High School Basketball Players Who Had 100-Point Games
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Scoring 100 points in a basketball game is an amazing feat for any player. Nowhere has it been done more than on the high school level. Still, only 26 players across boys and girls high school basketball have scored at least 100 points in a single game over the last 110 years.
The ethics of going after the 100-point mark have been hotly debated since coaches, players and teams first started chasing it. That debate has done little to curb the hysteria surrounding a player when they actually do it.
These are all of the players who reached the 100-point mark in one game, kicking it off with a player who we weren’t aware of until 2023 (this article was originally published in 2021) but deserves a special shout-out.
20. Tigran Grigorian — 100 Points (Tie)
High school: Armenian Mesrobian School (Pico Rivera, California)
Date: Feb. 11, 2003
Final score: Armenian Mesrobian 114, Los Angeles Pacific Christian 47
Bottom Line: Tigran Grigorian
The story of the Armenian Mesrobian School’s epic 2002-03 season is the stuff of legend in Southern California. They were coached by 2000 graduate Victor Karapetian, who was only 20 years old, went 19-4 and made it to the CIF state semifinals for the first and only time in school history.
The star of that team was guard Tigran Grigorian, or “Tiggy,” who became the first boys player in California history to score 100 points in a single game. Grigorian is now a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach in the Los Angeles area.
20. Dajuan Wagner — 100 Points (Tie)
High school: Camden High School (Camden, New Jersey)
Date: Jan. 16, 2001
Final score: Camden 147, Gloucester Township Tech 67
Bottom Line: Dajuan Wagner
Dajuan Wagner’s 100-point night had company. Heritage (Texas) Christian’s Cedrick Hensley scored 101 points in a game on the same night.
Wagner, who scored 80 points in a single game as a junior, made 42 of 61 shots against Gloucester Township Tech on his 100-point night and averaged 42.9 points his senior season.
The son of former NBA guard Milt Wagner, Dajuan Wagner played one season for the University of Memphis and was selected No. 6 overall in the 2002 NBA draft. He played six seasons in the NBA and his son, Camden High’s DaJuan Wagner Jr., is rated as the No.1 recruit in the Class of 2023.