work.
When someone hits 50, the accolades start pouring in.
And when someone scores 54 points on just 22 shots against the reigning SEC champs on national TV and breaks a 39-year-old scoring record at the NCAA’s premier basketball program, well, there’s just one word for it. Ridonkulous.
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Jodie Meeks shot his way into Kentucky’s record books and gave the SEC a much-needed boost Tuesday night. Scoring 54 points will do that.
We knew Meeks could score. The 6-4 junior opened the season with a 39-point effort in a loss to VMI, dumped 46 on Appalachian State in December and entered Tuesday night’s game against No. 24 Tennessee as the nation’s fifth-leading scorer (24.2).
But this was as good of a shooting performance as you'll ever see.
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Move over Steph Curry. Make room for Ben Woodside.
The senior guard tied an NCAA record by hitting 30-of-35 free throws in a 112-111 loss triple overtime loss. It tied a mark by – who else? – LSU’s Pete Maravich and was the highest point total by a D-I player since Arizona State’s Eddie House dumped 61 on Cal.
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