On February 7 , 1970 1970: LSU’s Pete Maravich comes into the game against Alabama with two pulled muscles and late in the contest hurts an ankle. Despite the injuries, he scores an incredible 47 points in the second half to finish with 69, setting an NCAA record for most points against a Division I opponent. Maravich breaks the record of 68 established by Niagara’s Calvin Murphy 14 months earlier. Pistol Pete fires shots at a machine-gun rate, finishing with 57. He connects on 26 (45.6 percent). On the foul line he’s 17-for-21. After LSU’s 106-104 loss in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Maravich pursues a fan before being restrained. Press Maravich, LSU’s coach and Pete’s dad, says the fan had hit Pete on the back. Maravich’s record will last almost 21 years, until Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores 72 against Loyola Marymount on Jan. 5, 1991.
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