Kennard Sets Scoring Records in Leading Franklin Past Mullins

Senior standout Luke Kennard scored 52 points to set the Beach Ball Classic’s all-time snigle game scoring record and lead Franklin (OH) to a 96-73 victory over Mullins (SC) at the Myrtle Beach (SC) Convention Center.

Franklin (6-0) trailed briefly in the first half but took the lead for good on an Austin Doliboa layup with 2:59 to play in the opening half.  The Wildcats, which led 44-38 at halftime, opened the second half with a 20-6 run that put an end to any question as to which team would advance to the quarterfinal round.  The lone questions remaining was if Kennard, who has signed with Duke University, would score enough to unseat Mike Bibby as the Beach Ball Classic’s all-time single game scoring leader.

Kennard, who scored three points shy of Bibby’s record of 48 against Mullins in the first game of the 2013 BBC event, broke the record with a pair of free throws with 1:56 to play.  Before Coach Brian Bales could remove Kennard from the game, he connected on a 3-point basket to notch his 52nd point with 1:38 to play.  Bibby, who set the record while a senior at Shadow Mountain High School (Phoenix, AZ) against Eau Clair (SC) in the 1995 Beach Ball Classic, is back at the BBC this year as teh head coach of his alma mater.

While Kennard led Franklin, Matt Thompson was pretty impressive as he connected on 7-of-9 from the field, including 6-of-8 from behind the 3-point arc, for 22 points.  Kennard also added a game-high 15 rebounds.

Mullins (4-6) was paced by Jalek Felton’s 29 points.  Javarius Smith, who connected on 7-of-11 from the field, added 20 points for the Auctioneers.

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Dec 20 9:30 AM High Point Christian, NC 52West Springfield HS, VA 25 Dec 20 9:30 AM Lemon Bay, FL 30N. Myrtle Beach, SC 61 Dec 20 9:30 AM South Florence, SC 48Socastee, SC 22 Dec 20 11:15 AM Bishop O’Connell (VA) 58Summerville, SC 50 Dec 20 11:15 AM Northwest Guilford, NC 36Dorman, SC 53 Dec 20 11:15 AM Trinity Collegiate, SC 53Loris, SC 27 Dec 20 1:00 PM University, WV 65Heathwood Hall, SC 75 Dec 20 1:00 PM Kings Fork, VA 58Myrtle Beach, SC 14 Dec 20 1:00 PM Greenville, SC 36Orangeburg-Wilkinson, SC 42 Dec 20 1:30 PM Winter Haven, FL 66Socastee, SC 12 Dec 20 2:45 PM Catholic, VA 77Andrew Jackson, SC 54 Dec 20 2:45 PM Westview, TN 56Keenan, SC 42 Dec 20 2:45 PM Wilson, SC 62Waccamaw, SC 25 Dec 20 3:15 PM Sparkman, AL 43Paul VI, VA 49 Dec 20 5:00 PM Thomas Dale, VA 69Miami Sr, FL 43 Dec 20 6:45 PM Norcross, GA 42Camden, SC 45 Dec 21 9:30 AM Myrtle Beach, SC 34Keenan, SC 61 Dec 21 9:30 AM Greenville, SC 52Waccamaw, SC 21 Dec 21 10:00 AM Heathwood Hall, SC 51Catholic, VA 60 Dec 21 10:00 AM University, WV 61Andrew Jackson, SC 72 Dec 21 11:15 AM Lemon Bay, FL 37Northwest Guilford, NC 60 Dec 21 11:15 AM Atlantic Collegiate(SC) 28Loris, SC 35 Dec 21 11:45 AM Miami Sr, FL 27Norcross, GA 51 Dec 21 11:45 AM West Springfield HS, VA 57Summerville, SC 66 Dec 21 1:00 PM N. Myrtle Beach, SC 44Dorman, SC 48 Dec 21 1:00 PM Socastee, SC 21Trinity Collegiate, SC 59 Dec 21 1:30 PM High Point Christian, NC 45Bishop O’Connell (VA) 60 Dec 21 2:45 PM Kings Fork, VA 46Westview, TN 58 Dec 21 2:45 PM Orangeburg-Wilkinson, SC 36Wilson, SC 53 Dec 21 3:15 PM Greenville, SC 42Sparkman, AL 77 Dec 21 5:00 PM Winter Haven, FL 53Paul VI, VA 49 Dec 21 6:45 PM Thomas Dale, VA 61Camden, SC 46 Dec 22 9:00 AM Norcross, GA 50Sparkman, AL 43 Dec 22 9:00 AM University, WV 66West Springfield HS, VA 37 Dec 22 9:00 AM Myrtle Beach, SC 36Lemon Bay, FL 41 Dec 22 10:45 AM Greenville, SC 35Loris, SC 34 Dec 22 10:45 AM Miami Sr, FL 61Atlantic Collegiate (SC) 16 Dec 22 10:45 AM Keenan, SC 49Northwest Guilford, NC 57 Dec 22 10:45 AM Catholic, VA 50Bishop O’Connell (VA) 35 Dec 22 12:30 PM Paul VI, VA 30Camden, SC 61 Dec 22 12:30 PM Socastee, SC 42Orangeburg-Wilkinson, SC 40 Dec 22 12:30 PM Andrew Jackson, SC 64Summerville, SC 61 Dec 22 12:30 PM N. Myrtle Beach, SC 35Kings Fork, VA 49 Dec 22 2:15 PM Winter Haven, FL 43Thomas Dale, VA 74 Dec 22 2:15 PM Trinity Collegiate, SC 55Wilson, SC 41 Dec 22 2:15 PM Heathwood Hall, SC 61High Point Christian, NC 62 Dec 22 2:15 PM Dorman, SC 44Westview, TN 52 Dec 27 3:30 PM 2023 Blue Ridge (VA) 65Uchenna Academy (ON) 48 Dec 27 5:15 PM 2023 Winston-Salem (NC) 79The Wilson Academy (GA) 64 Dec 27 7:00 PM 2023 Great Crossing (KY) 71Socastee (SC) 33 Dec 27 8:45 PM 2023 Norcross (GA) 59Lexington (SC) 71 Dec 28 12:00 PM 2023 Uchenna Academy (ON) 55The Wilson Academy (GA) 37 Dec 28 1:45 PM 2023 Socastee (SC) 42Norcross (GA) 71 Dec 28 3:30 PM 2023 Canyon International (AZ) 621 of 1 Academy (NC) 68 Dec 28 5:15 PM 2023 North Crowley (TX) 68St. Peter’s (NY) 58 Dec 28 7:00 PM 2023 Huntington Prep (WV) 48J Addison (ON) 59 Dec 28 8:45 PM 2023 Bishop O’Connell (VA) 75Myrtle Beach (SC) 30 Dec 29 12:00 PM Canyon International (AZ) 59Huntington Prep (WV) 71 Dec 29 1:45 PM St. Peter’s (NY) 68Myrtle Beach (SC) 48 Dec 29 3:30 PM Blue Ridge (VA) 46Winston-Salem (NC) 61 Dec 29 5:15 PM Great Crossing (KY) 63Lexington (SC) 62 Dec 29 7:00 PM 1 of 1 Academy (NC) 65J. Addison (ON) 48 Dec 29 8:45 PM North Crowley (TX) 52Bishop O’Connell (VA) 58 Dec 30 8:30 AM 2023 Uchenna Academy (ON) 50Canyon International (AZ) 71 Dec 30 10:15 AM 2023 The Wilson Academy (GA) 46Huntington Prep (WV) 62 Dec 30 12:00 PM 2023 Norcross (GA) 52St. Peter’s (NY) 58 Dec 30 1:45 PM 2023 Blue Ridge (VA) 63J. Addison (ON) 66 Dec 30 3:30 PM 2023 Lexington (SC) 74North Crowley (TX) 69 Dec 30 5:15 PM 2023 Winston-Salem (NC) 581 of 1 Academy (NC) 53 Dec 30 7:15 PM 2023 Great Crossing (KY) 74Bishop O’Connell (VA) 77