Antoine Davis is chasing after Pistol Pete (therefore much more)
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, Antoine Davis would search for videos of Pete “Pistol Pete” Maravich’s dribbling drills on YouTube. He ‘d enjoy the Basketball Hall of Famer dribble 2 basketballs between his legs, around his back and through his legs once again. Then he ‘d work with his daddy, Mike Davis, to try to simulate the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader (3,667 points in 3 years at LSU).
However Davis– who now bets his father at Detroit Grace– never envisioned he ‘d one day have an opportunity to sit one spot behind Handgun Pete on the profession scoring charts. Or, if something wild takes place over the next three months, possibly even pass him.
“I inform individuals all the time, if you were to tell me I was going to do something like this in middle school or even primary school, perhaps even high school, I would’ve believed you were crazy since being on the [NCAA all-time scoring list] like that and with names like that, it resembles something I simply never actually even thought could happen, and for it to take place, it’s an unbelievable thing,” Davis, who is now the Horizon League’s all-time scoring leader, informed ESPN.
“My name is going to remain in this permanently. When I age and have kids, this is something I could tell my kids about. So this is something actually special.”
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The fifth-year player will enter his matchup at Cincinnati (Wednesday, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+) ranked 10th perpetuity in Department I history with 3,031 profession points. Recently, he passed former Cincinnati star Oscar Robertson (2,973 points in 3 years), one of the greatest players in NBA history, when he scored 36 points in his team’s 82-80 overtime roadway loss against the Charlotte Flyers. Davis is also third perpetuity with 481 3-pointers made in his career.Averaging 24.3 PPG
and linking on 41% of his 3-point attempts this season, Davis will end up 2nd perpetuity behind Maravich if he continues to score at this rate throughout of the routine season. He would require to typical 34.0 PPG for the next 19 regular-season games to capture Maravich. Even if that doesn’t happen, he’ll end his collegiate profession ranked together with mythical figures within the sport: Robertson, Danny Manning, Larry Bird to call a few.Antoine Davis continues to chase and exceed as he is
33 away from the @NCAA all-time 3-point mark #DetroitsCollegeTeam #TheChase pic.twitter.com/tScFTukFrn!.?.!— Detroit Mercy MBB (@DetroitMBB)December 13, 2022″It’s truly unique, particularly for my papa’s generation which generation of people to see,”Davis said.”They most likely never ever would have believed someone would even come close to it or be at that requirement that Handgun Pete is at. That’s something unique to even think about. “However Davis is likewise the face of an intricate period for records in guys’s college basketball. With the NCAA approving every player who contended during the 2019-20 season– which was impacted by COVID-19– an extra year, more top marks could fall and other legends might get passed.Davis said he knows the benefit a 5th year has given him. However it’s unfair to negate or revoke his achievement.Danny Manning, the former Kansas star and NBA standout, scored 2,951 points(
13th all time )in 147 games in his four-year college profession. Davis, who has played in 123 college basketball games
, will not match Manning’s tally even if the Titans make a run to the Horizon League tournament title game. Freeman Williams, who is No. 2 perpetuity behind Maravich, completed with 2,926 field goal efforts. Davis, who hasn’t ever played in the NCAA tournament, currently has 2,505 field goal attempts. He’s on speed to pass Williams (3,249 career points), who didn’t have fun with a 3-point line throughout his profession at Portland State in the 1970s, with substantially fewer shots. Detroit Grace and the neighborhood are all in on Davis’ record-breaking exploits. The school has actually installed a display screen, updated after every game, with his points tally(left)and made 3s(right). Courtesy Detroit Grace Athletics Communications Yet, Davis is the only fifth-year player in the top 20 of that records list. He’s averaging 20.4 basket attempts per game. Five of the nine players ahead of him on the all-time scoring list, nevertheless, had more attempts per game in their careers than he does.” The [5th year] helps a lot,”Davis said. “I was taking a look at [Maravich’s] stats, and my father was taking a look at [Maravich’s]
statistics from his college years, and there wasn’t a year that he didn’t shoot 35-plus shots per game in his 3 years there. I take a great deal of shots, however I do not take 35 shots per game. … These are all my points without any additional games being played [in the NCAA tournament], which is something that is kind of unusual. “He understands the history of the game, though. And he respects the names next to his on the all-time list, and the terrific players he’s going after.”I mean, it’s amazing,”he stated.” I don’t take anything far from Pistol Pete. He’s an excellent scorer. And my papa is always informing me how great of a scorer he was. … I have actually heard so much about Handgun Pete.
I’ve constantly learnt about him. “Davis’climb the scoring charts, however, has masked his true ambition: leading Detroit Mercy to the NCAA competition for the very first time since 2012 and simply the 2nd time in the previous 24 years.Last summer season, he even went into the transfer website.
He ‘d dreamed of completing in a major conference for the very first time in his profession and checking his skill versus players at that level. And he had deals from several schools, including Maryland, BYU, Kansas State and Georgetown. Monday through Friday, host Pablo Torre brings you an inside look at the most fascinating stories at ESPN, as told by the
top press reporters and insiders on earth. Listen But Davis chose to go back to Detroit Mercy, he stated, since he wanted to make his campus and neighborhood smile at the end of the season.
“I just seemed like it wouldn’t have actually felt right playing somewhere else or ending my profession somewhere at a huge school, even though that’s what I really wanted to do,
“he stated.”I seem like I made the ideal decision. I enjoy the group that we have. I love this university a lot. They have actually treated me so well considering that the very first day I stepped on school. “Davis stated he has actually taken pleasure in going up college basketball’s all-time scoring list. With every shot, his pursuit of history continues, and he continues to increase. He has actually
valued those experiences. But they are not his focus. He ‘d choose the NCAA competition even if it implied he needed to quit his record.”I ‘d select my group in the NCAA competition, “Davis stated. “That’s something I have actually always wished to belong of: remain in the NCAA competition. When my papa was [head coach] at Texas Southern [from 2012 to 2018], they ran [the SWAC] conference and they constantly went to the NCAA competition and I constantly got to choose them. I experienced it from a spectator standpoint. I actually wish to belong of something like that. If I had to choose between the two, I would definitely choose doing it with this group that we have and going to the competition instead of just breaking the scoring record.”