Kansas State center Ayoka Lee stood at the free throw line with just under four minutes left on the clock against Oklahoma. Head coach Jeff Mittie stole a glance at the scoreboard.
“When I looked up, it said 58, and it just looked funny. It looked weird,” said Mittie. “I’ve never seen that on a scoreboard before next to a player’s name.”
Lee sank both shots, going 15 of 17 on free throws during the Jan. 23 game, bringing her to 59 points. She didn’t know it then, as her focus was still on the game, but the 6-foot-6 junior was about to make history. Just two points stood between her and the NCAA Division I women’s basketball record for most points scored in a game.
She had already smashed through her personal record of 43 points and had started the fourth quarter with 49, one point behind Brittney Griner‘s almost decade-standing Big 12 single-game record of 50 points.
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