Inglewood’s Jason Crowe Jr. goes past 4,000 career points at the King Cotton Holiday Classic in Arkansas. Since breaking state record in early December, he’s had three 50-point games, including one on Monday of this week.
Jason Crowe Jr. has had high games of 56 and 54 points since breaking state career scoring record. Photo: BallisLife.com.
There’s now another state record that Inglewood’s Jason Crowe Jr. can perhaps establish this season in addition to the big one he already broke back on December 9 when he became California’s all-time career scoring leader.
Crowe Jr. headed to the King Cotton Classic in Arkansas that began last Saturday and continued on Monday of this week with 3,957 career points. He is running past the previous state record of 3,659 points set last season by Tounde Yessofou from St. Joseph of Santa Maria. J2 didn’t hit 4,000 points on Saturday with 34 points but the Sentinels got a 74-66 win vs Benton of Arkansas.
That meant that Crowe Jr. needed just nine points on Monday night and he got those and plenty, plenty more with 54 points to lead Inglewood past St. Michael’s of Austin, Texas, 92-80. He and his teammates are playing Faith Family of Texas on Tuesday for the tourney title.
The outing of 54 points is the third time since Jason broke Tounde’s record of scoring 50 points or more. The highest was 56 points vs Eagle Academy of New York, which was followed by 52 vs Upsring of Germany. After Monday’s game, Crowe Jr. was averaging 44.6 points per game and his career total stood at 4,045 points.
The current state record of 45.7 ppg for one season was set in 1991 by Mike Fisher from Southwestern of San Marino, a very, very small school team at the time. A better comparison is the 44.3 ppg scoring average that Glendora’s Tracy Murray had for his senior year in 1989.
Along with managing editor Ronnie Flores, we will continue to closely monitor J2’s senior season on this site and on our social media platforms.
