LILLE (France) - There was no slowing down Satou Sabally as she posted one of the all-time great Olympic scoring performances in the women's basketball tournament to propel Germany into the Quarter-Finals.
The forward was on fire and amassed 33 points in the 75-64 success over Japan, making 11 of her 17 attempts. She had 23 at half-time.
Sabally was left shocked in the post-game mixed zone when told about her landing in the all-time top 10 list.
"Honestly, I am honored to be part of that," she smiled.
"But this is not possible without a great team and one that surrounds you and is able to free you up. "I didn't even know about it [the accomplishment]." confessed Sabally.
All-time most points scored in a single game at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Opponent - Date | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Evladiya Stefanova | Bulgaria | vs Korea, 09.25.88 | 39 |
2 | Miyako Otsuka | Japan | vs Canada 07.20.76 | 38 |
3 | Liz Cambage | Australia | vs Japan 08.11.16 | 37 |
4 | Elena Baranova | Russia | vs Japan 08.01.96 | 37 |
5 | Lara Sanders | Türkiye | vs Japan 08.09.16 | 36 |
6 | Lisa Leslie | USA | vs Japan 07.31.96 | 35 |
7 | Keiko Namai | Japan | vs USA 07.19.96 | 35 |
8 | Evanthia Maltsi | Greece | vs Japan 08.22.04 | 33 |
- | Satou Sabally* | Germany | vs Japan 08.01.24 | 33 |
10 | Multiple players | - | - | 32 |
*Active players
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