ESPN called. So did The New York Times. And The Athletic.
Since Phoenix Maryvale High School senior guard Adrian Stubbs' 100-point night Tuesday at Yuma Kofa, the 5-foot-10 player has been in high demand.
Local TV has reached out to do a story on him.
Stubbs was allowed to sleep in and miss the first half of morning classes on Wednesday, after the team arrived back home by bus at 2:30 a.m. from Yuma.
They celebrated his history-making night all the way. He became the first high school basketball player in Arizona history to score 100 points in a game. He smashed the previous state record of 75, and had 70 points in the first half.
Maryvale guard Adrian Stubbs (1) makes a layup against Marcos de Niza during a Section 7 play-in game on June 18, 2024, in Glendale.
Maryvale, located in west Phoenix and part of the Phoenix Union High School District, improved to 7-2 in Class 6A conference play and 8-5 overall. The team is No. 15 in the AIA 6A rankings as of Thursday and four spots outside of the 32-team Open Bracket at No. 36.
Stubbs' feat was 35 points off of the national high school record, still held by Danny Heater, who scored 135 points in a game in 1960 when he played for West Virginia's Burnsville against Widen High, a game in which he made 53 of 70 field goals and 29 of 41 free throws.
There have been other 100-point games turned in by individuals, both boys and girls, at the high school level in the country. But this is a first for Arizona, and everybody wants to know how he's feeling.
"It's amazing, it's so surreal," Stubbs told The Republic. "It just feels that I'm a talented guard, and I can score."
Stubbs is a pretty grounded, humble kid with only junior college scholarship offers. If he were 6 feet, Maryvale coach Jeremy Smith said, he feels Stubbs would have Division I college coaches all over him. He came into the game averaging about 25 points.
Smith is amazed by how much attention Stubbs' feat has drawn nationally.
"It's just been surreal," he said. "We're thankful for the support for our kid. That's where my head is. But you have to take time to breathe and let it all sink in."
Smith said that Kofa coach Brandon Lovings and his team should not be criticized.
"The coach is a great guy," Smith said. "It's his first year down there. They gave multiple defensive looks. They zoned. They did all the things they could do. The kid was just hot. I talked to the coach about it at halftime. I used the Bobby Knight quote, and said, 'Hey, we're playing against the game of basketball. It's not personal. We're not trying to run it up. It's not who we are.'
"He was like, 'Coach, we just can't stop him. It's on us to stop him. You guys keep doing what you're doing.'"
Stubbs scored in only one more quarter, dropping 30 to reach 100 in the third period. Maryvale went on to win 109-25.
Lovings, whose team is 2-12, wrote in an email to The Republic that Stubbs deserves considerable credit for his performance.
"In my opinion, any time a player reaches a milestone like that, it reflects a combination of talent, preparation and confidence," Lovings said. "We tried a variety of defensive looks on him, including double and triple-teams, and he still found ways to score. It was definitely something special.
Maryvale guard Adrian Stubbs (1) dribbles against Marcos de Niza guard Drew Dana (2) during a Section 7 play-in game on June 18, 2024, in Glendale.
"From our side, it was a tough night, and one that highlights the amount of work we still have ahead of us as a program,'' he added. "We have a young group thatβs learning what varsity-level intensity and execution really looks like, and games like this, while difficult, we understand are part of that growth process. Our focus now is on responding the right way, continuing to teach, compete and improve, and helping our players learn from this experience and move forward."
Maryvale next plays on Friday at 7 p.m., hosting Tucson Rincon/University.
