The Coli's Favorite HS Baller: LeMelo Ball Scored 92 Points Tonight

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Sophomore LaMelo Ball of Chino Hills found a remarkable way to reignite excitement after the Huskies had their 60-game win streak end Saturday.

He scored 92 points on Tuesday night in a 146-123 victory over visiting Los Osos.

Ball’s brother, LiAngelo, the team’s usual leading scorer, didn’t play because of an ankle injury, so LaMelo was given the green light to shoot and score.

Shoot and score he did, making 30 of 39 shots from two-point range, and seven of 22 on three-pointers. Ball made 11 of 14 free throws and when he wasn’t scoring, he also had seven assists.

He scored 41 points in the eight-minute fourth quarter.

“It was very exciting, almost overwhelming,” Coach Stephan Gilling said.

Not everyone was enamored with Ball’s performance.

Los Osos Coach Dave Smith called it “a joke.” He said Chino Hills players were fouling on purpose trying to prevent Los Osos from running out the clock and thus deny Ball more points.

“That’s wrong,” Smith said. “It goes against everything CIF stands for. The Ball boys are very talented and great players, but it’s embarrassing to high school athletics. I’ve been coaching for 35 years, and we’ve turned high school athletics into individualism.

“It’s amazing to watch a kid score that many points. But it’s tough to say that’s what CIF athletics is about.”
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