Bernie Williams (basketball)

In 1965 he was a senior and a starter on the DeMatha team that beat New York City's Power Memorial Academy 46–43 on January 30.

Power, led by 7' 1" senior Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) had won 71 games in a row.

Sports writers at the time and later called it the greatest high school basketball game ever.

[1] Unfortunately, the Explorers were ineligible for the NCAA and the National Invitational tournaments because of academic and recruiting violations in prior years.

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