James Ashmore (born May 14, 1935) is an American retired basketball player.

Playing career Career

Ashmore attended

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(MSU) from 1954 to 1957 after growing up in

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. He played on the MSU basketball team and was notable for being Mississippi's first college basketball player to score more than 1,000 career

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, scoring a total of 1,918 points. In 1957, Ashmore scored 45 points in a single game. He made 76.6% of his free throws in his 1956–57 season. From 1957–1960 Ashmore played for the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the National Industrial Basketball League.

Honors

* Ashmore was honored as a Converse and

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All-American in 1956–1957. * Ashmore was inducted into the

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in 1983.

References

1935 births Living people All-American college men's basketball players Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Missouri Boston Celtics draft picks Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball players People from Platte County, Missouri Guards (basketball) {{1930s-US-basketball-bio-stub