Remembering a historic DeKalb County boys basketball record
A record from a historic basketball career in DeKalb County still stands today.
Will it be broken anytime soon?
AL.com is continuing its series of some of the most unbreakable records in AHSAA history, with this week’s poll allowing fans to choose the most unbreakable boys basketball record.
Fans chose former Crossville High star Cale Black’s record-setting mark of 514 3-point baskets in the 1989-90 season as one that may never be broken.
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His record garnered 64% of the overall fan vote. Walter Garrett’s single-game record of 97 points in a game finished second in the voting, followed by Bart Hyche’s career assists mark of 1,261.
Black’s mark of 514 3-pointers attempted for Crossville is over 100 more than the second-most in the record book, which is former Lindsay Lane star Tommy Murr’s 410 attempted 3-pointers in the 2019-20 season.
The most recent entry in this records list is from Hamilton’s Kel Battle, who ranked eighth with 336 attempted 3-pointers last season; he signed with Bevill State Community College.
Along with ranking at the top of AHSAA history, Black’s mark ranks second in the National Federation of State High School Associations’ national record book.
Former Tennessee prep star Taurean Moy ranks atop the list with 537 attempted 3-pointers in the 2000-01 season at Booker T. Washington High in Memphis.
Black was named a first-team all-state pick in Class 3A for the 1990 season, which saw him make 166 3-pointers; that mark ranks second in AHSAA history behind Darryl Wilson’s 172 in the 1991-92 season with South Lamar.
Along with his records, he is also tied for fifth in most 3-pointers attempted in a game (24 vs. Collinsville, 1990-91) and 18th in single-season 3-point percentage (45.6%, 1988-89).
After his playing days, he stepped into coaching with his first job as Plainview’s head coach from 2002-04. After that, he went on to Geraldine where he spent 11 seasons with six 20-win seasons and multiple Northeast Regional appearances.
He spent three seasons leading Class 5A Boaz before guiding Plainview to a Northeast Regional appearance in the 2023-24 season.
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