East-West Men's Basketball: West is best
July 21, 2009 North Carolina
By Tom Keller
Greensboro News and Record
GREENSBORO - Even Julius Brooks didn't realize the carnage unfolding before him.
The former Page basketball star finally glanced up at the scoreboard late in Monday's North Carolina Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game and saw the damage: The West was en route to a 124-92 win at the Greensboro Coliseum, breaking the record for both most points scored and biggest margin of victory in the 61-year-old event.
"I looked up and was like, 'Whoa!'" said Brooks, now at Loyola (Md.). "When you're playing, you don't pay attention."
The West topped the previous record for most points in the game - set in a 119-113 West win in 1987 - with several minutes to go. The previous biggest margin of victory was 31 in 1965.
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