<P> In the United States , 100 - point games have occurred at least once at most levels of education . At the middle school level , 13 - year - old 8th grader Bob Harrison scored all 139 of his team 's points in a 139 -- 8 win on February 3 , 1941 . In high school , there have been 24 verified occurrences , 19 by male players and 5 by female players . The first recorded instance was in 1913 , when Herman Saygar of Culver High School ( Indiana ) scored 113 points against Winamac High School . The first female to score 100 points at the high school level was Denise Long of Union - Whitten High School ( Iowa ) , who scored 111 points during a state playoff game in the spring of 1968 against Dows High School . That season , Long 's senior year of 1967 -- 68 , she averaged a still - standing national record 68.2 points per game . Her single game total stood as the high school female record for 38 years until Epiphanny Prince scored 113 for Murry Bergtraum High School ( New York ) on February 2 , 2006 . The boys ' high school record is 135 points , scored by Danny Heater on January 26 , 1960 . Playing for Burnsville High School ( West Virginia ) against Widen High School , Heater made 53 of 70 field goals and 29 of 41 free throws . His 135 - point outburst is still the highest total for the high school level worldwide . </P>
<P> In the United States , 100 - point games have occurred at least once at most levels of education . At the middle school level , 13 - year - old 8th grader Bob Harrison scored all 139 of his team 's points in a 139 -- 8 win on February 3 , 1941 . In high school , there have been 24 verified occurrences , 19 by male players and 5 by female players . The first recorded instance was in 1913 , when Herman Saygar of Culver High School ( Indiana ) scored 113 points against Winamac High School . The first female to score 100 points at the high school level was Denise Long of Union - Whitten High School ( Iowa ) , who scored 111 points during a state playoff game in the spring of 1968 against Dows High School . That season , Long 's senior year of 1967 -- 68 , she averaged a still - standing national record 68.2 points per game . Her single game total stood as the high school female record for 38 years until Epiphanny Prince scored 113 for Murry Bergtraum High School ( New York ) on February 2 , 2006 . The boys ' high school record is 135 points , scored by Danny Heater on January 26 , 1960 . Playing for Burnsville High School ( West Virginia ) against Widen High School , Heater made 53 of 70 field goals and 29 of 41 free throws . His 135 - point outburst is still the highest total for the high school level worldwide . </P>
most points in a high school basketball career
most points in a high school basketball career
135 points , scored by Danny Heater on January 26 , 1960
135 points , scored by Danny Heater on January 26 , 1960