Sometimes, you hear or see things that seem impossible. You might think to yourself "There is no way that someone could have possibly done that." Yesterday, I got that feeling. I was watching T.V. when I came across this news story on ESPN that was about this kid named Jack Taylor. He is a sophmore at Grinnell College, which is a Division III school, which is one of the lower divisions of college basketball, and he is one of his team's point guards. For those who don't know, the point guard is the one that takes the ball up the court. Continuing the story, Jack Taylor had a pretty good game yesterday. His team was playing a school called Faith Baptist Bible. Through the first few games of Grinnell's regular season, Taylor had been averaging a very good 24 points per game. By the time the game was over, that number had risen to 61 points per game. Right now, you might be wondering "How is this possible?" This was possible because in that one game, Jack Taylor scored an astoundingly-high 138 points. This turned out to be an NCAA record. This total also surpassed the NBA record of 100 points scored by Wilt Chamberlain. While listening to the story, I learned that at halftime, Taylor thought that he had about 30 points. It turned out he had actually scored 58 points, which means that he somehow scored 80 points in the second half. In the end, Taylor's team won by a score of 179-104, which means that Taylor outscored the other team by himself by 34 points. His stat line showed that he had made 52 of the 108 shots that he attempted, and he made 27 of the 71 three-point shots that he attempted. He only made 7 free-throws during the game, though. Not very surprisingly, he did not even have one assist.
P.S. In case you wanted to see some of this magic for yourself, here is the URL for one of the videos about his game on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l7W_pgfhms
P.S. In case you wanted to see some of this magic for yourself, here is the URL for one of the videos about his game on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l7W_pgfhms