Pitman High School point guard Dailynn Greener joined elite company over the weekend.
With a pair of free throws against Argonaut in the opening game of the 12th annual Pitman Holiday Classic on Friday, Greener became just the third girls varsity basketball player at Pitman High School to score over 1,000 career points.
Greener scored 21 points in the 50-42 victory, the team’s lone win of their home tournament. Over the three games against Argonaut, Mountain House and Merced, the star senior poured in 49 points to bring her season total to 216 and her career mark to 1,030 with 12 games remaining in the regular season.
“Shooting those free throws, I was stressing,” Greener said with a laugh. “It felt pretty good when I made it and to see everyone celebrating.”
The only other Pride players to reach the milestone was Jasmine Washington from 2007 to 2011 (1,099) and Kaylin Randhawa from 2015 to 2018 (1,047).
Greener’s road to 1,000 — and becoming a legitimate threat to become the program’s all-time leading scorer — seemed improbable at many points in her career.
During her freshman season in 2022, when she almost didn’t try out for the sport. Describing herself as a shy individual, Greener admitted she was fearful that her game wouldn’t translate to the high school level, despite dominating for most of her life. Yet, head coach Parmine Randhawa recognized the talent, and played her in 23 games.
“I just remember seeing her at tryouts, and I'm like, ‘Oh yeah, we have something here,’” Randhawa recalled. “She was coming into her own. She just plays free, she's not afraid, she puts in the work in for her handles so she's comfortable handling the ball in all situations, she loves attacking the basket, but then she also has a nice three ball there, too. She’s the complete package.”
Last season, Greener was on a tear, averaging 16.2 points per game through the Pride’s first 16 contests before she suffered a devastating tear of her ACL and meniscus right before the start of league play. Greener was not even cleared to play until after the Pride’s foundation game this year on Nov. 22.
“I’ve always kept track of my points, and I knew I had a good chance last year, but once I got injured, it was hard to imagine me being back here,” Greener said. “I started going to physical therapy, and I started off really slow and I didn't make any progress. I started pushing harder and harder and harder, my physical therapist mentioned that there was a chance I could be back playing at the beginning of the season, and that just motivated me.
“I just kept pushing myself more and more, and then having my family behind me, my teammates and my coaches, it really helped.”
Randhawa, now in her fourth year as head coach for the Pride, praised the perseverance of her four-year varsity leader.
“I'm just really proud of her,” Randhawa said. “I'm really proud of what she has overcome to get here, with everything that happened last year and then coming back and still carrying the same workload for her team.”
Though she is on the heels of the scoring marks set by Kaylin Randhawa and Jasmine Washington, the points are secondary for Greener. Asked what her personal goals are for the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign, the answer was simple— to win the Central California Athletic League.
In Greener’s absence last year, the Pride achieved a 5-5, fourth-place record in the CCAL. The program remains in search of its first conference title since the 2021-22 season, just before Greener’s grand arrival.
With a 49-33 loss to Mountain House on Saturday and dropping the tournament finale to Merced by a 36-30 score on Monday, the Pride dropped to 4-10 overall with a pair of non-conference games remaining. Both games will be on the road, Jan. 2 against Calaveras and Jan. 8 against Buhach Colony. The CCAL slate begins at Pitman High on Jan. 15 against Modesto.
