pete maravich averaged the most points in college basketball history.
who averaged the most points in college basketball history?
pete maravich
according to espn.com, plum was unanimously selected as an associated press all-american first teamer, an honor only given to five players in women’s college basketball. plum averaged 31.7 points while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 43 percent from three-point range during her senior campaign. plum ended her senior season with a total of 1,109 points scored, an ncaa women’s basketball single season record. according to excelle sports, plum broke the ncaa career free throw record, tallying 912 points from the free throw line throughout her illustrious career. plum has also been named one of the five finalists for the wooden award, an award handed out to the best player in women’s college basketball, in the eyes of 250 sportscasters and writers. plum was also named the ap player of the year for women’s college basketball, the first ever washington husky to earn the award. other accolades plum accumulated during her senior year include being a part of the all-pac-12 team as well as winning the pac-12 player of the year award, only the second husky ever to win the award, according to the seattle times’ website. plum also earned the nancy lieberman award, an honor given to the top point guard in women's college basketball, as well as the dawn staley award, handed out to the best guard in women's college basketball. plum ended her outstanding career with a point total of 3,527 and an assist total of 519. she finished just 270 points shy of pete maravich's all-time scoring record regardless of gender. plum graduated from washington in june 2017 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology.
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georgetown university law school student fred fees, a forward, completed his college basketball career this season. a free-throw shooting specialist in an era when the rules of college basketball allowed teams to choose which player shot its free throws, fees had exploited his free-throw prowess to establish himself as one of the top scorers in college basketball in the united states in each of his four seasons with the hoyas. this season he averaged 17.7 points per game and scored a total of 245 points, a career high and half of all the points the team scored. he made 61 field goals this season and shot 123-for-140 (87.9%) from the free-throw line, a free-throw-shooting percentage that remained a school record until 1978. fees completed his collegiate career with a career average of 16.8 points scored per game, a remarkable record, and had no peer in college basketball of the era; through at least the 2012-13 season it remains the fourth-highest career average in georgetown men's basketball history. he scored 804 points in the 48 collegiate games he played for georgetown, and led the team in scoring in 45 of them. during his four years with the hoyas he scored 45 percent of their points.
1919–20 georgetown hoyas men's basketball team