Girls basketball teams at McEachern and Early County became the first in state-tournament history to break 100 points in a game Friday in the first round.
No. 1-ranked McEachern defeated Rockdale County 104-46 in a Class AAAAAA game. The 104 points are the most ever in a game in the 69-year-old girls state tournament, according to the Georgia Basketball Project. The previous record was set in Putnam County's 99-78 victory over Grady in 1990.
Also Friday, Early County defeated Westside of Augusta 101-94 in a Class AA game that went two overtimes. The 195 total points set a record, which had been 192 in Jones' County's 97-95 victory over Douglas County in 1995.
''Crazy,'' said Becky Taylor, the founder and researcher of the Georgia Basketball Project. ''The tournaments started in 1945 and have gone through 5,052 games before without a 100 team. Then there are two on a single night.''
Most points one team:
2014 - Early County 101, Westside (Augusta) 94
Most points both teams:
195 - Early County 101, Westside (Augusta) 94 (2014)
192 - Jones C0unty 97, Douglas County 95 (2005)
187 - Laney 94, Henry County 93 (2010)
178 - Central (Talbotton) 90, Buford 88 (1985)
177 - Putnam County 99, Grady 78 (1990)
174 - Putnam County 97, Calhoun 77 (1989)
173 - Pickens 89, St. Pius 84 (2000)
167 - Charlton County 85, Dooly County 82 (2012)
166 - Seminole County 94, East Laurens (1984)
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