High school basketball: Arkansas senior Eli Schwartzman dishes out 28 assists in a game to shatter state record

Eli Schwartzman of Farmington broke the Arkansas high school basketball record for assists in a single game Tuesday by dishing out 28 dimes in a 91-39 victory over Harrison.

The 5-foot-10 senior now leads the nation in assists per game at 12.1 per contest. No. 2 on the list is Colt Fowler of James F. Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.), who is averaging 11.1 assists per game according to the MaxPreps national leaderboard.

Schwartzman also averages 11.4 points and around five rebounds per contest on the season while helping lead the Cardinals to a record of 19-1. Teammate Press Taylor was the biggest beneficiary of Schwartzman's distribution, scoring a game-high 32 points in the victory while Carson Simpson added 20.

The previous Arkansas record for assists in a game was held by Kirk Turner of Prairie Grove, who accounted for 21 assists in 1982.

According to MaxPreps National High School Basketball Record Book, Schwartzman is now tied with Martin Wind of Cass Lake-Bena (Cass Lake, Minn.) for No. 7 on the single-game assists list.

The pass-first point guard is averaging 16.8 assists per game over his last five contests, including an 18-assist performance in his previous outing against Alma on Jan. 9.