Pete Maravich's all-time NCAA ...

Mike Davis has saved a picture of his then-7-year-old son laughing with a baby-faced LeBron James for almost 20 years. Given that both topics are vying for history, the head coach of the men's basketball team at Detroit Mercy has seen himself looking at the picture more frequently this season.

I have been wondering if this player is the all-time leading scorer in both NBA and collegiate basketball history. Davis said last week to Yahoo Sports. "If that occurs, what a priceless picture that would be."

Thursday night, Antoine Davis came agonisingly close to making that dream a reality with just one flick of the wrist. In the dying seconds of Detroit Mercy's season-ending loss against Youngstown State, the fifth-year senior missed a rushed pull-up 3-point attempt, falling three points short of Pete Maravich's NCAA career scoring record.

It is uncertain whether Davis will have another opportunity to shatter the record. Due to its 14-19 record, Detroit Mercy will not be eligible for the NCAA tournament or NIT, but following Thursday's game, Mike Davis did not rule out competing in the College Basketball Invitational, which is a lower-level tournament.

In reply, Davis found a happy medium between going after his own shot and trying to set up his teammates. He had seven points at the half, 15 at the start of the second half, and 22 at the buzzer. He didn't start acting aggressively until the closing stretch, when the game's outcome was in doubt and he launched eight of his 26 attempts. He made 7 of 26 shots overall, including 4 of 16 from beyond the arc.

Some people may have felt relieved that Davis did not claim a legendary record that had stood unchallenged for more than fifty years. They contended that Davis couldn't be the all-time leading scorer in college basketball since his accomplishment would have come with a huge asterisk. After all, Davis needed 144 games to match Maravich's performance from 83.

There are some notable similarities between Antoine and Pistol Pete despite their differences. The younger Davis also has a coaching background. He had complete freedom to fire everywhere, much like Maravich. And he was a showman like Maravich.

Steps in jab. Dribbling a crossover. Step-backs. Floaters. There isn't a shot Davis doesn't have access to. Thursday, he gave them all a try. Too frequently, they didn't trip.

Davis had a plan for the old photo he took with Antoine and LeBron, had his son not broken the mark on Thursday. "I would take it off my phone and put it on my wall," the coach replies. Now the Davises will have to decide whether Antoine breaking the record in the CBI would take some of the luster off the accomplishment.