Jimmer Fredette News, Video: Former BYU Star Nearly Beats Chinese Basketball Record With 75 Points

Former Brigham Young star Jimmer Fredette never quite caught on in the NBA but he has lit up the scoreboard in China. Playing for the Shanghai Sharks, Fredette scored a career-high 75 points in a narrow, last-second loss to the Beijing Fly Dragons on Sunday.

Fredette’s 75 points were the second most ever scored by a single player in a Chinese Basketball Association game. Errick McCollum holds the top spot, having scored 82 for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls in 2015. Fredette is also sixth on that list, having scored 73 in a double overtime game in 2017.

Fredette scored more than half of his points in the fourth quarter, as he racked up 40 points in the final period of regulation alone.

The 29-year-old has been a deadly outside shooter since his high school days. He poured in 2,404 points to finish 16th in New York state's all-time scoring list.

Fredette later became a BYU and college basketball legend when he guided the Cougars to the Sweet Sixteen of the 2011 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Fredette averaged 28.9 points per game that year, eventually winning multiple national player of the year awards.

He was drafted 10th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2011. Fredette bounced around the NBA before going to China in August 2016. He has also starred in The Basketball Tournament (TBT).

Though his team lost Sunday, Fredette called it a “special night” on Twitter.