Furman basketball legend Frank Selvy, a former NBA star who as soon as scored 100 factors in a single school sport, died Tuesday morning in his Simpsonville house on the age of 91.
Sevly, nicknamed “The Corbin Comet” for his hometown in Kentucky, led the NCAA in scoring twice, together with 41.7 factors per sport as a senior in 1954. He scored a Division I file 100 factors in a 145-95 Furman win Feb. 13, 1954, towards Newberry at Textile Corridor in downtown Greenville.
That is still the nationwide file towards opponents no matter classification. Second-best towards a non-Division I workforce is Paul Arizin with 85 factors for Villanova in 1949. The mark for many factors in a sport towards a Division I opponent is 72 by Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. Worldwide in 1991.
Selvy, a 6-foot-3 guard, averaged 32.5 factors per sport and was a No. 1 total draft choose by the Baltimore Bullets.
“A real Paladin legend,” mentioned Jason Donnelly, Furman’s vp of intercollegiate athletics in a information launch. “… Furman’s all-time biggest athlete, a consensus All-American, NBA all-star (1955 and 1962), distinguished member of the School Basketball Corridor of Fame, one of many biggest scorers within the historical past of school basketball.”
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Selvy is a member of the Furman Athletics Corridor of Fame (1981), South Carolina Athletic Corridor of Fame (1960), Southern Convention Corridor of Fame 2009) and Nationwide School Basketball Corridor of Fame (2022).
“Frank was each a mentor and a pal who had an unbelievable affect on Furman basketball as a participant and a coach (1966-70),” Furman basketball coach Bob Richey mentioned. “Along with being an important basketball participant, Frank was an outstanding individual. He was among the best to ever put on the jersey, and he will likely be deeply missed.”
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