The AHSAA’s most unbreakable boys basketball records; Our picks, your votes
AL.com is continuing its series of highlighting some of the most unbreakable records in AHSAA history, this week with some historic numbers in boys basketball.
Fans will also have the opportunity to take their pick for most unbreakable record.
In last week’s girls basketball poll, fans chose former Woodland star Courtney Strain’s record for most points in a single season with 1,261 as the most unbreakable in AHSAA girls basketball history.
Voting for this week will close on Friday. Cast yours at the poll below.
Here are some of our picks for the most unbreakable records in AHSAA boys basketball history:
Career blocks
1,322: William Lee, Dallas County, 2011-14
According to the National Federation of State High School record book, Lee’s career blocks mark is a national record and one of only two players with over 1,000 career blocks; California native and former University of Arkansas star Darnell Robinson finished with 1,187.
He also finished the 2012-13 season with a state-record 505 blocks and also holds the NFHS record for most blocks in a game with 26 in the 2011-12 season. After claiming Mr. Basketball honors in 2014, he went on to have a standout collegiate career at UAB, where he was a two-time Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year.
Points scored in a game
97: Walter Garrett, West End (97), 1962-63 vs. Glenn (54), 1962-63 (39 FG, 19 FT)
This record, which has stood for over 50 years, remains untouched since the historic game in which Garrett scored every point for West End. He would go on to play at Birmingham-Southern College and was one of the inaugural inductees in the Alabama Sports Officials Hall of Fame.
J.F. Shields’ John Drew has the second- and third-most points in a game, with 77 and 74, both achieved against the Snow Hill Institute during the 1971-72 season. There are five 70-point games in the AHSAA record book, with Red Level’s Javen Poindexter scoring 73 against Pleasant Home in 2024.
Career field goals attempted
1,127: Jeremy Monceaux, Parkway Christian, 1999-00
Now the head boys basketball coach at Hewitt-Trussville, this mark for Monceaux is 278 more than the second-place entry in the AHSAA record book. Former Lindsay Lane star Tommy Murr finished the 2017-18 season with 849 field goals as the second-place entry. Kameron Woods of Pinson Valley finished with 817 in the 2019-20 season.
Monceaux also ranks second in AHSAA history for career points (4,555), career scoring average (36.7 points per game) and career 3-pointers attempted (1,217). He would go on to play at Liberty from 2002-06 and was a part of the team that played in the 2004 NCAA tournament. He has also been the head coach at Clay-Chalkville and Springville.
Free throws attempted in a game
112: DAR (77) vs. Good Hope (62), 2000-01
This matchup from the Class 3A Northeast Regional title game saw DAR advance to the state semifinals with a 68-44 win over New Hope. The Patriots would eventually fall to eventual Class 3A state champion Calhoun at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.
It is the only game in AHSAA history with at least 110 combined free throws; A 102-97 victory for East Lawrence over Hamilton in the 1997-98 season had 101 combined free throws.
3-pointers attempted in a season
514: Cale Black, Crossville, 1989-90
Black’s record still makes him the only player in the AHSAA record book to attempt 500 3-point baskets in a season; former Lindsay Lane star Tommy Murr ranks second with 410 attempted in the 2019-2020 season.
His mark also ranks second in the nation according to the National Federation of State High School record book. Black’s 166 made 3-pointers that season also ranks second in single-season history; he attempted 24 shots from beyond the arc against Collinsville, which is tied for fifth in a single game.
Career free throws made
1,127: Tommy Murr, Lindsay Lane, 2014-20
One of the state’s most recent stars that scatter the record books, nobody has come close to Murr’s monster mark of career free throws made. He attempted 1,313 career free throws, good for a career 85.8% free-throw percentage across his career. Murr also holds records for most points in a season (1,506), most career points (5,716), career field goals made (1,638) and career 3-pointers attempted (1,250), among others.
Signed with Lipscomb out of high school, he played in 70 games across three seasons in Nashville before transferring to UAH. He played in 65 games with the Chargers and was named Gulf South Conference Player of the Year and the 2025 Alabama Sports Writers Association Small College Athlete of the Year during his final collegiate season after averaging 20.8 points, 5.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds in the 2024-25 season.
Career assists
1,361: Bart Hyche, Winfield, 1990-94
The former Winfield star’s record still stands, completing the mark in 102 games with the Pirates from 1990-94. He is one of four players in the record books with 1,000 assists, joining Eric Nix of Ider (1,098), Jamie Pruett of North Sand Mountain (1,076) and Jeremy Monceaux of Parkway Christian (1,035). Hyche is also one of four players in the records with a 20-assist game and had 326 in the 1992-92 season, which ranks fifth for single-season assists.
A two-time Class 3A Player of the Year and Alabama Sports Writers Association Super 5 member, he helped lead Winfield to a pair of AHSAA state finals appearances and a 96-6 record during his final three seasons; he went on to play at Mississippi State. Hyche now assists in coverage of the AHSAA State Finals.
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