Player scores 113 points in Lebanese league game
(CBS News) Last month, the basketball world celebrated the 50th anniversary of Wilt Chamberlain dropping 100 points in a game against the Knicks.
Well, Wilt has nothing on Mohammad El-Akkari.
Akkari, a guard for Moutahed of Tripoli, made 40 of 69 shots - including 32 three-pointers - in leading his team to a 173-141 victory over Bejjeh in a Division A league game on Tuesday, according to the FIBA website. Amazingly, only one of his 113 points came from the free throw line. (By contrast, Chamberlain made 28 free throws in his landmark 1962 game).
The FIBA website says the 27-year-old Akkari is the first player to score more than 100 points in an official league game in any of its Asian national federations.
Two players achieved the feat in non-league games. Lou Salvador had 116 points for the Philippines against China in the 1923 Far Eastern Games, and Jeron Teng scored 104 for Xavier School against Grace Christian College in a high school game in the Philippines.
"Thank God for this performance. I think it's all a result of my practice," Akkari said.
He must have practiced a lot on Monday because before his historic tally Tuesday, Akkari was averaging 7.6 points per game this season.