Windermere boys basketball's T.J. Drain scores 1,000th career point

The 6-foot-8 Liberty men's basketball signee continues his stellar senior season by surpassing the career milestone mark.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 9:45 p.m. January 9, 2025

Windermere boys basketball's T.J. Drain slams the ball against Olympia High.

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Windermere High boys basketball star forward T.J. Drain has continued to add to his already sensational senior season by surpassing the 1,000 career points mark in a 67-25 Metro West Conference tournament quarterfinals win over Ocoee High Jan. 7.

"(I) cannot begin to explain how proud and happy I am for T.J. Drain," Windermere coach Mark Griseck said in a social media post. "I am so blessed to be able to coach such a remarkable young man. He is still only beginning to scratch the surface of his potential!"

After seeing limited playing time as a sophomore, the 6-foot-8 forward and Liberty signee made his presence known in 2023-24 — leading the Wolverines to a 20-9 record with team-high averages of 19.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game.

So far this season, Drain has continued to grow as a player and has led the Wolverines to a 15-3 record. Along with surpassing the milestone career mark, he also set the program's single-game scoring record in a 39-point performance earlier this season against rivals Olympia High.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.