High school basketball isn't exactly known as a high-scoring sport. Really, any form of basketball without a shot clock opens itself to some staggeringly low scores.
But even in that context, what happened Saturday night is some next-level stuff.
Bibb County's 2-0 victory over Brookwood sets state record http://t.co/Z2GkZsB3F3 pic.twitter.com/xwnztI88kb
— tuscaloosanews (@tuscaloosanews) February 3, 2015That's an actual, real scoreboard from a full, 32-minute varsity boys' basketball game between Alabama's Bibb County and Brookwood. According to The Tuscaloosa News, the first points came within 15 seconds ... and the rest of the game played out in a fashion that would make Murray Mendenhall (or Jose Mourinho) envious.
Some notes, per Joey Chandler's report:
• This is the lowest-scoring game in the U.S. since 1977, and very likely the lowest score in Alabama high school basketball history.
• The teams played each other in November ... and scored a combined 76 points! (Brookwood won 40-36.)
• It's not as if these squads are bad; Bibb County's win improved the team to 22-9.
"It was not my intention to go into that game and stall," Brookwood coach Thad Fitzpatrick told The News. "The intention was to get as much rest as we can offensively, and do whatever we needed to do defensively. It was our fourth game of the week, and on Friday night we started cramping a lot, so I made the decision."
Read the full, ironically quite entertaining report here
H/T The Big Lead
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