Colt Meyer Reaches Scoring Milestone at IU East

Meyer is one of the top scorers in his conference.

Colt Meyer. Photo by @IUE_ENTR.

(Batesville, Ind.) - Former Batesville High School basketball star Colt Meyer can score the basketball. 

The IU East senior recently eclipsed the 1,000 career point mark in an 87-82 loss to Alice Lloyd (Ky.) on Saturday. 

Meyer had a team high 18 points on 6-of-13-shooting. 

After starting his college career at Thomas More University, Meyer has spent the last three seasons at IU East. As a junior, he averaged 18.9 points per game. His average has jumped to 19.8 points this season, good for sixth in the River States Conference.  

Read what Meyer's high school head coach Aaron Garrett had to say about his accomplishment below. 

I am so proud of @coltmeyer21 ! He has always loved the game and is an absolute gym rat 🏀 I got to watch him live earlier in the season and been following online- the dude is playing at such a high level💪
One of the great Bulldogs! https://t.co/U4zmtGwcpj

— Coach Garrett (@coachagarrett) January 15, 2024