INGLEWOOD — There never was a question of if Inglewood’s Jason Crowe Jr. would break the state’s all-time scoring record.
It always seemed to be one of when, and the answer came with 7:51 left in the third quarter of Tuesday’s Ocean League opener against Beverly Hills.
Crowe entered the game needing 29 points to pass Tounde Yessoufou’s record of 3,659 points that he established while playing for St. Joseph High of Santa Maria last year before heading to Baylor University.
Just moments after the start of the second half, Crowe hit a 3-pointer to give him the points he needed to pass Yessoufou. Crowe did in his 100th high school game.
“When he (Yessoufou) broke the record, I told him I was going to break it the next year,” Crowe Jr. said with a laugh. “And I did.”
Crowe was facing doubl

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