Rutgers signee breaks Miller's HS girls scoring record

By Dave Krider, Special to SI.com

Epiphanny Prince, a 5-foot-9 senior, shattered the all-time national high school girls basketball scoring record Wednesday with an incredible 113 points as Manhattan's Murry Bergtraum routed Louis Brandeis 137-32.

The previous record of 105 points was set by Cheryl Miller of Riverside Poly in 1982. Lisa Leslie also topped the century mark with 101 for Inglewood Morningside in 1990. Both schools are in Southern California. - Sports Illustrated
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She shot 54 of 60 in the field, and 3 for 4 at the line.
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02-02-06, 12:47 AM
coldfuse
Wow.

Not sure if I could make 54 of 60 dunking on a 5-foot goal.*



*For clarification, that would be like you and a 3' goal, MrsS

02-02-06, 05:02 PM
BobLaz
WOW--did this gal take a single shot outside of 3 feet?
Big Grin

02-02-06, 05:34 PM
DorianGreyed
The article said that most of her points came from lay-ups, but with only 3 of her 113 coming from fouls, she certainly had to hit a couple 3 pointers sometime.

02-02-06, 07:35 PM
Sailracer
My girlfriend, Amee is a big Rutgers fan; her father is a major supporter to the athletic program, so I have to be an RU Fan!!

02-05-06, 01:48 AM
Jelp01
Here's a blog from Vince Grippi, one of the sportswriters for our local fishwrapper/birdcage liner (the Spokane, WA Spokesman-Review) that has a bit of a different take on the game:

A rant about running it up
I was in the middle of writing a blog item yesterday about something that had caught my eye: A New York girl scoring 1.72 million points in one game. OK, it was “just” 113, but it came in a game her team won 137-32. However, I got sidetracked by a GSL football story, and never got back to it.
Now I am.
The whole story stinks to high heaven, as does some of the reaction.
Anybody who tries to defend a girl scoring 55 points in the second half of a game her team won by more than 100 should have their head examined And then immediately banned from high school sports for life.
And the commentators who wuss out and don’t criticize the player … they’re little better. Epiphanny Prince needs to play someone like Kevin Garnett, then maybe she’ll have an epiphany. Just because you are significantly better than others doesn’t mean you have to rub their faces in it. Your coach, in defending himself, said he had you and four subs in at the end. How about passing them the ball once in a while? You took 60 (60!) shots. How about asking to come out? You’re a senior, either 17 or 18 years old. You must know when adults are full of it, so why not say something?
And what of Murry Bergtraum High girls coach Ed Grezinsky, who had Prince play 32 minutes against a team his girls had defeated 115-22 in December? If sportsmanship means anything in high school sports – and the schools spend hours saying it does – then he needs to be disciplined. There are ways, even with a shot clock, a coach can keep the score from getting out of hand. And the first one is: DON’T PLAY YOUR STAR PLAYER FOR ALL 32 MINUTES!
It brings up a philosophical question: Does a record mean anything if it is set against a team that can’t do anything about it?
Besides, I don’t understand why everyone is calling it a record, anyway. According to the National High School Sports Record Book, Marie Boyd of Lonaconing Central (Md.) High scored 156 points in a 1924 game. Of course, that was in six-person girls basketball, but it was a high school game, so it is the high school record. I wonder if she played the entire game?
Well at least Grezinsky and Prince have something to shoot for the rest of the year.

OK, now that I’ve vented, let’s move on.

Vince Grippi has never learned to come right out and say what he means. Big Grin

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02-05-06, 02:39 AM
DorianGreyed
There are several MLB records from the 19th Century that surpass some of the official records that any sportswriter would know. Does Mr. Gippi not count the records set in the 20th Century if they did not surpass the older ones? I suspect that he does count the 20th Century records, regardless of any 19th Century numbers. Why should girls basketball be different? Do the games that the 1962 Mets lost or the 2004 Diamondbacks lost count for the other teams? Do MLB managers pull their best players in a lopsided game if the best player has a record going? Why do sportswriters speak of Rogers Hornsby's .424 batting average in 1924 for the National League's St. Louis Cardinals rather than Hugh Duffy's .440 in 1894 for the National League's Boston Beaneaters? Do any sportswriters regard Charles Gardner "Old Hoss" Radbourn's record of 59 wins in 1884 when he pitched for the National League's Providence Grays as the most wins in a season by a picther?

Jelp, I don't think Mr. Grippi came out and really said what he thinks. I have a feeling that Mr. Grippi just doesn't like girls basketball.

02-05-06, 04:53 AM
BobLaz
Bottom line is that you have to wonder what the winning coach's irresponsible actions did to the psyche of some of the opposing players; these are sensitive, young girls who--at this point in their lives-- surely didn't need a lesson in how to run the score up..
Roll Eyes

02-05-06, 10:23 AM
DorianGreyed
Bob, that is the only part of Grippi's rant that has any validity. All the rest of it was back-formed to support Grippi's dislike of girls basketball.

02-05-06, 01:56 PM
BobLaz
DG-
Good point--the competitive gaps between teams in girls hoops is sometimes HUGE--(much more than boy's/mens)--hopefully, someday, that will change..
Cool

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