Brandon Wagner of Park Hills Central hits 16 threes to tie the state record on his way to 52 points, a school record. He was 11-13 in the first half and 9-9 in the first quarter. Way to go Bwags
State Record broken in Park Hills tonight
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check this out LaMelo Ball scores 92 last nigh in a High School game : http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id...brother-lonzo-ball-scores-92-high-school-game
Congrats to the PHC sharp shooter... Send him to Miz-Zou........... C =|~,
I believe I saw something yesterday where he is going to MAC to play golf
Not bad for a kid who wasn't even going to play basketball this year and actually didn't start until after the season had already began. I wonder if he's glad someone talked him into it. That's a performance he'll never forget.
That's a performance he'll never forget.Love the comment about the "heat check" for the 9th one in the daily journal. Young man is a great kid and will do great things.
Congratulations to this young man. I've had the pleasure of watching him play and he can flat shoot the ball. I guess my only concern would be is was it necessary/risky to play him so late in the game when clearly the outcome was decided. He had 11 3's in the first half and Central possessed a 51-10 halftime lead. He still needed 5 3's to tie the mark. With district play just around the corner and Central a likely 1 or 2 seed in their district, Steelville being the other favorite, I just don't know if he is on the floor trying to break the record after having tied it already up by 52 at the end of the game if I am the coach. Regardless, one heck of a performance.
As it ended up, the following were accomplished last night by Brandon
- Points in a quarter with 27 in the 1st qtr. (T4)
- 3-Point FG Made in a Game-16 (T1)
- 3-Point FG Made in a Half-1st Half with 11 (1st)
- 3-Point FG Made in a Qtr.-1st with 9 (1st)
- 3-Point FG Attempts in a Game-27 "as reported by KFMO" (1st)
I was wondering that too, was this a game they knew they were going to win and nobody really shot the ball and just kept feeding him? Don't have a dog in the fight and not familiar with who's who, but that's a lot of shots and points for a blowout runnimg clock game. And props to the kid for making those shots, he must be a great player.
All first half shots were honestly "flow of the game" shots. If you have seen PHC Rebels play, they shoot a lot of threes. He was open and shot them and they went in. He was 9 of 9 in first quarter and 11 of 12 for half. None of them were forced. Also, PHC was short handed. They only had 7 players due to sickness and JV tournament this week. And one of those 7 they had was pretty sick so not many subbing opportunities. Great kid, great player, comes from great family. So happy for him. Perfect storm came together.
Don't overthink it. If a player has that kind of a half, his teammates SHOULD "keep feeding him the ball". Hoops isn't rocket science.
It's the PC crowd that thinks otherwise. As long as the kid and team aren't making a show of it I say keep playing. Wagner and his teammates will remember this night for the rest of the their lives. And I doubt Valle gives 2 craps about it today.
I still remember a game when we scored 166 in the 80s. I also remember another game where a teammate went o-fer the first half then pumped in 37 in the second half. And no 3 point line help even though most of them were from that range. Those are what makes great high school sports memories. I doubt the teams we played against remember much about those games.
PC crowds suck.
I remember Chris Lebreyer (I honestly feel bad for that spelling, lol) having a game like that against us once. Can't recall the numbers, but he literally didn't score in the first half. And then went bonkers in the second half. Might have had 30+. We were up big, and ending up losing. Big I think. And remember Coach Mac and Coach Noble going at it at midcourt about something. I was either in MS or a freshman. Crazy fun game.
My original point is not just about the score of the game, I am also talking about potential risk of injury to maybe Central's best player. I would think after last year that the Rebels want nothing more than to win a district title and it is too easy to roll an ankle, tweak a knee, etc. There will be some that say "A player can get hurt anytime so you can't get caught up in that". And maybe that is true but once he tied the record I would have pulled him because not only would I want them to talk about his performance that night I would want them to talk about a playoff run as well so I say minimize the risk. Just my opinion.
He'll not likely ever have another chance at those records and as someone already said they were short handed for a couple of reasons. He hit his first 9 shots, with a couple of timeouts thrown in by Valle to try to slow him down, or maybe to tell the defense who it was that was shooting all those 3's and someone should probably know where he is every possession.
They said on the radio the crowd was going nuts on every shot after about 3 in row.
His father hit nine 3pts in 1 qt for me back in 1994 against Valle and scored 45pts in 1 half for me that same year. His dad Brian was one of the best players I ever coached. Brian made 103 3pts his senior year for us.
This 92 point performance is a joke. Pretty much all layups from not playing a lick of defense. He is a great player, but I'd like to see him try to accomplish this by playing on both ends.
I think in those situations, the opposition should, after every basket, just throw the ball to the player breaking the record and let him shoot time after time with no one guarding him.
He could have made perhaps 50 in that game. That record likely never to have been broken again.
If the goal is to break the record and you quit playing the game and all you are trying to do is set screens for him to make 3's and set the record, then why not really set a great record.
Just think the national attention he and that game could have gotten if the opponent had completely joined in on the record setting goal.
He could have made perhaps 50 in that game. That record likely never to have been broken again.
If the goal is to break the record and you quit playing the game and all you are trying to do is set screens for him to make 3's and set the record, then why not really set a great record.
Just think the national attention he and that game could have gotten if the opponent had completely joined in on the record setting goal.
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