Diminutive senior guard scores 55 points in big win for the Ravens.
Timiya Guevara stands 5 feet, 3 inches, but she can put up some big numbers from long distance. According to Prep Hoops Colorado, the
Denver South (Colo.) senior outdid herself Saturday, making a state-record 15 3-pointers while scoring 55 points during a 115-10 win over Lincoln.
The point total is the third most during a game in state history, according to the Colorado High School Activites Association
record book. It trails only Abner Waner of ThunderRidge (61 in 2005) and Tracy Hill of Ridgway (59 in 1982).
Guevara's 15 treys shattered the state mark of 12, set in 2020 by Emily Lavier of Alamosa.
According to the NFHS
record book, Guevara was two off the national record of 17 shared by Rebecca Greenwell of Owensboro Catholic (Kentucky) in 2013 and Alicia Reyes of Pueblo (Ariz.) in 2016. Guevara's 3-point mark is tied for fourth all-time with six others.
Denver South improved to 11-1 with the victory while Guevara upped her scoring averaging to 22.5. Two games ago, she scored a previous season-high of 30 in a 72-34 win over Thomas Jefferson.
An Arkansas-Pine Bluff commit, Guevara entered the game having made 25-of-53 3-pointers this season while averaging 7.5 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 5.2 steals.
In her three previous seasons, she averaged 19.5 points, 6.3 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 4.6 steals. Her previous career highs were 38 points and five 3-pointers.
Guevara was one of the top 20 players to watch by the
Denver Post heading into the season.
