BILL MAC JAMES

1969 INDIANA ALL STAR & 2009 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

Basketball Honors & Accomplishments


Career Points - 1890 - School Record (65th All Time in IHSAA History)

Career Rebounds - 975

Career Point Average - 25.9

Career FG% - 47.7

Career FT% - 68.3


High School All-American

All State 2 Years

All Midwest (IN, OH, KY, MI, WI, MN, IL)

All Semi-State

All Regional 2 Years

All Sectional 3 Years

All Holiday Tourney Team 3 Years

All Conference 3 Years


Senior Year

Games - 26

Points - 938 - School Record (7th All Time in IHSAA History)

PPG - 36.1

FGA - 683

FGM - 334

FG% - 48.9

FTA - 358

FTM - 270

FT% - 75.4

PF - 70

Assists - 50

TOs - 80

Rebounds - 376 - School Record


Attended Tyler Junior College - 1969-71

Attended Marshall University - 1971-73

1971-72 Team went 23-4 & Ranked #8 Nationally (NCAA Tourney Team)

Has a brief stint with the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA

Bill James' Career Statistics
YEARGFGAFGMPCT.FTAFTMPCT.PFAssistsTOREBRPGPointsPPG
1966-6722305131.43013487.64973384726211.934915.9
1967-6825486238.490217127.59073659833713.560324.1
1968-6926683334.489358270.75470508037614.593836.1
TOTALS731474703.477709484.68321615322597513.4189025.9
1969 INDIANA ALL STAR TEAM
1st Row (L to R) - Coach Cleon Reynolds (later replaced by Angus Nicoson), Bootsy White (Indianapolis Tech), Dennis Gamauf (Crown Point), Jovon Price (Marion), Mike Edwards (Greenfield), Rick Risinger (Richmond), Bill James (Scottsburg), Asst. Coach Hallie Bryant 2nd Row (L to R) - Steve Downing (Indianapolis Washington), Joe Sutter (Marion), Rod Freeman (Anderson), Don Bates (Indianapolis Star Newspaper), George McGinnis (Indianapolis Washington), Jerry Memmering (Vincennes), John Ritter (Goshen)