NOTE: Saturday at 4:30 p.m. the public is invited to the plaza area at the front of the LSU men’s basketball practice facility at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center where the statue of Bob Pettit will be unveiled. In advance of the unveiling, LSUsports.net would like to present some of the LSU highlights of Bob Pettit, a timeline of his basketball career and a few things maybe you didn’t know.)
LSU Basketball Career
Bob Pettit is one of just two players to score 60 points in a basketball game joining Pete Maravich. He posted 60 points against Holy Cross in his second year against Holy Cross (12/7/53).