When Ivan Kharchenkov scored 38 points against UCLA and Mo Krivas 30 against Cal Poly last week, they became the 59th and 60th basketball players in UA history to score 30 or more in a game. Some not-so-productive scorers such as Jemarl Baker Jr. and Oumar Ballo also joined the 30-point club in recent years.
Arizona center Motiejus Krivas throws down a dunk in a circle of Cal Poly defenders in the second half of their game on Nov. 5, 2026.
Among the first to do so was Eli Lazovich in the final game of the 1955 season. What was unexpected is that Lazovich, who averaged 11.3 points, scored a then-school record 38.
A state champion from Miami High School near Globe, it was Lazovich's last game at Arizona, a 104-103 overtime loss to ASU at Bear Down Gym. At the time, he held the state high school record with a 50-point game at Miami High. Lazovich went on to become not an NBA player but a member of the Arizona Bowling Hall of Fame. He died in 2003.
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