Jack Taylor of Grinnell College Sets New NCAA Scoring Record With 138-Point Outing
Jack Taylor of Grinnell College Sets New NCAA Scoring Record With 138-Point Outing
Imagine missing 56 shots in a basketball game — and coming out of it feeling pretty good.
That actually happened, on Tuesday night. Jack Taylor, a sophomore guard from Division III Grinnell College in Iowa, set a new men’s NCAA basketball scoring record — on any level — by dropping 138 points in Grinnell’s 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible. The previous record, a 113 point outing by Bevo Francis of Rio Grande, was set in 1954. Furman’s Frank Selvy holds the Division 1 record; he scored 100 points against Newberry, also in 1954. (Was defense out of fashion in 1954?)
Jack Taylor puts up a three point shot against a defender from Faith Baptist Bible College on Tuesday night in Grinnell, Iowa. Taylor, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound guard from Black River Falls, Wis., made 52 of 108 shots, including 27 out of 71 attempts from 3-point range.
Taylor shot 52 for 108 from the field, in 36 minutes; Taylor averaged three shots per minute, which seems impossible. He hit 27 of 71 three-pointers, and added seven free throws, on ten attempts.