One Point from History
Neese to pass Jeff Blue
The 53-point game by Cloverdale's Cooper Neese on Saturday put him into two ties for historical Putnam County records.
Neese raised his career scoring total to 1,798 points, and is now tied with 1960 Bainbridge graduate Jeff Blue for Putnam County career scoring honors.
With his first point in Tuesday night's 7:30 p.m. home game against North Central, Neese will become the county's all-time scoring leader.
The scoring output also tied Neese with fellow Clover standout Rick Ford, who scored 53 points in a game against Eminence on Nov. 1, 1966. Ford had 19 field goals and 15 free throws in that game, plus more than 30 rebounds.
Updated single-game
Putnam County scoring
53 -- Rick Ford (Cloverdale), vs. Eminence on Nov. 1, 1966; Cooper Neese (Cloverdale), vs. Southmont on Dec. 3, 2016
46 -- Larry Steele (Bainbridge), 1966
45 -- Ryan Coble (Greencastle), vs. Rockville on Jan. 9, 2016
42 -- Donnie Simpson (Roachdale), 1967; Ryan Coble (Greencastle), vs. South Vermillion on Jan. 15, 2016
41 -- Craig Blair (Cloverdale), vs. North Putnam on Jan. 18, 2008
40 -- Pete Huber (Greencastle), vs. Monrovia in 1989