Wallace’s Zack Welch hits 14 3-pointers in 52-point night to remember
They say when a shooter gets on a roll, the basket looks two sizes bigger to them.
“Definitely,” Zack Welch said.
Welch had a career night on Wednesday as he scored 52 points, including hitting 14 of 17 shots from beyond the arc, leading his Wallace Miners over host Clark Fork 85-35.
The Miners, at 14-2, are ranked No. 2 in Idaho 1A Division I by the Idaho media poll.
Welch’s previous high this season was 34 points.
“It was unreal,” Wallace coach Corey Miller said. … “He’s a great shooter. (Clark Fork) set up in a zone all night. He made the first few, and when they didn’t break out of the zone we just kept going to him.”
Welch, a 6-foot guard, said he didn’t feel particularly hot right out of the gate.
“I’d say about midway through the first quarter, after I hit a few, I started feeling it,” he said.
Welch said he’s had some big games before in his career, but he didn’t remember having a game like this before.
“I believe it’s the first time I’ve done something like this,” he said.
His coach hopes a game like this results in more attention for his senior guard, who wants to continue playing basketball at the next level.
Miller said Welch has drawn interest from a couple of junior colleges, and he’s been sending stats and video out to other college coaches.
“It’s hard to get people to come out to see him since we’re such a small school,” Miller said.
Wallace was unaffiliated with a league this season. The Miners will play in a regional play-in game against the District 2 third-place team on Feb. 21, with the winner advancing to a state play-in game on Feb. 23.