Basketball

Tracking the top single-game scoring marks in NC high school basketball for 2023-24

As the 2023-24 North Carolina high school basketball season continues, we're trying to keep track of the highest individual scoring games across the state.
Posted 2024-01-17T19:39:01+00:00 - Updated 2024-02-25T20:25:35+00:00
Emerson Thompson of Falls Lake. Falls Lake girls basketball improved to 13-0 with a 50-47 win at Southern Alamance on January 4, 2024. (Photo: Evan Moesta/HighSchoolOT.com)

As the 2023-24 North Carolina high school basketball season continues, we're trying to keep track of the highest individual scoring games across the state.

Only players from N.C. High School Athletic Association and N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association members are listed below.

Please let us know if we're missing someone or when someone else joins the club. You can email jmbpreps@gmail.com

Boys Basketball

70-point games

60-point games

  • Nathan Purvis Thales-Apex — 63

50-point games

  • Chance Gladden, Ravenscroft — 57
  • Dominic Payne, Trinity — 53
  • Champion Hayden, North Hills Christian — 52
  • Ben Fox, East Wake — 50
  • Paul McNeil Jr., Richmond — 50
  • Karsten Swinney, Freedom Christian — 50

40-point games

  • Paul McNeil Jr., Richmond — 49
  • Champion Hayden, North Hills Christian — 49
  • Camden Edmonds, West Stokes — 47
  • Paul McNeil Jr., Richmond — 47
  • Jayden Little, Anson — 47
  • Justin Caldwell, Trinity Christian — 46
  • Bailee Goodlett, North Rowan — 45
  • Champion Hayden, North Hills Christian — 45
  • Makel Smith, Morehead — 45
  • Karsten Swinney, Freedom Christian — 44
  • Dacen Petty, East Rutherford — 44
  • Dominic Payne, Trinity — 43
  • Gunnar Alm, Polk County — 43
  • L.J. Smith, Lincolnton — 43
  • Champion Hayden, North Hills Christian — 43
  • Juke Harris, Salisbury — 42
  • Makel Smith, Morehead — 42
  • Colt Langdon, Millbrook — 42
  • Marcel Freeman Jr., North Johnston — 42
  • Zeke Brock, Cape Fear Christian — 41
  • Dacen Petty, East Rutherford — 41
  • Camden Edmonds, West Stokes — 41
  • Camden Edmonds, West Stokes — 41
  • Makel Smith, Morehead — 41
  • William James Jr., Holly Springs — 41
  • Chance Gladden, Ravenscroft — 41
  • Jayvin Bradley, Neuse Charter — 41
  • Juke Harris, Salisbury — 41
  • Myron McKoy, Trask — 41
  • L.J. Smith, Lincolnton — 41
  • L.J. Smith, Lincolnton — 40
  • L.J. Smith, Lincolnton — 40

Girls Basketball

50-point games

  • Jayda Angel, Cape Fear — 52

40-point games

  • Emerson Thompson, Falls Lake — 47
  • Samantha Shehan, Lake Norman — 44
  • Shalyn Bell, North Stanly — 42
  • Zamareya Jones, North Pitt — 41
  • Amari Baldwin, Albemarle — 41
  • Jayda Angel, Cape Fear — 40
  • Jayda Angel, Cape Fear — 40
  • Emerson Thompson, Falls Lake — 40
  • Ryann Hernandez, Asheville School — 40
  • Amari Baldwin, Albemarle — 40

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