Cold Hard Facts: Heinsohn Totaled 93 Points and Rebounds in Game vs. BC

When Holy Cross All-American Tommy Heinsohn passed away last year, most observers dwelled upon his many significant achievements with the Boston Celtics. But there should have been much more than a cursory mention of him achieving status as the only player in NCAA history to collect more than 50 points and 40 rebounds in a single game against a major-college opponent (51/42 vs. Boston College in his next-to-last collegiate contest in 1955-56). Heinsohn is the headliner regarding the following handful of Herculean players - only one in the last 54 years (Oklahoma's Wayman Tisdale) - providing a total of more than 80 points and rebounds in a single contest against an NCAA Division I foe (minimum of more than 35 points and 20 rebounds):

DI Player School Total (Points/Rebounds) DI Opponent Date Result
Tom Heinsohn Holy Cross 93 (51 points/42 rebounds) Boston College 3-1-56 W 111-75
Bill Chambers William & Mary 88 (37 points/51 rebounds) Virginia 2-14-53 W 105-84
Lew Alcindor UCLA 85 (61 points/24 rebounds) Washington State 2-25-67 W 100-78
Ronnie Shavlik North Carolina State 84 (49 points /35 rebounds) Villanova 1-29-55 L 91-78
Wilt Chamberlain Kansas 83 (52 points/31 rebounds) Northwestern 12-5-56 W 91-70
Wayman Tisdale Oklahoma 83 (61 points/22 rebounds) Texas-San Antonio 12-28-83 W 112-72