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Kelowna basketball player looks to leave a new 㽶ƵֱCrumb㽶Ƶֱ trail with program scoring record

Aberdeen Hall㽶Ƶֱs 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.

Crumb㽶Ƶֱs 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.

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

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.

㽶ƵֱIn warm-ups, Soren basically told Noah 㽶ƵֱI am coming for your record,㽶Ƶֱ㽶Ƶֱ said Hooper to 㽶Ƶֱ.

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.

㽶ƵֱHe just kept hitting tough, contested shots,㽶Ƶֱ added Hooper. 㽶ƵֱI couldn㽶Ƶֱt be more proud of him.㽶Ƶֱ

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For Crumb, he maintained that he wasn㽶Ƶֱt 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.

㽶ƵֱI just started jacking up threes, and the next thing I know, I was one over it.㽶Ƶֱ

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

Hooper did point out that Maradyn, who coaches the junior boys㽶Ƶֱ team, does still hold the record for most threes in a game, with 12, which he thinks will 㽶Ƶֱprobably never get broken,㽶Ƶֱ but after Tuesday㽶Ƶֱs 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.

㽶ƵֱI want to find a way to replicate the comfortable mindset that I felt on the court on Tuesday, and apply that into the Valleys,㽶Ƶֱ 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 㽶ƵֱA㽶Ƶֱ 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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