Stillman College Athletics Hall of Fame
During the 1960s, James Toombs became a national name for Stillman College men's basketball, setting the single-game (64), single-season (920) and career points (2,382) scoring records. The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 35 points per game during his career and first broke the Stillman single-game record with 52 points against Mississippi Vocational School in February 1964. His 64 points in Birthright Alumni Hall on Jan. 16, 1965 against Paul Quinn College are also the most points scored by an individual playing college basketball at an Alabama-based institution, of any level. From 1962-93 until 1965-66, Toombs played in 68 career games, making 1,000 field goals and attempting 2,319. He was 382-for-489 from the free throw line. His 925 field goal attempts in 1965 stood as the national single-season record for nearly a decade. In 1964-65, the Associated Press named Toombs a Little All-America honorable mention. He was also named to the University Press International Small America Basketball Team.
