Dylan McCord of Thousand Oaks High is 3-point shooting whiz
If the NBA needs a Southland representative for a three-point shooting contest during All-Star Weekend at Intuit Dome, senior Dylan McCord of Thousand Oaks High would gladly raise his hand to participate.
The 6-foot-1 senior made 113 threes in the regular season for 23-4 Thousand Oaks. In the Lancers’ final regular-season game, he scored 43 points against Newbury Park, including 10 threes. He’s the school record-holder for most threes in a season and in a game.
McCord is averaging 22.5 points. He also has a game in which he made nine threes this season. As comparison, LaMelo Ball made 154 threes in 2016-17 for Chino Hills, second most in Southern Section history.
Thousand Oaks will be in the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs that begin next week.
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