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Speak Out: Were Jack Taylor's 138 Points Too Many?
An Iowa college basketball player topped the 100-point mark by a lot on Tuesday.
Frank Selvy of Furman scored 100 points against Newberry in 1954.
That same year, Rio Grande's Bevo Francis set an NCAA scoring record with 113 points against Hillsdale.
In the past 60 years, no other NCAA basketball player had scored more than 100 points in a game.
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Until Tuesday.
Jack Taylor, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound sophomore at Division III Grinnell, scored 138 points Tuesday night.
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He made 27 of 71 3-point attempts, was 52 of 108 overall from the field and added seven free throws on 10 attempts in 36 minutes.
Do you see his teammates in the video, standing around and watching Taylor? Do you think it was good sportsmanship, or teamwork, for coaches to let Taylor score 138 points?
Tell us in the comments below.
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