MHS - Men's Basketball / February 2, 2020 By Mike Abasolo
**After initially publishing this article on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, it was discovered that Dave Belew only had two of four years in the current scoring list data base. Belew actually had 914 career total points, putting him in 4th place overall, Trey Abasolo in 5th Place, and Todd Fox in 6th place. Article edited Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020**
After scoring a game-high 27 points against Conway Springs in the final game of the Chaparral Roadrunner Classic, Jr. Trey Abasolo has secured his spot in 5th place on the Mulvane High School Basketball All-Time Scorers list at 813 career points, so far at the midway point of his junior season, passing Todd Fox's 797 career points (1985-87).
Abasolo, the son of head boys basketball coach, Mike Abasolo, began the season in 22nd place with 540 career points in his first two seasons as a Wildcat. He began his junior season right where he left off a season before, scoring 119 points in his first five games and finding himself in 14th place, two spots behind his dad who was sitting at No. 12 all-time with 646 career points.
The very next game, December 20, 2019, Abasolo dropped 23 points at Wellington to leapfrog Nolan Smith, 643, and take over his dad’s No. 12 spot on the all-time list and sitting behind No. 11, Dalton Blaine, 667.
From that point on, Abasolo has become the No. 8 scoring leader in all classes in the state of Kansas, tied with Andover Central’s Xavier Bell, averaging 24 points per game. He is currently the No. 4 scorer among all 4A schools. Scoring at that clip has catapulted him into 5th place, passing Todd Fox, who had 797 career points.
The four leaders that Abasolo is left looking up to on the Mulvane High School scoring list are No. 4 David Belew who scored 914 points from 1982-1985. No. 3, scoring legend and 1984 state champion, Lonny Travis who had 1,175 career points without a three-point line. No. 2 is the late great Jerry Webster, who until last season was the school leader with 1,218 career points, also without a three-point line, and his record stood for 63 years. And Abasolo’s former teammate and No. 1 on the all-time list Drew Ellis who sits alone on top with 1,382 career points.
With a season and a half left in his bright basketball career, Abasolo has positioned himself to make a run at the top spot. He has his Wildcats at 6-6 overall this season and holding on to a No.7 seed in the substate bracket.
2019-20 stats so far:
G PTS 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A
12 273 58-116 33-89 58-80
Mulvane High School top 5 career scoring leaders:
1 Drew Ellis (2015-19) 1382
2 Jerry Webster (1952-56) 1218
3 Lonny Travis (1982-85) 1175
4 David Belew (1982-85) 914
5 Trey Abasolo (2017-21) 813
6 Todd Fox (1985-87) 797
*After initially publishing this article on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, it was discovered that Dave Belew only had two of his three years in the current scoring list database. Belew actually had 914 career total points, putting him in 4th place overall, Trey Abasolo is in 5th Place, and Todd Fox in 6th place.*
Article Edited Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020
