Grinnell Guard Erupts For Record 138

ESPN ^ | Nov 21, 2012 | Myron Medcalf

[Stonewall Jackson]

Grinnell's Jack Taylor didn't just amend the NCAA's record books when he scored 138 points -- a new collegiate high mark -- in his team's 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible Tuesday night. The Division III star wrote a new chapter.

[FoxInSocks]

By the end of the night, Taylor was 52-for-108 (27-for-71 from the 3-point line) and he'd established a new collegiate record.

I'm surprised his arms didn't get tired.

[Stonewall Jackson]

Tell me about it. I used to wear out my arms tossing up a hundred free throws at a time, and the only running I was doing was retrieving the ball. He was running up and down the court in between these shots.

He did this in 36 minutes of play; that's an average of three shots per minute, not counting the other team or his teammates. The poor guys at the scorer's table must have been going nuts trying to keep up.

[Alaska Wolf]

He attempted one shot every twenty seconds. His previous high point total was 48 while he was in high school.

[beelzepug]

The 104 points the losers scored would be a pretty hard score to beat. 179 is amazing and most of it from this one player. Was anybody playing defense at all?

[uncommonsense]

No - I see no evidence of defense:

"Taylor wasn't the only star of the game. Faith Baptist Bible's David Larson scored 70 points (34-for-44)."

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

Looks awfully good in those highlights!

[jocon307]

That’s really off the scale amazing, I’ve never heard of such a thing.

Great game, young man!

[irgbar-man]

GRIN-nel alright!

[cdga5for4]

A kid on the other team was 34-of-44 from the field. That is remarkable as well.

[TurboZamboni]

“At some point you’ve scored enough points”-barry soetero