OT: FSU G Scores 30 in Final 4:38 of Loss
Florida State was trailing Miami (YTM) 62-47 with 4:38 to play last night in their ACC matchup in Miami. That's when freshman G Xavier Rathan-Mayes did something that might be hard to do in a video game. He went on to score 30 points in the game's remaining minutes...and the Seminoles still lost, 81-77! Rathan-Mayes hit six threes, two lay-ups and eight free throws in the final 4:38 of the contest, finishing with a season-high 35 points. It was his second 35-point game of the season, with the other coming against UNC in January.
He was the #30 recruit in the country in the class of 2014, per Rivals, with offers from a whole host of schools, including Kentucky, Illinois and UConn. Michigan didn't recruit him, as far as I can tell. While he has gone off a few times this season, you could definitely call him a chucker. Rathan-Mayes attempts 12 FGs per game, 5.2 from three and only shoots .411/.274/.694. To his credit, he also averages 4.5 APG, against 3.5 TOs.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:04 PM ^
Wes Durham needs to be doing play-by-play for one of the major networks. Calls a better game than 99% of the clowns on ESPN.
February 26th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^
Talk about being en fuego...
February 26th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
Added to OP
February 26th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
If he scored at that clip the entire game, he would have scored about 260 points. This has to be up there with Reggie Miller's 8 points in 9 seconds performance against the Knicks.
February 26th, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^
Tracey McGrady had 13 points in the final 35 seconds against the Spurs back in 2006 I believe.
February 26th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
dude was absolutely going off.
February 26th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
When you're hot you're hot. The hoop must've been looking like the size of a swimming pool to him during that streak.
February 26th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 2:24 PM ^
says he missed two threes and a FT in the stretch. FSU lost by 5...he cost them the game!!
/s
February 26th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
Man that was incredible
February 26th, 2015 at 2:26 PM ^
He just keeps throwing up his hands like "WTF". Some of it is kind of like "WTF, play some tighter defense on him." But at the same time, it is also kind of like "yeah, he's hitting the shot anyway, what are ya gonna do?"
February 26th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
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February 26th, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
And some of those threes were heaves. He catches one off the inbounds and immediately jacks up a 26-footer. Can't do a lot about that if it goes in.
February 26th, 2015 at 2:27 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
What made that moment especially great - even with the 30 points - was the blown away look on Jim Larranaga's face towards the end of the clip. He didn't even appear to be blinking, at least not to me. That run made his personal eFG% for the game 68.42% compared to about 58% for the rest of the team excluding Rathan-Mayes' stats.
February 26th, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
Psshhh, that's nothing. Did you see Chatman's 6 point outburst against OSU?
February 26th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
Obviously stakes weren't nearly the same but definitely reminds me of Trey Burke's performance against Kansas, especially the degree of difficulty on those shots.
February 26th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
Nobody on NBA Jam is impressed with 30 points in 4 minutes and 38 seconds! That's actually BELOW average!
February 26th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Cht1O-WHE
Isiah Thomas 16 points in 90 seconds.
Actually, yeah, 30 in 4:38 in college is impressive. But I'll never forget Isiah in that game.
February 26th, 2015 at 4:25 PM ^
I was at that game. Bought what was probably the very last ticket sold. Top row, on the aisle right behind a basket. Insane atmosphere.
February 26th, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^
Kinda related - a kid from Hargrave Military Academy hit 18 3-pointers in a game the other day.
February 26th, 2015 at 3:48 PM ^
I don't have enough points to post because I don't comment very often
February 26th, 2015 at 4:39 PM ^
Klay Thompson's 37 point quarter against the Kings a month ago was impressive, but all of this in under 5 minutes....wow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc3m3BwfylA
February 26th, 2015 at 5:14 PM ^
February 26th, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^
I think Bernard King did something ridiculous like that when I was a kid but I don't know any of the exact data. I doubt it was 30 in 5 minutes - that's ridiculous. As someone else wrote above I. Thomas went off for a much shorter period of time as well.
February 26th, 2015 at 9:35 PM ^
The and-1 three pointer was the kicker. That's bananas