SMC All-Century Team Number 24 - JIM MOORE
11/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 1, 2007
Number 24
Jim Moore (1962-63)
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Moraga, CA - The 2007-08 season will mark the 100th year in the history of men's basketball at Saint Mary's College. To recognize the 100 years of basketball, Saint Mary's will release the top-25 players of the last century. Saint Mary's will countdown players announce players 25 through 17 on the nine days counting down to the opening game of the year. Players 16-1 will be released at each home game during the season, with No. 16 being announced at halftime of the game between SMC and Sonoma State on November 9. The best player in the history of the program will be named at the Gaels' final home game of the season on February 25 when SMC hosts San Diego at 7 p.m.
James Moore had a knack for the big game. One of his best, putting up 43 points versus the Sacramento State Hornets in 1964, still stands as the Saint Mary's single game scoring record; a game the Gaels won 108-88. Moore, a forward, was not only a great scorer, but was dominant on the glass, as he is also in the record books with the no. 4 single game rebounding high grabbing 21 against Loyola Marymount on January 9, 1965.
A Richmond, CA native, Moore was a Gael mainstay during his career, possessing great jumping ability, speed and defensive savvy. During his three-year career with the Gaels, he finished as the no. 2 rebounder of all-time. Moore fell just short of averaging a double-double, finishing his career averaging 11.4 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game.
Over his three-year career with the Gaels, Moore finished as the no. 2 rebounder of all-time. Moore fell just short of averaging a double-double, finishing his career averaging 11.4 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game. He earned all-conference honors his junior season when he averaged 14.3 points and 10.9 rebounds per game. Moore and Tom Mescherry are the only two Gaels to have two top-10 single season rebounding records. In Moore's junior year he pulled down 284 boards, and in his senior year, he followed that up with 273.
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