She breaks all college basketball records by scoring nearly more points than her rival on her own.

It was with a layup, with 2:53 to go, when the American Ayoka Lee (who seems to already have a star name) beat all the records for women’s college basketball, one of the main competitions on the planet, this Sunday in Manhattan . With this resource, she improved the best university, conference and NCAA record, by scoring 61 points by herself, being the undisputed protagonist of the victory of her team, Kansas State, against Oklahoma (94-65).

This 2 meter tall junior, born in Byron, a small town in Minnesota, has signed a performance that is being recognized all over the planet. Without triples, he made 23 of 30 field goals, and 15 of 17 free throws, also capturing 12 rebounds and achieving three blocks. An authentic exhibition with which, in addition to all the praise, he has stamped his name in the NCAA record book, establishing a new best scoring mark, surpassing Cindy Brown’s 60 points in 1987, the same points he achieved six years ago Rachel Banham (2016), who now plays in the Women’s NBA (WNBA) with the Minnesota Lynx.

“It’s crazy,” she assured herself moments after the end of the game, and before her own teammates kept her in the middle of the track. “I thought it was going to be just another Sunday.” That was also believed by her coach, Jeff Mittie, who admitted that he was not aware of the previous record, or the points that his player had. “I just wanted to keep feeding her. He has great talent.”

Her companions agree on this, and if one uses their numbers, it is obvious. With a 76.7% accuracy rate in this last game (in which she had already scored 32 points at halftime), ‘Yokie’, as she is nicknamed, has an average this season of double-double in scoring and rebounding, and 3 .5 blocks per match. A campaign that has already started strong by getting 43 points in the first preseason game, and 38 in each of the two most recent previous games.

For all these reasons, Ayoka Lee, who already knows what it is to overcome a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her knee, is already 21 years old on the list of talents to watch for several WNBA teams. At Kansas State they dream that ‘Yokie’ will take them to the NCAA finals. It’s been 20 years since they passed eighths. Another brand waiting to be beaten.