NBA legend Reggie Miller will never top a basketball achievement that his sister, Cheryl Miller, holds. In a Jan. 26, 1982, game, she scored 105 points, a record that stood for decades, as Riverside (California) Poly High School dominated Riverside North Vista 179-15.
During that fateful day, a funny incident occurred, as Reggie finally got the nod to start the game for the Riverside Poly boys team. When he got home, the future Hall of Famer, who is well known for his brash trash talk, tried to brag about him not just starting but also about how well he did in his best high school game to date.
"Reggie comes home, and he's like, 'Cheryl, guess what?' I said, 'What?' and he goes, 'I had my best game, Cheryl. I was killing it, killing it shooting, everything was falling for me,'" Cheryl recalled.
However, little did Reggie know that his sister, who would also be a future Hall of Famer, just had a much better game than him. He recalled Cheryl and their dad were laughing, with him bragging that he dropped 40. He then asked her how well she did, but she only said she did "alright." She would not tell him how well she did, so her dad stepped in and said that she had 105.
"My dad said, "She had 105,' and I was like, 'Huh?'" Reggie said.
Reggie Miller eventually became famous for classic battles against Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, the New York Knicks and more. The Indiana Pacers legend became the NBA's 3-point shooting king (now No. 6), a five-time All-Star and a member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team after starring for the UCLA Bruins, who have retired his number.
Cheryl Miller, meanwhile, is one of the greatest women's basketball players in history. She won two national championships and was a three-time Naismith Player of the Year and four-time All-American for the USC Trojans, who have retired her number. She also won a gold medal for Team USA in 1984 but had the misfortune of playing before the WNBA arrived.
Cheryl has been inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Reggie Miller's sister, Cheryl Miller, could have scored more than 105
The elder Miller sibling was so dominating during that game that her coach benched her during the last two minutes, so she could have scored more than 105 points.
"No, I didn't feel bad (for Reggie)," Cheryl said. "And you know what? I didn't have the heart to tell him I didn't play the last two minutes of the game. Can you imagine?"
Cheryl Miller set the national girls' prep scoring record that day in 1982. It would stand until Epiphanny Prince scored 113 points for Murry Bergtraum in 2006. This makes one wonder if it would still be standing if her coach had not benched her in the game's closing minutes.
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