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Grace College breaks all-time scoring record in women's CBB game
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Grace College breaks all-time scoring record in women's college basketball game

NAIA Grace College put together a historic performance on Tuesday evening. 

In its game against Ohio Christian, Grace College put up a staggering 172 points — the most ever scored by a women's college basketball team at any level of competition. 

Grace College puts its name on the map with historic performance

The Lancers won the game 172-91, improving to 4-1 on the season. Tuesday's game marked the third time in five games that Grace College eclipsed the century mark on the scoreboard this season. 

In Tuesday's record-setting performance, Grace College shot 61-of-105 from the field — a mark of 58.1 percent — and went 40-of-44 from the foul line. The Lancers only made 10 three-point shots on 38 attempts. 

Eight Lancers broke into double figures, with Maddy Poynter leading all scorers with 34 points. The record for the most points in a women's college basketball game was previously held by Grambling State (159, 2024) and another NAIA team in Oklahoma Baptist (159, 1995). 

"This is something really cool for us to look back on and see that we really accomplished something special as a group," head coach Dan Davis told the school's website.

Grace College will play at Cleary University on Saturday, and it's safe to assume Cleary's emphasis in practice will be on slowing down what can now be described as a historically potent offense.  

Samuel Stubbs

Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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