Go Head Miss Epiphanny! 113 Points in HS Game

[CrimsonTide4]

I'm impressed!!

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=1568414

NEW YORK Feb 2, 2006 — Hey Kobe, top this. Epiphanny Prince of Murry Bergtraum High School scored 113 points in a game Wednesday, breaking a girls' national prep record previously held by Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller.

Prince, a 5-foot-9 senior guard, led her team to a 137-32 victory over Brandeis High School.

"After I scored 29 points in the first quarter, I didn't think much of it," Prince told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday night. "After I had 58 points at the half, and especially after having in the 80s after the third quarter, I just decided to go for it.

It was efficient," she said. "It wasn't like I missed a whole bunch of shots. That's what made it even better."

Prince, one of the nation's top high school players, is headed to Rutgers next season. Her previous high this season was 51 points for the Lady Blazers, ranked No. 2 in the nation by USA Today.

"At the half, we thought she had a chance to break the record so we just let her go," coach Ed Grezinsky said.

Miller scored 105 points for Riverside Poly in California against Riverside Norte Vista in 1982. She went on to become an All-American at USC.

Two-time WNBA MVP Lisa Leslie scored 101 points in a half for Morningside High School in Inglewood, Calif., against South Torrance in 1990. South Torrance refused to play the second half.

"It's an amazing thing when an individual does that," NBA star LeBron James said when told about Prince's performance. "I don't know who she is, but maybe we'll see her in the WNBA. For that matter, the NBA."

[FLKING]

Now that is what I call BALLIN. First Latta upsets Duke...now this

[TonyB06]

Bad move on the coaches' part. With a 137-32 final score, her team had to have been blowing them out, most likely in the first half. No reason to embarrass an opponent like this, and let this kid score this many points.

I guess you give the kid a pass on this becuase she was on the floor, but she shouldn't have been kept in a blowout game long enough to score that many points.

[FLKING]

Originally posted by TonyB06
Bad move on the coaches' part. With a 137-32 final score, her team had to have been blowing them out, most likely in the first half. No reason to embarrass an opponent like this, and let this kid score this many points.

I guess you give the kid a pass on this becuase she was on the floor, but she shouldn't have been kept in a blowout game long enough to score that many points.

She was trying to break the record, not even in that cause would you have left her in?

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by TonyB06
Bad move on the coaches' part. With a 137-32 final score, her team had to have been blowing them out, most likely in the first half. No reason to embarrass an opponent like this, and let this kid score this many points.

I guess you give the kid a pass on this becuase she was on the floor, but she shouldn't have been kept in a blowout game long enough to score that many points.

I thought the same thing Tony. You may recall, Lisa Leslie scored, I think, 101 points in a HALF when she was in high school. She didn't get the opportunity to score more because the other team refused to continue the game. I think the final score was 100-something to 20 something.

THe coach was more concerned with the record probably. I know I am showing my age here, but a big thing when I was in HS was "busting the clock" (yeah, that's how we said it). Back then, most score boards only went up to 99, so if a team got 100, the scoreboard had to revert back to 00. I remember starters begging their coach to put them back in in a blow out so that they could bust the clock....LOL

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by FLKING
She was trying to break the record, not even in that cause would you have left her in?

If the points came in the natural flow of a closely contested game, cool. But a 137-32 blowout? That game was over before they finished the national anthem.

Besides, what happens if the girl, who was probably the team's best player, gets hurt? (I'm a high school basketball referee and I see how tempers can flare quickly -- particularly when one team is getting "clowned," they can get nasty (physical), real quick.)

besides, eventually what goes around comes around......

[FLKING]

Originally posted by TonyB06
If the points came in the natural flow of a closely contested game, cool. But a 137-32 blowout? That game was over before they finished the national anthem.

Besides, what happens if the girl, who was probably the team's best player, gets hurt? (I'm a high school basketball referee and I see how tempers can flare quickly -- particularly when one team is getting "clowned," they can get nasty (physical), real quick.)

besides, eventually what goes around comes around......

What is the player got hurt in the locker room. Things can happen at anytime and anywhere. I understand bout trying to keep the drama down, but don't most kids get excited for those that are exceptions to the rule and have the chance to break a national title? I forget we do live in a new day and age.

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by FLKING
What is the player got hurt in the locker room. Things can happen at anytime and anywhere. I understand bout trying to keep the drama down, but don't most kids get excited for those that are exceptions to the rule and have the chance to break a national title? I forget we do live in a new day and age.

I feel you, FLKING, and the game is for the kids and they should be excited--that's why I gave the responsibility to the coach, not the kid. And yep, she could have gotten hurt in the locker room, no controlling for that. But the coach can control whether she had the chance to get hurt in a game long since settled.

[RBL]

Her name is too much

[ladylike]

Originally posted by RBL
Her name is too much

Was it the extra "n" that did it for you?

[RBL]

Originally posted by ladylike
Was it the extra "n" that did it for you?

lol.. no it was the whole thing.....Epiphanny

I'd have to call her by a nickname or something