Will Abernethy, who plays for the Eastern Southland U16 Boys squad, scored 50 points against Northland at the U16 National Boys Basketball Tournament earlier this month.
In a closely fought game, Abernethy did not know his points total until the final buzzer sounded.
"All I was aiming for was to get points up to help the team win the game, but when I got told, it was pretty cool."
"We all just wanted to give our all on the last game and enjoy ourselves and I thought my shot was pretty on that game."
He averaged 28 points across the seven tournament games, earning the fourth-highest scoring average among all players.
"From a personal point of view I was really excited, especially because of the training I have been doing to compete with those people up the country."
The 15-year-old stands at 193cm tall and played primarily as a shooting guard.
He modelled his game off of Kevin Durant and Michael Jordan, having watched a lot of their games and highlights.
"Those guys are elite."
Coach Jarrod O’Connor commended the performance.
Eastern Southland lost the game to Northland 89-92.
At the tournament Eastern won one game and lost six.
The game they won was against Auckland B, whom they beat 87-62.
