Satou Sabally entered the all-time Olympic scoring chart after a spectacular showing against Japan in Lille

    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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