High school girls basketball: Top single-game scorers for 2021-22

Audrey Harris not only had the highest single-game point total in the nation in 2021-22, the Faith Christian (Yuba City, Calif.) girls basketball player also had the second highest on her way to averaging 46.3.

The scoring average is tied for the fourth highest national average of all-time and it topped the next highest average this year by nearly seven points. Harris posted 65 points against Valley Christian (Roseville) on Feb. 3 and then had 62 points on Feb. 23 in the second meeting against Valley Christian. Harris's performance tops MaxPreps list of all girls basketball players who scored 50 or more points during the recent season.

Harris scored 50 or more points six times on the season. A pair of New York players, Nicole Melious of Wagner (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Riley Weiss of Hewlett (N.Y.) had five and four games of 50 or more points respectively. Hewlett was the nation's second-leading scorer with 39.9 points per game while Melious was third with 38.7.

Hannah Kohn of Hagerty (Oviedo, Fla.) is tied for third on the list for highest-scoring game for 2021-22 as she had 61 points. In doing so, she set a national record with 19 three-pointers.

Chloe Siegal of Deshler (Tuscumbia, Ala.) also had an incredible 3-point shooting performance as she scored all 54 of her points on Jan. 17 on 18 of 29 3-point shots.

Sources include the MaxPreps leaderboards and luckyshow.org by Paul S. Luchter.
Single-game points leaders for 2021-22

65 — Audrey Harris, Faith Christian (Yuba City, Calif.), Feb. 3
62 — Audrey Harris, Faith Christian (Yuba City, Calif.), Feb. 23
61 — Hannah Kohn, Hagerty (Oviedo, Fla.), Dec. 7
61 — Jocelyn Medina, Pierce (Arbuckle, Calif.), Dec. 9
60 — Nevaeh Williams, Mt. Clemens (Mich.), Jan. 7
56 — Gretchen Dolan, Williamsville South (Williamsville, N.Y.), Jan. 11
56 — Orlagh Gormley, North Quincy (Mass.), March 5
55 — Kaia Henderson, New Hartford (N.Y.), Dec. 3
55 — Cassidy Hambleton, Dora (Mo.), Dec. 3
55 — Ka'Nyah O'Neal, Southside (Chocowinity, N.C.), Dec. 7

55 — Riley Weiss, Hewlett (N.Y.), Dec. 13
55 — Madison Mathiowetz, St. Mary's (Sleepy Eye, Minn.), Feb. 21
55 — Joanna Warren, University Prep (Redding, Calif.), Jan. 15
54 — Audrey Harris, Faith Christian (Yuba City, Calif.), Nov. 22
54 — Sarah Burton, Clinton (Tenn.), Nov. 30
54 — Chloe Siegal, Deshler (Tuscumbia, Ala.), Jan. 17
54 — Taylor Feldman, Crean Lutheran (Irvine, Calif.), Feb. 1
54 — Gabriela Jaquez, Camarillo (Calif.), Feb. 12
53 — Nicole Melious, Wagner (Staten Island, N.Y.), Dec. 8
53 — Riley Weiss, Hewlett (N.Y.), Dec. 11

53 — Kayleigh Heckel, Port Chester (N.Y.), Dec. 16
53 — Riley Weiss, Hewlett (N.Y.), Jan. 8
53 — Cady Pauley, Milan (Mo.), Jan. 18
53 — Nicole Melious, Wagner (Staten Island, N.Y.), Feb. 5
53 — Audrey Harris, Faith Christian (Yuba City, Calif.), Feb. 14
52 — Destiny Piekarski, Littlefork-Big Falls (Littlefork, Minn.), Dec. 7
52 — Gretchen Dolan, Williamsville South (Williamsville, N.Y.), Dec. 20
52 — Nicole Melious, Wagner (Staten Island, N.Y.), Jan. 4
52 — Riley Weiss, Hewlett (N.Y.), Feb. 8
52 — Kenzie Sirowich, Seymour (Conn.), Feb. 14

52 — Je'Keria Hawkins, Lake Cormorant (Miss.), Feb. 18
52 — Jocelyn Medina, Pierce (Arbuckle, Calif.), Feb. 22
52 — Gretchen Dolan, Williamsville South (Williamsville, N.Y.), March 9
51 — Zarina Fader, Lawrence Upper (Sagamore Hills, Ohio), Dec. 8
51 — Janay Brantley , Catskill (N.Y.), Dec. 10
51 — Nicole Melious, Wagner (Staten Island, N.Y.), Jan. 16
51 — Talia Estrada, Leading Edge Academy - GEC (Gilbert, Ariz.), Jan. 28
51 — Trinity Webb, Talladega (Ala.), Jan. 31
51 — Leah Harmon, Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.), Jan. 31
51 — Audrey Harris, Faith Christian (Yuba City, Calif.), Feb. 10

50 — Valeria Brewer, Jurupa Hills (Fontana, Calif.), Nov. 16
50 — Madison Nelson, Kingston (Cadet, Mo.), Nov. 27
50 — Hailey Hoff, Capuchino (San Bruno, Calif.), Dec. 3
50 — Alexis Bordas, Wheeling Park (Wheeling, W. Va.), Dec. 18
50 — Faith Johnson, Talladega County Central (Talladega, Ala.), Dec. 21
50 — Kasey Kimbler, Green (Franklin Furnace, Ohio), Dec. 27
50 — Ari Long, Valley View (Moreno Valley, Calif.), Dec. 30
50 — Alandry Below, Advance (Mo.), Jan. 5
50 — Cierra Smith, Grandview (Mo.), Jan. 10
50 — Lauren Wilson, Springville (Iowa), Jan. 13

50 — Nicole Melious, Wagner (Staten Island, N.Y.) , Jan. 14
50 — Audrey Harris, Faith Christian (Yuba City, Calif.), Jan. 14
50 — Haileigh Greer, Jemison (Ala.), Jan. 18
50 — Taliah Scott, St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park, Fla.), Jan. 20
50 — Emily LaChapell, Appleton East (Appleton, Wis.), Jan. 21
50 — Talia Dial, Dysart (El Mirage, Ariz.), Jan. 24
50 — Brooke Tillotson, Marathon (N.Y.), Jan. 28
50 — Abigail Shoff, Enterprise (Redding, Calif.), Feb. 10
50 — Kenzie Sirowich, Seymour, Feb. 12
50 — Alyanna Tanksley, Cody (Detroit), Feb. 14

50 — Emma Smeiska, Leslie (Mich.), Feb. 18
50 — Theryn Hallock, Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Feb. 22