Monmouth College Athletics

Whether or not Lance Castle is the greatest basketball player in Monmouth College history may be open to debate, but the facts are clear-cut when it comes to scoring – Castle, at the time of his induction, was without peer. The Chillicothe, Ill., product averaged a whopping 27.5 and 28.6 points his junior and senior seasons to finish with 1,827 points.

An outstanding shooter with three-point range, Castle provided his share of the college’s all-time individual basketball highlights, especially in showdowns with Grinnell. He scored 46 points in a 134-120 victory and, the year before, made three free throws with no time on the clock to lift the Scots to a 108-107 triumph. He finished that game with 41 points and would add a record 52 points vs. Grinnell his senior season. Monmouth reached the MWC playoffs in all four of Castle’s seasons, and he was named an All-MWC performer three times.