The innumerable number of games and points and lack of sustained record keeping, or reporting, in earlier years make basketball a most challenging sport when it comes to posting stats of the “most”.
The table below, which begins decades after the game came to San Diego, lists an evolution of individual high scoring for one game. Corrections and additions welcomed.
| YEAR | NAME | TEAM | POINTS | OPPONENT | SCORE |
| 1939-40 | Bud Engle | Coronado | 35 | La Jolla | 57-16 |
| 1943-44 | Ivan Robinson | San Diego | 38 | Kearny | 70-25 |
| 1950-51 | Paul Lockridge | Fallbrook | 47 | Brown Military | 90-31 |
| 1956-57 | Tom Shaules | St. Augustine | 49 | Helix | 86-72 |
| 1957-58 | Shaules | 60 | Crawford | 102-38 | |
| 1969-70 | Rob Petrie | Julian | Mountain Empire | 115-76 | |
| 1976-77 | Mitchell Lilly | Madison | 61 | San Diego | 118-84 |
| 1989-90 | Tony Clark | Christian | 64 | La Jolla Country Day | 103-65 |
| 2004-05 | Tyrone Shelley | Crawford | 76 | Burlington Central, Canada | 138-29 |
| 2019-20 | Mikey Williams | San Ysidro | 77 | Kearny | 116-42 |
I think running up the scores to an outrageous number is wrong. Play your subs and don’t disgrace your opponent if at all possible. If there is a mercy rule use it. There may be some motivation to rack up points for some individual record or a false sense of ego but have some consideration for your opponent and for the kids on the bench who want some playing time. Racking up such high margins may result in permanent hard feelings and the victim school will likely think twice about ever playing that coach’s team again, unless of course he is having a weak year and some well deserved payback is in order.
had there been a 3 point line when Shaules played he would have had 80 that night. I played against him my sophomore year and “Held” him to 39.
I agree. I saw him when I was at Lincoln. He was shooting from the NBA 3 line.