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The official scorer's report showing the first three-point field goal in NBA history on October 12, 1979. Three years later in June 1979, the NBA adopted the three-point line (initially on a one-year trial) for the 1979–80 season, [12] [13] [14] despite the view of many that it was a gimmick. [15]
The list of United States high-school national records in track and field is separated by indoor and outdoor and boys and girls who have set a national record in their respective events. While these records have been compiled for over 100 years, there are varying standards for these records. The National Federation of State High School ...
The National Basketball Association's (NBA) three-point shooting leader is the player with the highest three-point field goal percentage in a given season. The statistic was first recognized in the 1979–80 season when the three-point line was first implemented that season. To qualify as a three-point shooting leader, the player must have at ...
Twin Lakes senior Olivia Nickerson (center) basks in the moment of becoming the Indiana high school 3-point career leader with her father/coach Troy Nickerson (left) and Twin Lakes head coach Brad ...
Nickerson finished her high school career with 406 3-point makes at a consistent 39% clip. "We've talked about it since I was little that I wanted to play college basketball," she said about her dad.
Her 46.9% overall shooting clip and 39.5% from 3 are in line with previous seasons. She averaged a career-high 22.6 attempts per game this year. She’s attempted more than 30 shots in a game six ...
From that point through the 2007–08 season, the three-point lines remained at 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m). [9] On May 3, 2007, the NCAA men's basketball rules committee passed a measure to extend the distance of the men's three-point line back to 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m); [ 10 ] the women's line remained at the original distance until it was moved to ...
Kelli Litsch, Thomas High School, Thomas, Oklahoma. Back-to-back state championships in 1980 and 1981, set a new state tournament scoring record of 338 points in nine games over three years, for a 37.6 point-per-game average. She led the Thomas Lady Terriers to 77 wins and only 9 losses over her three seasons, scoring a then-record (boys or ...