Frank Selvy, NCAA record holder with 100 points in a game, dies at 91

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Frank Selvy, NCAA record holder with 100 points in a game, dies at 91
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The NCAA men's basketball record holder with 100 points in a game has died. Frank Selvy was 91 years old. He set the record while playing for Furman on Feb. 13, 1954. Selvy's family announced that he died at his home in Simpsonville, South Carolina. A cause of death was not revealed.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Frank Selvy, an All-America guard at Furman who scored an NCAA Division I-record 100 points in a game and later played nine NBA seasons, died Tuesday. He was 91.

Selvy’s family announced that he died at his home in Simpsonville. The Furman athletic department released the news, with the school’s vice president of intercollegiate athletics, Jason Donnelly, calling Selvy “Furman’s all-time greatest athlete.”The 6-foot-3 Selvy was born in Corbin, Kentucky. He played at Furman from 1952-54 and twice led the NCAA in scoring, averaging 41.7 points as a senior.by scoring 100 points in a 145-95 victory over Newberry on Feb. 13, 1954 in Greenville.

Selvy was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 1954 by the Baltimore Bullets. He was a two-time All-Star during his nine-year NBA career, during which he played for five franchises. He spent his last 4 1/2 seasons with the Lakers, moving with the franchise from Minneapolis to Los Angeles in 1960.He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Barbara; two children, Valerie S. Miros and Mike Selvy; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

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