Jim Ashmore

Who is Jim Ashmore?

James "Jim" Ashmore is an American retired basketball player.

Ashmore attended Mississippi State University from 1954-57 after growing up in New Market, Missouri. 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 points, 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.

Ashmore was honored as a Converse and Helms Foundation All-American in 1956-57 and was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.