Glory Days: Thornton On Pace to Break Longest-Running School Scoring Mark

January 2nd, 2015 - 19:36

If guard Marcus Thornton avoids injury and keeps averaging 19 points per game the remainder of his senior season, he will become William & Mary's all-time leading scorer just before the start of the 2015 CAA Tournament.

Thornton is on a pace to snap the longest-running career scoring mark for universities that have always competed at the NCAA Division I level. Chester "Chet" Giermak has been the Tribe's foremost point producer since finishing among the nation's top 13 scorers each of his final three seasons from 1947-48 through 1949-50. Following are the 10 longest-running individual career scoring records for schools classified as major colleges as early as the late 1940s (including years streak has remained intact):

All-Time Scoring Leader Pos. DI School Years Intact Points College Career
Chester "Chet" Giermak C William & Mary 64 2,032 1946-47 through 1949-50
Ernie Beck F Penn 61 1,827 1950-51 through 1952-53
Frank Selvy F Furman 60 2,538 1951-52 through 1953-54
Dick Ricketts F-C Duquesne 59 1,963 1951-52 through 1954-55
Ed Conlin C Fordham 59 1,886 1951-52 through 1954-55
Jesse Arnelle C Penn State 59 2,138 1951-52 through 1954-55
Ned "Dickie" Hemric F-C Wake Forest 59 2,587 1951-52 through 1954-55
Cleo Littleton F Wichita State 59 2,164 1951-52 through 1954-55
Joe Holup C George Washington 58 2,226 1952-53 through 1955-56
Phillip "Red" Murrell* F Drake 56 1,657 1955-56 through 1957-58

*Murrell played one junior college season for Moberly (Mo.) Area in 1954-55.