Ty McGee sets Slamball scoring record with 43-point outburst

Ty McGee did not just carry the Wrath past the Rumble. He turned the game into his own showcase, scoring the team’s first 22 points and finishing with a SlamBall single-game record 43 in a 65-55 win that made an early-season surge feel real.

McGee needed only 22 shots to get there, hitting 16 of them, and powered the performance with 11 dunks. His total topped the previous league mark of 42, set by Stanley “Shakes” Fletcher, and it gave the Wrath a scorer who was impossible to miss every time the ball came his way. Kaylon Tippins-Hill answered with 20 for the Rumble, but McGee’s volume and efficiency defined the night.

The performance mattered even more because the Wrath were already dealing with injuries. Christian Gray and Trey Landers were sidelined, which put even more pressure on McGee to create offense and keep the pace from slipping. Instead, the guard from Littleton, Colorado, who played at D’Evelyn High School in Denver, made the game look like a one-man sprint through the lane.

The record did not stand in isolation. SlamBall later named McGee one of the league’s inaugural Players of the Week, noting that he had 91 total points and 25 dunks at that point in the season. His 43-point night remained the benchmark until Darius Clark reached 44 on August 13, 2023, but by then McGee had already stamped himself as one of the league’s most dangerous scorers.

The Wrath’s follow-up against Ozone showed that his breakout was part of a larger team surge, not a one-night detour. McGee’s injury in the first half left Ozone ahead 26-25, but Wrath responded by ripping off a 26-8 third quarter and rolling to a 64-37 win. Darion Slade took over in McGee’s absence with 16 points, and Nick Parks supplied 13 off the bench after going scoreless in the team’s first three games.

That mattered in a rivalry that had already gotten ugly. The July 22 meeting between Wrath and Ozone had spilled over after McGee suffered a concussion, triggering an altercation that led to coaches James Willis and Trevor Anderson being ejected, suspended for one session and fined. The teams had also scuffled during a joint practice before that game, turning the matchup into one of the league’s most volatile early-season tests.

McGee’s record night answered one question. The rout of Ozone answered the next: Wrath were not just riding a hot scorer, they were becoming the team everyone else had to circle.