On her way to the Miss Basketball award in 1990, Knox Central’s Kim Mays set the 13th Region record with 59 points in a 71-66 victory over visiting Harlan on Jan. 25.

Mays’ 59-point game isn’t listed on the KHSAA records, but a newspaper clipping has been sent to the KHSAA and Knox Central officials. On 19 other occasions, according to the KHSAA record book, a girls player scored 59 points or more in a game, but none were from the 13th Region. McDowell’s Geri Grigsby has the record for most points in a game with 81 against Feds Creek in 1975. Jenkins’ Whitney Creech scored at least 59 points in 10 games, including a high of 71 against Paintsville in 2016.
After completing her high school career, Mays went on to play at Auburn. She transferred to Eastern and was a two-time Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year in the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. She closed her three-year Eastern career as the fifth all-time leading scorer in program history with 1,587 points. She holds program single-season records for most points (719), best scoring average (25.7) and most free throws (226). Mays was a first-team all-conference selection as a junior and senior, while making honorable mention All-OVC as a sophomore.