J.J. Culver, Brother Of NBA Player, Scores 100 Points In NAIA Game
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Wayland Baptist senior guard J.J. Culver, the older brother of NBA rookie Jarrett Culver, had quite the showing on Tuesday. The 6-foot-5 star pumped in an incredible 100 points in a 124-60 win over Southwestern Adventist.
Culver, the reigning Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year, hit on a remarkable 34-of-62 field goal attempts, including 12-of-33 from three-point territory. He made 20-of-27 free throws as well.
While it doesn't sound like the original game plan was to feed Culver for a record-setting performance, his teammates realized early on he had the (very) hot hand.
"We always script our first couple of plays, and J.J. scored on the first three or four," Wayland Baptist coach Ty Harrelson said, via ESPN. "The guys realized he was hot and kept going to him. We figured as long as he's taking good shots and shots out of our philosophy that he had a chance to do something special tonight."
Culver is the second NAIA player to crack the 100-point mark, and the first collegiate player to do so since Grinnell College's Jack Taylor scored 109 in a game back in 2013.
After the game, his younger brother reacted to his milestone on Twitter.
Nice touch by Culver reenacting Wilt Chamberlain's iconic photo from his 100-point game with the number "100" written on the piece of paper.
For the season, Culver is averaging 36.1 points per game, so while we might not see him hit the century mark again, expect plenty more high-scoring efforts.
