Baker's Dozen On 2/5/08, Edison sr. WG George Baker hit 13 three-pointers in a road
game vs. King to break the city's one-game record. It was the third time that season that someone had hit as many as
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Edison's Baker makes record 13 treys
in win over King By TED SILARY Philadelphia Daily News This was likely the best-ever
version of a Baker's dozen. Remember a few weeks ago
how Thomas Edison High's Luis Martinez hit 10
three-pointers to tie the city record, but was
outdone in another gym that very same day by Math,
Civics and Sciences' Eric Johnson, who hit 11? Well, an Edison guy now
owns the mark, but his name is George Baker. Yesterday, the 6-foot,
185-pound senior wing guard rained down 13 treys (in
21 attempts) as the visiting Owls rolled past Martin
Luther King, 89-71, in a Public A game. His by-quarter breakdown:
two, three, two and six. He shot 17-for-27 total en
route to 48 points, five short of Steve Martin's
2005 school record, but went just 1-for-5 at the
line. He added four rebounds, two steals and one
assist (can't have everything), and a 14th trey went
halfway down before popping out. "With 4 1/2 minutes left,
our scorekeeper was saying I had eight," Baker said.
"That shocked me, but I knew about the record being
11, so I thought maybe there was a shot. Nobody gave
me the game ball, or anything, but everybody was
excited." In unorthodox style, Baker
has been an accomplished mad bomber since making
varsity as a freshman. He barely gets off the floor
on his jumper, but compensates with an incredibly
quick release. He now boasts 1,298 career
points for an 18.3 average. His current season
includes just 10 games (he was slowed early by a
lingering right-ankle injury) and this was his first
appearance since Jan. 17, owing to a school
suspension that cost him four games. "I didn't work on my game
[during the layoff] as much as I usually do," he
said. "I was still so mad at myself for what
happened. It was one of those wrong-place,
wrong-time things. Sitting out was tough. When they
said the suspension was over. I got excited about
getting out there again to help my team." Baker said he made "no more
than two deep shots" during warmups. "By the end of the first
quarter, I was feelin' it," he added. "I couldn't
wait to get the ball again and my guys were feeding
me nice. But when I messed up at the line [1-for-4]
in the second quarter, I wasn't even thinking about
threes. I spent the halftime break shooting nothing
but foul shots. Not one other kind of shot." Because his squad severely
lacks height, coach Kevin Reilly is a big proponent
of three-balls. Anthony Colon (four) and Martinez
(three) raised the team's total in this one to 20
(in 36 attempts). Martinez added six rebounds, six
assists and three steals. Eric Jones dealt 10
assists. "I have some little
shooting contests with Luis," said Baker, who lives
near 5th and Allegheny and will go the
junior-college route. "He's good, too. We go back
and forth. At the end of practice, when we're real
tired, coach has us shoot 50 threes apiece. One time
I made 27 straight." Twenty-seven straight?! So,
hitting 13 over the course of a game was a snap. "Nah," he said, laughing.
"Because in this game people were guarding me." Kinda.
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The city's Three-Point list, through
Jan. 10, 2014. Also added: 9 by Malvern's Deuce Turner vs. Shanahan on 2/3/18, 10 by Bonner-Prendie's Mike Perretta vs, SJ Prep on 1/21/19, 11 by Wood's Jalil Bethea vs. North Hills on 3/16/22 (state quarterfinal).
No. | Name | School | Year
13 | George Baker | Edison | 2008
11 | @Eric
Johnson | Math/Civics/Sciences | 2008
| Jalil Bethea | Wood | 2022
10 | Maureece Rice | Straw. Mansion | 2003
| @Luis
Martinez | Edison | 2008
| Mike Perretta | Bonner-Prendie | 2019
9 | Bill
Cummiskey | Judge | 1989
| Neal
McGee | SJ
Prep | 1992
| *Tom
Tobin | Carroll | 1993
| George Edmonds | Central | 1994
| Lynn
Greer | Eng.
and Science | 1997
| Carl
Guignard | GAMP | 2010
| Nadir
Matthews | Bodine | 2011
| Matt
Powers | CAPA | 2011
| Ryan
Boyd | Franklin Towne | 2013
| Deuce Turner | Malvern | 2018
8 | Gary
Duda | Malvern | 1988
| Dave
Distel | Dougherty | 1988
| Shawn
Newman | Dougherty | 1991
| *Brian Pearce | SJ
Prep | 1993
| #Ed
Woehlcke | Ryan | 1994
| Tom
Whitworth | Chestnut Hill | 1998
| Kairi
Truesdale | Lincoln | 2000
| Mike
Cram | North
Cath. | 2001
| Mike
Ezell | Mastbaum | 2001
| Baltazar Feliciano | Kensington | 2002
| Chris
Hanes | McDevitt | 2002
| Michael Ganier | Eng.
and Science | 2004
| Sammy
Zeglinski | Penn
Charter | 2005
| Steve
Martin | Edison | 2005
| Jeff
Jones | Bonner | 2005
| Luis
Martinez | Edison | 2006
| Dwayne Davis | Straw. Mansion | 2007
| %-Luis Martinez | Edison | 2009
| %-Luis Martinez | Edison | 2009
| Mustafaa Jones | Neumann-Goretti | 2009
| Marcel Northcutt | Constitution | 2010
| Daiquan Walker | Constitution | 2011
| Tobias Stokes | GAMP | 2012
| Amin
Taylor | McDevitt | 2013-14
| Ryan
Boyd | Franklin Towne | 2013-14
| Jeremiah Alston | Tacony | 2014-15
| Jordan Longino | Gtn. Academy | 2019
| Aaron Reisman | Penn Charter | 2020
| Jimmy King | SJ Prep | 2021
| @-same day | |
| *-same game | |
| #-all in final
5 minutes |
| %-(12/08) |
Special note -- On 12/29/11, in
the championship game of the Lewis Bracket, played as
part of Wildwood's Boardwalk Basketball Classic, NINE Ryan
players hit threes in a win over Pennsauken. Gage Galeone and Shane Kelley had two apiece. Brian
Okolo, Christian Rivera, Kyle Slawter, Brendan Horan, Sam DuMond, Shawn Miller and Tim
Raucheisen had one apiece. (If you can provide evidence of an occasion when as many players from the
same team, or more, hit three-pointers in the same game, please notify Ted
at . Thanks!) Another special note -- On 1/28/13, in a regular season Catholic League
game, Archbishop Wood hit eight three-pointers in the FIRST quarter of a win
at Conwell-Egan. Pat Smith led the way with five while Shane Neher, Cody Fitzpatrick and Tommy Rush
hit one apiece. Those eight successes came in eight attempts. The ninth attempt (by
Fitzpatrick) resulted in a miss with 1:14 left in the quarter. Wood finished the game with 10 treys. Smith
finished with seven. Eric Walsh, son of coach Jack Walsh, hit one in the fourth quarter.
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March 5, 2026
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