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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III fans hold up a sign during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III fans hold up a sign during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket guarded by Amsterdam's Jeffrey Brennan during a basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket guarded by Amsterdam's Jeffrey Brennan during a basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Fans cheer for Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III who passed New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III makes a three pointer during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III makes a three pointer during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III makes his 2947 score with a foul shot to break the New York State scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Fans go crazy after Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III passes New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III makes a shot during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III makes a shot during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III celebrates after passing New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III celebrates after passing New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III celebrates after passing New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III celebrates after passing New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III hugs his uncle and coach Rob Girard after passing New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III celebrates after passing New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Fans go crazy after Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III passes New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III talks to the press after passing New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Noah Balcom takes a shot during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Noah Balcom takes a shot during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Amsterdam's Trevon Joyner and Glens Falls' Quintin Girard battle for a rebound during a basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Amsterdam's Trevon Joyner and Glens Falls' Quintin Girard battle for a rebound during a basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Glens Falls' Trenton Girard, #13, passes the ball as he drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Glens Falls' Trenton Girard, #13, passes the ball as he drives to the basket during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
Photo: Lori Van Buren
Fans were lined up, after the game, to get photos taken with Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III, #11, after he passed New York stateOs all-time boys basketball scoring record during a basketball game against Amsterdam on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Amsterdam, N.Y. He passed the record of 2,946 points held by current Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Glens Falls' Joseph Girard III breaks state scoring record
Amsterdam
The game was beginning to slip away from the Glens Falls boys' basketball team Tuesday night as Amsterdam's press was producing immediate dividends. Joseph Girard III, the Indians' junior point guard, realized his team needed a solid possession that netted points. The 6-foot-2 standout drove to the rim, as he had done all evening, and was fouled.
Needing only one foul shot to become the state's all-time leading scorer, Girard buried both attempts with 1:41 remaining. The foul line, a domain the junior knows quite well after competing at national free-throw contests during his days in elementary and middle school, proved to be the place where he would blow past Abraham Lincoln great Lance Stephenson.
Glens Falls went on to generate a 74-68 road victory over the Rams to take over first place in the Foothills Council. Girard, who entered the game averaging 50.1 points per game, actually tied his season-low total with 44 points to elevate his career total to 2,952 points.
"It was a big game with Amsterdam. It was a really great game," Girard said. "To seal the victory with the accomplishment kind of makes it better."
After he made both foul shots to establish the record, Amsterdam coach Tim Jones called timeout as his team reached midcourt. Girard's accomplishment was then immediately acknowledged by the Amsterdam public-address announcer.
The junior had an inkling it was record-breaking time prior to stepping to the line.
"I saw everyone standing up and started pulling out their phones, so I had a little hint that something exciting was going on," Girard said.
Girard did not disappoint the history-seeking masses, going swish and swish to become No. 1 in state boys' basketball scoring history.
Joe Girard Jr., the father of the junior guard, was not surprised his son handled the moment so smoothly.
"To be able to (shoot foul shots) at 9, 10, 11 and 12, this becomes nothing," Girard Jr. said. "Those competitions prepared him for these moments."
"This is great, but know what? What makes this even better is winning," Girard said. "In my time at Glens Falls, we've won a lot of games and had a lot of good teams. That makes it even better."
When Girard surpassed Jimmer Fredette to become the top scorer in Glens Falls history Dec. 15, it came in a 74-73 loss against Scotia. The junior was upset to pass his boyhood idol that way, and was ticked he missed a foul shot that could have helped the Indians prevail.
"I had an accomplishment and milestone in that Scotia game, but it didn't really mean much when we lost," Girard said. "To know that I did this with a win makes it even better. I will remember this much more than the other stuff with losses."
"He took that loss very hard," Girard Jr. said. "It takes a big 17-year-old to come out to the media and answer all those questions."
Tuesday night, the Rams choose to guard Girard mostly man-to-man with the occasional double-team. He scored nine points in the first quarter and tallied 15 points in the second quarter as the Indians (14-3 overall, 12-2 league) led 34-30. The junior, who entered the game with 121 3-pointers, went just 3 of 10 from distance through three quarters.
"With Joseph, he knows when it is feeling really good from the outside. I don't think it was feeling great," Glens Falls coach Rob Girard said. "He said, 'I am going to get to the basket instead.'"
"That is the sign of maturity. His game knowledge has evolved," Girard Jr. said. "He is much more than a catch-and-shoot guy. He is bigger and stronger now and can take being fouled. There is no need to go back to 40 feet when four feet is a lot easier."
Girard tied the state record with 3:52 left with pair of free throws, but Glens Falls then turned the ball over on their next four possessions as Amsterdam (11-4, 10-3) cut its deficit to 64-60.
After making his historic free throws, Girard beat a double team and drained a 3-pointer to put Glens Falls ahead 69-61. He finished 16 of 33 from the field and 7-for-8 from the line to go along with seven rebounds.
"They didn't seem to double-team him too much, so he knew he could get by and go to the rim," said Glens Falls sophomore forward David Barclay, who led the Indians with 16 rebounds. "He is so smart and did a really good job tonight. We're with him every day in practice. He helps all of us to be better. It is really great. Joe knows what he has to do to get a 'W' and how to involve his teammates."
After handling his media obligations, Girard posed for countless pictures and signed some autographs.
"I am sure it will set in after the season at one point that this kid from little Glens Falls is the top guy in the state," Rob Girard said. "It is incredible."
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