Tuesday night was historic for the Woodward boys basketball team.
Senior guard Paul McMillan IV, one of the top recruits in the nation, scored 28 points to lead Woodward past Shroder, 108-32.
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McMillan IV, in his third season with the Bulldogs, passed Middletown High School great Jerry Lucas for 13th place on the Ohio High School Athletic Association's all-time scoring list, per Woodward statistician Daniel Wright.
Lucas, a 1958 Middletown graduate, led the Middies to back-to-back state championship games and suffered just one loss during his prep career, coming in the 1958 state semifinals.
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Lucas went on to play at Ohio State University before a 13-year professional playing career with the Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors and New York Knicks.
McMillan needs just 17 points to pass Brayden Sipple, who scored 2,485 points at Blanchester from 2017-2021, for 12th all-time on the OHSAA scoring list. McMillan would become the Cincinnati-area's highest-scoring boys basketball player ever if he passes Sipple.
McMillan is 25 points away from passing Larry Huston (Savannah High School, 1951-1955) for 11th all-time.
Tuesday's victory had more historic tidbits for the Bulldogs. Woodward set a program record with 16 three-pointers. Junior guard Damarion Hughes had four, putting up a career-high 17 points. McMillan hit three triples, along with sophomore guard Ru Mills. Damarion's younger brother, Jeremiah, and Quanny Bostic hit two treys.
Woodward also clinched an outright Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference championship. The Bulldogs are 16-3 overall and is No. 4 in the latest state poll.
According to Wright, Woodward can become just the second CMAC Red division club to go 12-0 in league play with a win on Friday over Western Hills, joining the 2012 Taft Senators.
Woodward has not gone undefeated in league play since a 10-0 run in the Queen City Conference in 1997.
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