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Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis scored 22 points Wednesday night to finish his five-year college career with 3,664 points.
Pistol Pete Maravich of LSU scored 3,667 in three seasons from 1967-70. His record stands.
No. 8 seed Detroit Mercy lost to No. 1 seed Youngstown State, 71-66, at the Beeghly Center in Youngstown, Ohio, in the Horizon League Tournament to fall to 14-19 on the season. Even the College Basketball Invitational usually takes teams with winning records, so it is doubtful that Detroit Mercy has another game to play this season for Davis to score four more points.
Antoine Davis Hurt His Shoulder Late In Game
Davis injured his shoulder with 8:02 to play in the game when he fell into some bleachers. He had 17 points at the time and did not leave the game. However, he missed most of his remaining shots, other than a three-pointer and two free throws.
Adrian Nelson scored 20 to lead Youngstown State (24-8), which advances to the Horizon League Tournament semifinals on Saturday in Indianapolis. Dwayne Cohill added 17.
Detroit Mercy led for most of the game but fell apart late as Davis struggled with his injured shoulder. Davis missed three-pointers with 38 seconds to play and with 28 seconds to go, with Youngstown State up 68-64. He hit two free throws with 10 seconds left to cut the Penguins’ lead to 69-66. But Detroit Mercy got no closer.
Davis finished with 22 points on 7-of-26 shooting and missed 12 of 16 from 3-point range.
Antoine Davis Involved In Postgame Fight
Youngstown State’s Cohill and Davis got into a shoving match during the handshakes after the game. Then other players started skirmishing before coaches tried to separate everyone. Police rushed the floor and kept back Davis, who was trying to fight several players. Fans from the Youngstown State student section also threw objects at the Detroit Mercy players. Davis had been talking trash for most of the game.
Davis struggled in the first half as he finished with just seven points on 3-of-9 shooting from the field, including 1 of 4 from three-point range. The Titans led at the half, though, by 33-29.
PETE MARAVICH’S SCORING RECORD WAS CONSIDERED UNATTAINABLE
Davis, 24, may have played 144 games over five seasons to 83 in three seasons by Maravich’s 83 games in three seasons (1967-70), but he was extremely consistent throughout his career:
2018-19 – 26.1 points average in 30 games for 784 points
2019-20 – 24.3 in 30 games for 729 points.
2020-21 – 24.0 in 22 games for 527 points. (COVID-19 Shortened Season)
2021-22 – 23.9 in 29 games for 694 points.
2022-23 – 28.1 in 33 gamers for 930 points. (COVID-19 Extra Year Waiver)
Maravich, who finished his LSU career at age 22, died in 1988 at age 40 following a spectacular NBA career. He was later named one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players. His year-by-year averages at LSU were as follows:
1967-68 – 43.8 in 26 games for 1,138 points.
1968-69 – 44.2 in 26 games for 1,148 points.
1969-70 – 44.5 in 31 games for 1,381 points.
Antoine Davis Previously Set Career 3-Pointers NCAA Record
Davis took full advantage during his career of the three-point shot, which was not available for Maravich. It was not put in the college game until the 1986-87 season. Davis is the NCAA career record holder in three-pointers made with 588. He set that record with his 510th on January 17 in a win over Robert Morris, breaking the mark of 509 set by Wofford’s Fletcher Magee from 2015-19.
Davis inched close to the record by scoring 38 on Tuesday night in a home win over Purdue Fort Wayne. He finished oh so close to history.
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