{"id":50775,"date":"2026-03-04T09:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/?p=50775"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:07:34","slug":"lily-brown-becomes-14th-1000-point-scorer-in-north-penn-girls-basketball-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/sports\/2026\/03\/04\/lily-brown-becomes-14th-1000-point-scorer-in-north-penn-girls-basketball-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Brown becomes 14th 1,000 point scorer in North Penn Girls Basketball history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stepping onto the court on February 3rd, junior Lily Brown knew she only needed nine points. The entire gym knew she only needed nine points. It would have been hard for Brown to <\/span>not<\/span><\/i> score nine points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rolling off a screen to her right and crossing to her dominant left hand, Brown stepped through two defenders and laid one off the glass to cement her place in North Penn history, becoming the 14th member of the North Penn girls basketball 1000 point club.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn that moment, I was really happy because it was a huge achievement for me,\u201d Brown said. \u201cGoing through the season I wasn’t sure if this was even going to be possible and then it started getting really narrowed down. I was really happy and all I could really think about was my teammates and my coaches who really got me there from the beginning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tommy Meehan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following the basket, the crown erupted and the Knights\u2019 bench rushed on to the court to celebrate with Brown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll my best friends are on that team, it just shows how much they supported me and pushed me in practice to get where I was, and it shows how much they really care about me and I’m really happy to have them be my teammates because they’re really great people,\u201d Brown said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first person to get to her, and the person who set the screen to get the 1000th point in motion was her cousin and teammate, senior captain Tallie Smink.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew she was going to achieve something like this because of how skilled she is and the offensive threat she brings to the game,\u201d Smink said. \u201cI even told her that I hoped she would reach this milestone during my senior year so I could be there to witness such an amazing accomplishment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown was a part of a powerhouse team her freshman year, being the first player off the bench for a squad that went deep into the state playoffs. The star on that team was the prior 1000 point scorer in then-senior and now freshman at Jefferson University, Caleigh Sperling.