605 Sports Staff

On Dec. 15 at the 2022 Lakota Nation Invitational, Tiospaye Topa’s Kris Meeter poured in a tournament-record 54 points against Santee, Nebraska.

A cursory check of this year’s program and visits with several Lakota Nation Board members, including tournament director Bryan Brewer, and it was confirmed Meeter had the highest individual scoring game in Lakota Nation Invitational history. 

Fortunately sports historian Dale Pine Jr. of Pine Ridge has been keeping tabs on those records and it was later confirmed that Meeter broke Little Wound’s Anthony Hopkins’ single-game record of 49 points in 2012. 

“The Lakota Nation Board asked me and Tom Casey (of KILI Radio) to keep track of those records in 2007,” Pine said. “There was some debate when they went from a 12-team bracket to a 16-team bracket so I tried to respect that with the records I kept.” 

Turns out Meeter’s scoring barrage wasn’t the only record broken in 2022.  

Boys records broken or tied at 2022 Lakota Nation

Most Points Game - 54, Kris Meeter, Tiospaye Topa, 2022

Most Points He Sapa Championship Game - 41, Kenyon White Eyes, Omaha Nation, 2022

Most Points any Championship Game - 41, Kenyon White Eyes, Omaha Nation, 2022

Most Tournament Points - 145, Kris Meeter, Tiospaye Topa, 2022

Most 3-pointers Game - 10, Kenyon White Eyes, Omaha Nation, 2022

Most 3-Pointers Tourney - 18, Rhett Lowe, Custer, 2022

Most Free Throws Game - 17, Kris Meeter, Tiospaye Topa, 2022

Girls records broken or tied at the 2022 Lakota Nation Invitational

Most Points He Sapa Championship Game - 18, Kennadee Bissonette, Tiospa Zina, 2022

Most Points Makosica Championship Game - 36, Kharmon Wells, Crow Creek, 2022

Lakota Nation Invitational Records (As provided by Dale Pine Jr.)

Most Points Game

Any Game

54 - Kris Meeter, Tiospaye Topa, 2022

51 - Austyn Saul, Santee, Nebraska, 2022

49 - Anthony Hopkins, Little Wound, 2012

47 - Jess Heart, Little Wound, 1996

46 - Hank Taken Alive Jr., McLaughlin, 2011

46 - Spur Pourier, Little Wound, 2010

Most Points - First Round

43 - Rance Harrison, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 2021

42 - Lance Eagle Staff, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 1998

Most Points - Semifinals

42 - Lonnie White Eyes, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 1991

Most Points He Sapa Championship Game (established in 2022)

41 - Kenyon White Eyes, Omaha Nation, 2022

Most Points Mako Sica (formerly consolation) Championship Game

36 - Don Giago, Red Cloud, 2001

Most Points Oceti Sakowin Championship Game

39 - Louie Krogman, White River, 2007

Most Points any Championship Game

41 - Kenyon White Eyes, Omaha Nation, 2022

Most Points Tournament

145 - Kris Meeter, Tiospaye Topa, 2022

137 - Louie Krogman, White River, 2007

131 - Rich Crow Eagle, Todd County, 1997

118 - Hank Taken Alive Jr., McLaughlin, 2011

100 - Derek Paulsen, Custer, 1997

92 - Jess Heart, Pine Ridge, 1997

89 - John Hugs, Flandreau, 1997

89 - George Bettelyoun, Pine Ridge, 1987 (8 and 12 team bracket)

Most Points Career

344 - Paige Paulsen, Custer, 1998-2002

Most 3-Pointers Game

10 - Kenyon White Eyes, Omaha Nation, 2022

10 - Delmar Parker Jr., Omaha Nation, 2008

Most 3-Pointers Tournament

18 - Rhett Lowe, Custer, 2022

17 - Neal Sheridan Jr., Omaha Nation, 2010

17 - Devon Drapeau, Crow Creek, 2014

13 - Ted Standing Soldier, Little Wound, 1984 (8 and 12 Team Record)

13 - Ryan Cross, Custer, 1994

Most 3-Pointers Career

31 - Terrelle Pulliam, Red Cloud, 2014-2015

Most Free Throws Game (One Game)

17-22 - Kris Meeter, Tiospaye Topa, 2022

17-17 - Alejandro Rama, Red Cloud, 2018

17-24 - Jess Heart, Little Wound, 1996

Most Free Throws Championship Game

14 - Alphonso Bad Hand, St. Francis Indian School

Most Free Throws Tournament

36 - Alejandro Rama, Red Cloud, 2018

31 - Jess Heart, Little Wound, 1996 (8 and 12 Team Record)

Lakota Nation Girls Basketball Records (Any game)

51 - SuAnne Big Crow, Pine Ridge, 1991

46 - Shailece Porter, Omaha Nation, 2016

46 - Evaline Arrow, Crow Creek, 2012

45 - Caelyn Valandra-Prue, White River, 2019

44 - Shauna M. Long, Standing Rock, 2010

Most Points First Round

46 - Shailece Porter, Omaha Nation, 2006

Most Points Semi-Finals

51 - SuAnne Big Crow, Pine Ridge, 1991

Most Points He Sapa Championship Game (established in 2022)

18 - Kennadee Bissonette, Tiospa Zina, 2022

Most Points Mako Sica (formerly consolation) Championship Game

36 - Kharmon Wells, Crow Creek, 2022

Most Points Oceti Sakowin Championship Game

37 - SuAnne Big Crow, Pine Ridge, 1991

Most Points Any Championship Game

37 - SuAnne Big Crow, Pine Ridge, 1991

Most Points Tournament

138 - Caelyn Valandra-Prue, 2019

124 - SuAnne Big Crow, Pine Ridge, 1991 (8 and 12 Team Record)

Most Points Career

504 - Shauna Long, Standing Rock, 2005-2010

Most 3-Pointers Game

9 - Shailece Porter, Omaha Nation, 2016

Most 3-Pointers Tournament

18 - LeAnnah Vitalis, Red Cloud, 2015

15 - Sharson Red Elk, Crazy Horse (8 and 12 Team Record)

Most 3-Pointers Career

41 - Ashley Ross, Crow Creek, 2002-2005

Most Free Throws Game

17-18 - Caelyn Valandra-Prue, White River, 2019

Most Free Throws Championship Game

15-21 - Sunni Busch, Todd County, 2003

Most Free Throws Tournament

47 - Caelyn Valandra-Prue, 2019

28 - Sis Ross, Flandreau Indian. 1987 (8 and 12 Team Record)