There have been some scoring explosions that are just shocking to say the least. What Florida State University’s Xavier Rathan-Mayes did on Wednesday night however against Miami may go down as the greatest barrage of points ever. With the Seminoles down by 18 points and under five minutes to play, Rathan-Mayes scored 30 points in the final 4:38 of the game but still couldn’t get Florida State to a win in a 81-77 loss.
He would finish the game with 35 points as he became a one-man scoring machine. There had to be a point though where Miami had to consider doing something to get the ball out of his hands. It is stunning that one player could put up 30 points in under five minutes when the other team is trying to stop them.
Rathan-Mayes is just a freshman but if he keeps putting up games like that, there are going to be NBA teams waiting for him at the draft this June. It’s too bad that Florida State isn’t going to get to the NCAA Tournament because it would have been fun to watch Rathan-Mayes in action trying to match what could turn into his 15 minutes of glory.
