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Kelowna basketball player looks to leave a new 91ƵCrumb91Ƶ trail with program scoring record

Aberdeen Hall91Ƶs Soren Crumb hit the mark in a game against the KSS Owls B team on Wednesday night.
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Soren Crumb (left) holds up a sheet of paper showing a program record 65 points, as Noah Maradyn (right), who was the previous points leader smiles. Aberdeen Hall defeated the KSS Owls B team 116-64 in senior boys action on Wednesday night. (Contributed)

Kobe Bryant. Wilt Chamberlain. Soren Crumb?

The first two names sound familiar to basketball fans, but the third, Soren Crumb, is a Grade 12 high school basketball player for the Aberdeen Hall Gryphons in Kelowna.

What do they all have in common? Dropping 65 points in a single game.

Crumb91Ƶs accomplishment was a program record, doing so in an emphatic 116-64 victory over the KSS Owls B team on Wednesday night. The 17-year-old forward scorched the net, scoring 41 in the second half alone, finishing the game drilling eight three-pointers and going a tidy 12 of 13 from the free throw line.

91ƵI just felt really comfortable,91Ƶ the 6 foot 2 Crumb told 91Ƶ. 91ƵI have had similar nights to (Wednesday), but that was just crazy.91Ƶ

What made the record-setting night even more sweet? The fact that Noah Maradyn, the now-former record holder (at 64 points), was sitting on the bench the whole night, helping out head coach Michael Hooper.

91ƵIn warm-ups, Soren basically told Noah 91ƵI am coming for your record,91Ƶ91Ƶ said Hooper to 91Ƶ.

Crumb explained that the comment was done in jest, but, when the smoke cleared on 40 minutes of game action, the statement ended up becoming real.

91ƵHe just kept hitting tough, contested shots,91Ƶ added Hooper. 91ƵI couldn91Ƶt be more proud of him.91Ƶ

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For Crumb, he maintained that he wasn91Ƶt really thinking about the record, until the fourth when his teammate, Marcus Hodelet, came on the court and told him that he was six points away from the record.

91ƵI just started jacking up threes, and the next thing I know, I was one over it.91Ƶ

91ƵNoah was sweating a little bit sitting next to me (throughout the fourth quarter), which I found hilarious,91Ƶ Hooper said. 91ƵA lot of people thought that record would never fall, so it was impressive.91Ƶ

Hooper did point out that Maradyn, who coaches the junior boys91Ƶ team, does still hold the record for most threes in a game, with 12, which he thinks will 91Ƶprobably never get broken,91Ƶ but after Tuesday91Ƶs performance, anything is on the table.

As the dust settled on a once-in-a-lifetime night, Crumb is trying to stay in the moment.

91ƵI want to find a way to replicate the comfortable mindset that I felt on the court on Tuesday, and apply that into the Valleys,91Ƶ he said.

The Gryphons are into the Valley Championships next weekend (Feb. 23-25) as the top-ranked team out of the Okanagan, after defeating the Kelowna Christian Knights in the city finals, 74-37.

The team photo for the Aberdeen Hall ‘A’ senior boys team. (Contributed)
The team photo for the Aberdeen Hall 91ƵA91Ƶ senior boys team. (Contributed)

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Bowen Assman

About the Author: Bowen Assman

I joined The Morning Star team in January 2023 as a reporter. Before that, I spent 10 months covering sports in Kelowna.
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