Former LSU basketball player Josh Maravich, son of late Hall of Fame basketball player Pete Maravich, has died at age 42, the university announced Saturday night.
COVINGTON, La. -- Josh Maravich was a reserve for LSU -- which plays home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center -- from the 2001-02 to 2004-05 seasons under then-coach John Brady.
For the younger Maravich, it was a childhood dream to play for LSU, where his father set the men's NCAA Division I scoring record of 3,667 points between 1967 and 1970. LSU's Josh Maravich, left, shakes hands with coach John Brady as his mother, Jackie Maravich, center, watches during Senior Day events before LSU's game against Vanderbilt on March 5, 2005. "I wanted to come here for my dad to make him proud," Josh Maravich said in a 2005 article in The Daily Reveille, the LSU student newspaper."I knew I wasn't going to be a star player, but for me being a walk-on was what I always wanted to do.
Pete Maravich was a prolific scorer during an NBA career that was cut short in 1980 by lingering effects of a major knee injury a couple of years prior.
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