Imagine going for 46 points and 13 assists in a basketball game, and not only not being the high scorer or the headline, but losing that game.
That is exactly what happened to Siena’s freshman star Jalen Pickett on Sunday.
Quinnipiac’s Cameron Young went for 55 points in a 107-100 triple-overtime win at Siena, becoming the high scorer in college hoops this season, scoring the most points in a game since North Dakota State’s Ben Woodside had 60 in Dec. of 2008 and becoming the first Division I player in 20 years to have a 55-point double-double.
To recap, Cameron Young's 5⃣5⃣ points are:
— Quinnipiac Men's Basketball (@QU_MBB) February 17, 2019
- A 2018-19 NCAA high
- A MAAC all-time record
- A Quinnipiac Division I program record#BobcatNation #MAACHoops pic.twitter.com/m6M1wuwAaC
“I had about 20 at halftime, they didn’t have the stats on the jumbotron so I didn’t know exactly what I had until I went to the line to shoot my last free throw,” Young told the New Haven Register.
Jalen Pickett, a freshman point guard for Siena, finished with 46 points and 13 assists in the loss. That’s the first time that a Division I player has posted at least 45 points and 10 assists since 2003, with LIU’s Antawn Dobie did it against St. Francis. The 101 combined points that they scored is the most by a pair of opposing players since 1996.
Just a normal, Sunday afternoon college hoops game.