On Jan. 12, 1992, the Troy State men’s basketball team scored an NCAA-record 258 points, breaking its own record of 187 points set a year earlier.
By Kevin Scarbinsky Birmingham News staff writer Troy State 258, DeVry Institute 141. Repeat. Troy State 258, DeVry Institute 141. Do not adjust your newspaper. Do not call Ripley. This is the actual score of an actual college basketball game played Sunday afternoon in Troy State's Sartain Hall. Believe it or not. The Atlanta JournalConstitution didn't believe it. A Troy State sports information assistant called in the score, and the paper thought it was a prank call. Don Maestri was there, and he's not sure he believes it. The Troy State coach unleashed his brand of runand-shoot basketball on the world two years back, and every chamber in his gun was loaded Sunday. Fifteen NCAA records were tied or broken, including the most points scored, most field goals attempted (190 by Troy), most field goals made (102 by Troy), and most points in a half. Troy State set a record with 123 points in the first half and broke it with 135 in the second half. "It was a big, big, big day," Maestri said. "It hasn't sunk in yet. We never dreamed it could be 258 points." But the Division II Trojans, on their way toward Division I, were shooting at 200 points. They set an NCAA record for all divisions last season when they beat DeVry, 187-117,
to top Loyola Marymount's record by a single point. DeVry plays the same way as Troy, the same way Loyola Marymount did under former coach Paul Westhead - with no conscience and an itchy trigger finger. Except DeVry, a NAIA school in Atlanta best known for its television ads, plays the running game with fewer players. Troy players and fans circled Sunday's return meeting with the Hoyas on the calendar. When DeVry got to the gym Sunday just 20 minutes before tipoff with just seven players, the stage was set. "If the record could be broken, we were going to go ahead and try to do it," Maestri said. "It's a credit to these kids. It was a great show." You like points? They had points, 399 all told, one every six seconds. Terry McCord scored 41 for Troy, followed by Brian Simpson with 37, Jack Smith, Dandrea Evans and Paul Bryan with 29 each. Eleven Trojans played, and 10 of them scored in double figures. The one who didn't, captain Andy Davis, scored the game's first basket and did not score again, content to rebound and throw outlet passes. At halftime Troy led 123-53. The 200-point mark, which no college team had ever approached before, fell with 7:37 to play when Steve Hunt came free on the break, pulled up at the top of the key and buried a 3-pointer.
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"It'll be in the history NCAA Records books," Hunt said. "It • NCAA record for most points in a game was a goal of ours (258) - The previous record was 187 set by since the beginning of Troy State on Feb. 15, 1991 the season. It's not that • NCAA record for most points in a half we wanted to score 200 (135 points in the second half broke the to embarrass anybody. record of 123 set by Troy State in the first We just wanted to half) - The previous record was 103 points prove we could score set by Troy State on Feb. 15, 1991 200." • NCAA record for most field goals in a It was a three-for-all game (102) - The previous record was 79 all the way as Troy shot set by Mississippi College on December 9, 109 3-pointers for the 1971 game - and made 51. • NCAA record for most field goals Ten of the 11 Trojans attempted in a game (190) - The previous made at least one trey. record was 147 set by Oklahoma on "So many 3s," November 29, 1989. The Division II record Maestri said. "I don't was 144 by Alabama A&M on Feb. 13, know if that can 1989. happen again." • NCAA field goals for most 3-pointers in a The Trojans threw game (51) - The previous record was 25 by down 28 dunks. They Troy State on Feb. 15, 1991,Lock Haven on grabbed 94 rebounds, Nov. 29, 1990 and Wisconsin Parkside on to 46 for DeVry, and Feb. 14, 1989. took advantage of 44 • NCAA record for most players on one DeVry turnovers. team to make a 3-point field goal (10) Troy took just three The previous record was 9 by Kentucky free throws the entire Wesleyan night and made all • NCAA Division II record for most assists three. DeVry did not in a game (65) - The previous record was take a single free throw, 47 by Tampa on Dec. 2, 1989 another record. It took a Did You Know? squad of seven sports • That in Troy State's 258-141 win over information workers 57 DeVry the two teams combined to score minutes to compile the one point every six seconds final box score. • Troy State had 28 slam dunks "I've never seen • DeVry attempted 0 free throws anything like this," • The Trojans committed only one foul DeVry coach George during the game Trawick said. "The • All 11 Troy State players scored a basket, score this year is with 10 scoring in double figures unbelievable." • The win over DeVry gave coach Don Maestri his 197th win as head coach of the Trojans • Troy State averaged 121 points per game in 1992, setting a new NCAA record
