Regardless of what happened on the court during the February 13, 1954, men's basketball matchup between Furman University and Newberry College, the game was probably headed for the record books.

A Greenville, South Carolina, television station, WFBC, was going to broadcast the contest live, making it the first college basketball game telecast in the state.

But that night, Furman's Frank Selvy put on a scoring clinic, dropping an incredible 100 points during his team's 149-95 victory, which assured his place in college basketball history.

And he did it in style, sinking a running, one-handed 40-footer at the buzzer to hit the century mark.

Now, at the 50th anniversary of that remarkable accomplishment, despite all of today's advanced technology and players who are bigger, faster and stronger, Selvy's record still stands as the most points scored by a player in a Division I game. Coincidentally, Clarence "Bevo" Francis of Rio Grande College netted the all-divisions record of 113 points against Hillsdale College just 11 days before Selvy's effort.

Selvy, now 71 and still residing near Greenville, doesn't recall being apprehensive about the TV appearance.

"Maybe I was, but I can't remember being nervous," he said. "I had so much confidence back then, I don't think I got nervous."

If anyone had a right to be, it might have been Selvy. Not only was he playing in front of a live television audience, but among the 4,000 fans packed in the stands was a large contingent from his home state of Kentucky, including his mother, who was seeing him play in college for the first time.

Selvy also doesn't remember hearing the coach specifically instruct his teammates to feed him the ball since he obviously had the hot hand. But Selvy wasn't the only player feeling it that night. Another Furman player, Darrell Floyd, had scored 25 points in the first half.

"Coach took him out and he didn't play the second half and that probably sent a message that it was going to be my night, and I guess everybody just figured that's what he wanted," he said.

Selvy definitely delivered that night, but then he'd been doing so since he arrived on the Furman campus as freshman.

Freshmen couldn't play on the varsity team then, but behind Selvy, who averaged more than 25 points a game, the 1950-51 freshman squad turned in an undefeated season. After the varsity team had struggled through a 3-20 season the previous year, Selvy provided a welcome spark, helping the squad improve to 18-6.

By the end of his career at Furman, the three-time all-American had led the nation in scoring in both his junior and senior seasons, collected 24 major college records, scored 50 points or more eight different times and earned recognition as the the United Press International national player of the year as a senior.

While Selvy admits that he doesn't think anyone would have remembered him had it not been for that 100-point day on the court, he said that accomplishment has never meant much to him. Instead, he points to beating Duke in his sophomore year and helping Furman qualify for the NCAA tournament as more meaningful achievements.

"We qualified every year to go to the tournament and that meant a lot to me. Furman had never qualified to go to the tournament before my sophomore year," he said.

Nevertheless, Selvy doubts the record will ever be matched or broken.

"I don't think it will, especially with the way things are now. The players who could possibly do that usually leave early and go to the NBA, and the players are so athletic on defense, with all those shotblockers. When I played, I didn't run into any shotblockers," he said.

After graduating from Furman in 1954, Selvy went on to become a No. 1 draft pick in the NBA, completing a total of nine seasons in the league.

None of those seasons, however, mirrored his success at Furman, although he did have some big scoring games in his first year. But in his last five NBA seasons, he shared the court with prolific scorers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West as a member of the Lakers.

"My role was different then," Selvy said. "I was the point guard and brought the ball up the floor and tried to get it to Jerry and Elgin and play defense."

Selvy retired from the league in 1964 and never picked up the basketball again, citing a list of nagging injuries collected over his playing career. But he did make a foray into coaching, joining the Furman staff as an assistant coach for two years before taking over for his old coach at the beginning of the 1966-67 season.

Selvy led the team to a 44-59 mark in four years, but the experience left him uninterested in continuing to pursue a coaching career.

"I was glad to get out of it. I wanted to get me a job where I could play golf a little bit on the side," he said.

Which is exactly what he did. Selvy retired after 25 years with the St. Joe Paper Company and now enjoys going golfing whenever he pleases. He breaks 100 in that sport, too, except it's below rather than above.