During the 1993-94 season, Tennessee State University women’s basketball player Carolyn Aldridge scored a record-setting 51 points to help the Lady Tigers knock off Wake Forest, 73-54.
Aldridge, who led TSU in scoring with 22.7 ppg as a senior, holds the TSU record for most points scored in the single game as well as the Ohio Valley Conference record for the same feat.
She helped lead the Lady Tigers to back-to-back OVC Tournament Championships in 1994 and 1995 as well as two NCAA tournament appearances.
She was named the All-OVC First Team three times and is TSU’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,662 career points.
She has the most 30+ point games in TSU history with a total of 10 and ranks in the top 10 in six career categories: Scoring (2nd), Field goals attempted (2nd) , field goals made (4th), three-point field goal percentage (2nd), assists (5th) and steals (4th).
The TSU great also holds the record for most points scored in a single season after putting up 657 during the 1994-95 campaign.
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