Chris Clemons had himself an evening.
The star point guard for the Campbell Fighting Camels went for 39 points on 11-for-22 shooting while hitting eight threes at Radford -- the first place team in the Big South -- in a win that pulled his team to within a game of first place in the league.
That’s an amazing night before you consider this: Clemons won the game at the buzzer with this shot:
Chris Clemons. For the win. Campbell and Murray State are the two mid-majors that we all need to hope get into the NCAA tournament just so those guards can put on a show. pic.twitter.com/Wz1sIeEJPs
— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) January 31, 2019
As long as Clemons does not get hurt, he will break the 3,000 point mark this season. As of today, he’s at 2,836, meaning that he’s roughly five-and-a-half games from reaching the milestone when he’s putting up nearly 30 points a night. The record for the most points scored in a career is ... well, it’s unattainable. Pete Maravich scored 3,667 points in his three-year career, and for Clemons to reach that mark, he’d have to average more than his career high of 51 points while making a deep run into March.
So that ain’t happening.
But what we all need to pray happens is that Campbell -- along with the likes of Murray State, and Wofford, and Hofstra, and South Dakota State, and any of these other mid-major programs with stud scorers on the roster -- makes it to the NCAA tournament.
Because the world needs to see Chris Clemons -- and Ja Morant, and Fletcher Magee, and Justin Wright-Foreman, and Mike Daum.
Who would not want to watch this 5-foot-9 bucket-getting machine drop and put a 50-burger on some No. 2 seed? Too much sauce:
CHRIS CLEMONS IS A 5-9 KILLA. ❄️
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) January 31, 2019
The nation's scoring leader just knocked down a HUGE 3⃣ at the buzzer. (🎥: @nickvirusvairo) pic.twitter.com/N9iTiCGf7q