Davidson almost landed Charlie Scott, too

Posted Feb 5, 2009
It was 1966, and Davidson basketball coach Lefty Driesell was certain he had two very special recruits – a 6-foot-7 center with a stunning vertical leap named Mike Maloy and a 6-5 guard with the ability to take over a game named Charlie Scott. Both were African American, and Davidson, like virtually every school in the South, never had a black player. Driesell was about to bring that barrier crashing down. “I had Charlie Scott, too,” Driesell said Wednesday, a day after Maloy's death at 59. (Charlotte Observer)

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