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- ↑ Brainy History: January 26, 1960 in History. Retrieved on July 1, 2008.
- 1 2 3 Men’s High School Basketball Single-Game Scoring Records. Retrieved on July 1, 2008.
- 1 2 HoopsUSA.com – Critical Heat Isn't Surprising to Heater. Retrieved on July 1, 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 HoopsUSA.com – Basketball Record to Be Recorded by Film Projects. "Before the game, he told us that he'd never asked us to do this before and would never ask us to do it again," Heater said. "I didn't want to do it. I told him no. "But as we were warming up, all the guys were coming up to me and telling me, 'Do it, do it.'" Retrieved on July 1, 2008.
- ↑ West Virginia Online – Danny Heater Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on July 1, 2008.