Highest Scoring NCAA Basketball Game

For most of us, we love to watch basketball where the scores are high and the ball continues to go through the basket, and over the years the scoring numbers have gone up. The highest scoring game in college history happened back in nineteen ninety two with two relatively unknown teams. Let's find out the story behind the scoring. Welcome to Daily Sports History Amethan Reese, your guide to a quick deep dive into the sports history every day. In the world of college basketball, there are games that make history, and then there are games that redefine it. On January twelfth, nineteen ninety two, two unsuspecting teams, the Troy State Trojans and the Devrai, clashed in the basketball game that would forever which its names into the sport's history books. This game was played down in Troy, Alabama, and it was packed to the rafters of fans eagerly awaiting a tiptoe. But little did they know they're about to witness something extraordinary. The Troy State Trojans were coached by dynamic coat Don Mastride, had a unique gameplay. Their philosophy high speed, high scoring basketball. They believed in sealing the ball on every possession and if they missed, they allowed the opponent to score quickly. They also believed in scoring very, very big. The game started with the flurry. Troy Estate, in their typical style, raised to score their first basket unless the minute into the game, but despite their fast pace, the points kept pouring it. With three fourteen remaining in the first half, Troy State had already crossed the one hundred point mark. Guard Tommy Davis set it best, when you see one guy hitting it, then everyone gets in the act and it becomes contagious, and indeed it did. The Trojans into the first half with a staggering one hundred twenty three points, breaking their own NCAA record first single half they set the previous year. The second half was no different. Within three minutes, the Trojans score twenty six points and they didn't stop. They reached two hundred points was seven minutes and fifty three seconds left on the clock, becoming the first team in college basketball history to cross the mark. The scoreboard couldn't even handle the number, forcing a reset to zero. The statistics were mind blowing. Trozen State had made fifty one to three pointers, more than double the previous record. They scored two hundred fifty eight points, and ten of their eleven players scored in double figures. The game was a whirldwin, an unbridled display of offensive firepower. At the final buzzers, the scoreboard read two hundred fifty eight to one hundred and forty one in favor of Troy State Trojans. They'd made history, setting records that seemed unbreakable. Three hundred and ninety nine combined points, a hundred and thirty five points by one team in a single half, and fifty one three pointers in a single game. The game was more than just record break It was a testament to the unorthodox, fast paced, high scoring philosophy of the coach, and it was a reminder to the sports world that the impossible could become reality. The Troy State First, a DeVry game, remained into chapter in college basketball history that no one can forget, a legendary showdown that showcased the sheer power of offensive potential. Just imagine if this happened regular Because it has not come close to being seen again, it may never happen. So don't forget about the trot about the nineteen ninety two Troy State Trojans. Thank you for listening to to day is Daily Sports History. If you enjoyed this, go tell a friend all about the sports history you've learned and follow us on all our socials at Daily sports Hiss on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. We look forward to hearing from you and come back tomorrow for more sports history