258-Game

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. "It'll be in the history books," Hunt said. "It was a goal of ours since the beginning of the season. It's not that we wanted to score 200 to embarrass anybody. We just wanted to prove we could score 200." It was a three-for-all all the way as Troy shot 109 3-pointers for the game - and made 51. Ten of the 11 Trojans made at least one trey. "So many 3s," Maestri said. "I don't know if that can happen again." The Trojans threw down 28 dunks. They grabbed 94 rebounds, to 46 for DeVry, and took advantage of 44 DeVry turnovers. Troy took just three free throws the entire night and made all three. DeVry did not take a single free throw, another record. It took a squad of seven sports information workers 57 minutes to compile the final box score. "I've never seen anything like this," DeVry coach George Trawick said. "The score this year is unbelievable."

NCAA Records

• NCAA record for most points in a game (258) - The previous record was 187 set by Troy State on Feb. 15, 1991 • NCAA record for most points in a half (135 points in the second half broke the record of 123 set by Troy State in the first half) - The previous record was 103 points set by Troy State on Feb. 15, 1991 • NCAA record for most field goals in a game (102) - The previous record was 79 set by Mississippi College on December 9, 1971 • NCAA record for most field goals attempted in a game (190) - The previous record was 147 set by Oklahoma on November 29, 1989. The Division II record was 144 by Alabama A&M on Feb. 13, 1989. • NCAA field goals for most 3-pointers in a game (51) - The previous record was 25 by Troy State on Feb. 15, 1991,Lock Haven on Nov. 29, 1990 and Wisconsin Parkside on Feb. 14, 1989. • NCAA record for most players on one team to make a 3-point field goal (10) - The previous record was 9 by Kentucky Wesleyan • NCAA Division II record for most assists in a game (65) - The previous record was 47 by Tampa on Dec. 2, 1989

Did You Know?

• That in Troy State's 258-141 win over DeVry the two teams combined to score one point every six seconds • Troy State had 28 slam dunks • DeVry attempted 0 free throws • The Trojans committed only one foul during the game • All 11 Troy State players scored a basket, with 10 scoring in double figures • 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

TROY STATE 258, DEVRY 141 OFFICIAL NCAA BOX SCORE

tot-fg 3-pt

DeVry Institute (3-16) rebounds Player m-a m-a ft-fta o-d-t pf tp a to blk s min

Young * 3-9 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 6 1 2 0 0 28 Heilig * 13-24 1-3 0-0 5-3-8 1 27 3 3 1 1 29 Daniel * 20-30 2-4 0-0 3-8-11 1 42 3 7 0 0 25 Jones * 7-16 2-6 0-0 3-5-8 2 16 6 19 0 2 40 Ramsey 7-10 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 14 1 2 0 2 26 Kylers * 14-22 0-0 0-0 5-2-7 1 28 7 7 0 1 30 Quarles 3-10 2-7 0-0 0-5-5 1 8 7 4 0 1 22

TEAM 0-3-3 Totals 67-121 7-20 0-0 18-28-46 6 141 28 44 1 7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 25-55 45.5% 2nd Half: 42-66 63.6% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0%

Troy State (26-5) Player m-a m-a ft-fta o-d-t pf tp a to blk s min

Evans * 12-20 5-10 0-0 4-0-4 0 29 2 1 0 2 19 Smith * 12-24 5-11 0-0 11-2-13 0 29 11 0 0 3 21 Hunt 5-9 5-7 0-0 3-1-4 0 15 4 1 0 2 11 T. Davis * 9-22 6-16 0-0 8-0-8 0 24 8 1 0 1 15 Fayson 3-10 3-8 3-3 3-0-3 0 12 5 0 0 3 18 A. Davis * 1-1 0-0 0-0 3-9-12 0 2 8 2 0 6 19 McCord * 16-26 9-14 0-0 1-5-6 0 41 6 0 1 6 25 Greasham 8-19 4-11 0-0 5-10-15 0 29 5 0 0 4 22 Bryant 9-14 2-3 0-0 5-1-6 0 20 9 0 1 0 16 Bryan 14-16 1-3 0-0 7-6-13 0 29 2 3 0 0 19 Simpson 13-29 11-26 0-0 5-2-7 1 37 5 3 0 1 15 TEAM 2-1-3 Totals 102-190 51-109 3-3 57-37-94 1 258 65 11 2 28 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 51-96 53.1%

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 21-52 40.4%

F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 51-94 54.3%

2nd Half: 30-57 52.6%

2nd Half: 3-3 100%

Officials: Paul Andrewjewski, Mike Murphy, Bill Gauldin Technical fouls: DeVry-None. Troy State-None. Attendance: 2,000 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total DeVry Troy State 53 88 141

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