NEW YORK -- 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."
The boys' high school record is 135 points set by Danny Heater
of Burnsville High School in West Virginia in 1960, according to
the National High School Sports Record Book on the National
Federation of State High School Associations' Web site.
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against the
Toronto Raptors on Jan. 22, the second-highest total in NBA
history. The league record is 100 points by Wilt Chamberlain on
March 2, 1962.