Kanon Catchings was perfect during his career night against Baylor

As the BYU Cougars and Baylor Bears squared off in the Marriott Center for some evening hoops, NBA scouts, celebrities, and everyone between bought their tickets, found their seats, and looked on in anxious anticipation for the clash between two potential NBA Draft lottery selections in Egor Demin and VJ Edgecombe.

While those two certainly didn't disappoint in what would become an overtime nail-biter, Demin dropping 15 and 6 while Edgecombe filled in 28 points himself, another player took the spotlight in this Big 12 battle.

I think we all forgot a bit about Kanon Catchings.

Catchings, another freshman with pro upside on Kevin Young's roster, signed with BYU last year in the hopes of growing his draft stock and getting selected in the first round. While he's had his moments, few would say this season has gone as expected for the 6'9" wing.

After beginning the year running with the starters, a stretch of poor output, bad decision-making, and unsavory defense saw Kanon's minutes drop off a cliff--only reaching single digits in several games.

This was not the case during last night's clash with Baylor.

The Purdue de-commit and Overtime Elite Alumni employed the Pam Beasley marathon strategy to his floor time as he started fast, then went fast in the middle, and finished fast. 3-balls were dropping at an alarming rate for the freshman as he dropped in a (non-alcoholic) four-pack of triples to go with four more made baskets on the night.

You may have noticed that I neglected to mention any misses from Catchings last night. Fear not, this was no oversight. He did not miss throughout the duration of the game. This may sound like an incredible statistic to the casual observer--and it should, because it's an unbelievable rate for hoop addicts like myself.

It was a historic night for D-1 basketball as a whole.

A career-high of 23 on the night for Kanon didn't consist purely of lightly-contested treys, though. With Kanon's ridiculously high release-point jumper, the Kevin Durant comparisons are warranted for one reason: nobody is blocking that shot. He's always open.

In isolation, we saw Kanon go to a highly effective move twice on the night, driving hard to his right before snatching the ball back and sending his momentum into a step-back at the top of the key. With his length, that step-back gives the wing feet of additional space to launch a jumper. Smooth.

Efficiency aside, those mid-range buckets were beautiful to watch. Hitting shots like that is an NBA skill, and he could find himself making millions for that at the next level if he keeps this up. Don't forget about his insane up-under-and-around and-one layup--a high degree of difficulty that looked simple for Catchings.

While the NBA was watching Demin and Edgecombe, I wouldn't be surprised to hear scouts remember this as the Kanon Catchings game. His draft stock may see a bump soon.

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