Texas High School Star Scores 56 To Honor Teammate

The basketball legend of Chris Paul really began in 2002, when as a high school senior, Paul scored 61 points in one game to honor his grandfather, who had been killed just days beforehand. After he’d scored his 61st point, Paul missed a free throw on purpose to stay at that number for the 61 years Nathanial Jones lived.

Sheldon McClellan, a senior at Bellaire (Texas) High School who is ranked the 35th-best player in his class by Scout.com, made headlines similar to CP3 earlier this week when he honored a fallen former teammate with an emotional scoring explosion of his own.
McClellan scored 56 points in Bellaire’s season opener on Tuesday, dedicating the performance to Tobi Oyedeji, a former Bellaire star who died in an auto accident last May before he got a chance to attend Texas A&M University.

A 6-5 guard who is committed to Texas, McClellan talked about his performance on High School Hoop. Click the link to read the article.