Simsational
Given what Stephen Curry did for the Davidson Wildcats, the performance that Donald Sims gave Saturday on a court that Curry ruled for three seasons is significant.
Sims, a junior for Appalachian State, broke Curry’s single-game scoring record at Belk Arena, totaling 44 points in a 78-68 victory over the Wildcats. The record was 41, set by Curry in a 2008 game against Chattanooga.
As a side note, Curry’s play has seemed to bring the best out of Sims.
“The last time I had a game like this was against Stephen,” Sims said.
He was referring to a 41-point performance he had in an AAU game in Las Vegas in 2005 against a team led by Curry.
Sims also scored 29 points against Curry and the Wildcats in last season’s SoCon Tournament. Curry, now a starting guard with the Golden State Warriors, had 43 in that game.
Sims hopes to play professional basketball some day but, if that doesn’t work out, he is considering a career in nursing. Coach Buzz Peterson of the Mountaineers said that Sims would be a good candidate to become a coach.
“He’s a smart student of the game,” Peterson said. “He played for Fletcher Arritt for two years at Fork Union. I remember Donald up there. He’s just a very heady, smart ballplayer. He’s one of the guys in film sessions that will ask you questions, and as a coach you love to have those guys. He’s pretty intelligent.”
For more on Sims, read Wednesday’s Winston-Salem Journal.