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2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster

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5 Alyssa James

  • Position Center
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Mary's (Caldwell)
  • Hometown Rosedale, N.Y.

Biography

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Career Highlights
  • Set the Binghamton and America East all-time records with 270 career blocks
  • Just the second three-time America East Defensive Player of the Year in conference history
  • A three-time America East All-Conference selection
  • A three-time America East All-Defensive Team pick
  • Including her freshman year at Caldwell, she finished her collegiate career with 1,329 points and 1,048 rebounds
  • In three years at Binghamton, she ranked No. 13 all-time in scoring (1,097 points) and fifth in rebounding (757)

Senior Season (2017-18)
  • Appeared in all 32 games with 31 starts
  • The America East Defensive Player of the Year for the third straight season
  • Named second-team all-conference for the second consecutive year
  • Chosen to the America East All-Defensive Team for the third year in row
  • Led the America East and ranked fourth in the nation with 3.44 blocks per game
  • Was first in the conference and No. 37 in the nation with 9.8 rebounds per game
  • Her 110 blocks set both the Binghamton and America East single-season records
  • Tied for fourth in the America East with 2.2 steals per game
  • Finished third on the team with 10.4 points per game
  • Reached the 20-point mark in scoring three times
  • Recorded nine double-doubles
  • Scored her 1,000th career point and blocked a season-high seven shots at Army on Nov. 10
  • Grabbed her 1,000th career rebound against UMass Lowell on Feb. 17
  • Broke the Binghamton program record with her 237th career block at UMass Lowell on Jan. 21
  • Finished with 19 points and a career-high 18 rebounds against Stony Brook on Jan. 18
  • Scored a season-high 23 points and had 13 rebounds against Yale on Dec. 2
  • Had 18 points, eight rebounds, four blocks and a pair of assists in the win at Youngstown State in a WBI first round game
  • Member of the Binghamton Fall AD Honor Roll (3.3 GPA or above)
 
Junior Season (2016-17)
  • Appeared and started in 29 games
  • The America East Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season
  • Named Second-Team America East All-Conference
  • The America East Player of the Week on Feb. 20
  • Ranked first in the America East and No. 28 in the nation with 2.34 blocks per game
  • Ranked third in the conference in rebounding (7.0 rpg.), eighth in steals (1.8 spg.) and No. 16 in scoring (11.0 ppg.)
  • Reached double figures in scoring 16 times, including three games with at least 20 points
  • Recorded a team-high four double-doubles
  • Had four games with at least five blocks
  • Turned in her first career triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 11 blocks against Stony Brook on Feb. 18
  • Her 11 blocks broke her own Binghamton and America East single-game records
  • Her 11 blocks was also the second-highest single-game total in the nation during the season
  • Scored a season-high 21 points against New Hampshire on Jan. 14 and against Albany on Feb. 9
  • Finished with 20 points and eight rebounds against Columbia on Dec. 10
  • Grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds against Cornell on Jan. 1
  • Member of the America East Honor Roll (3.0 GPA or higher)
 

Sophomore Season (2015-16)

  • The America East Defensive Player of the Year
  • Named third-team America East All-Conference
  • Selected to the conference’s All-Defensive Team
  • Ranked first in the conference and No. 15 in the nation with 2.97 blocks per game
  • Set an America East record for most blocks in a single season (92)
  • Set a Binghamton (DI era) single season block record
  • Was ninth in the America East in scoring (14.4 ppg.), fourth in rebounding (7.7 rpg.) and ninth in steals (1.7 spg.)
  • Broke both the Binghamton and America East records with nine blocks– to go along with 15 points and 11 rebounds – at Xavier on Nov. 28
  • Appeared and started in all 31 games
  • Posted a team-best eight double-doubles
  • Had six games with at least five blocked shots
  • Led the team in scoring 23 times and in rebounding 18 times
  • Reached double figures in scoring 23 times, including three games with at least 20 points and one game with at least 30 points.
  • From Nov. 21-Jan. 27, she reached double figures in scoring 17 consecutive games
  • Opened the season with 17 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks and five steals at Michigan on Nov. 14
  • Scored a career-high 33 points at Columbia on Dec. 9
  • Turned in a 15-point, nine-rebound, seven-block performance against Vermont on Feb. 16
  • Averaged 3.0 blocks per game during the America East Tournament March 5-6
 

2014-15 Season

  • Sat out the season in accordance with NCAA rules for transfer players
 

Before Binghamton

  • Appeared in 30 games with 29 starts as a freshman at Caldwell College in 2013-14
  • Named honorable mention all-conference (CACC)
  • The CACC Defensive Player of the Week four times
  • Led conference with 2.7 blocks per game totaling 81 blocks during her freshman campaign
  • Ranked third in conference with 9.7 rebounds per game her freshman year
 

Before College

  • A four-year letterwinner at St. Mary’s
  • Led St. Mary’s to the CHSAA finals as a senior
  • Registered a quadruple double in the 2013 CHSAA semifinal win over Kellenberg, with 18 rebounds, 12 blocks, 10 points and 10 steals
  • Received academic all-league honors as a senior
  • Played AAU for the Long Island Lightning


Personal

  • Parents are Rosemarie Ewing-James and Carlton James
  • Graduated in May 2017 with her bachelor’s degree in geography
  • Currently working towards her master’s degree in geography
  • The niece of former NBA all-star, and current Georgetown head coach, Patrick Ewing
  
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 33, vs. Columbia (12-9-15)
Field Goals: 14, vs. Columbia (12-9-15)
Field Goal Attempts: 25, vs. Misericordia (1-4-16)
Free Throws: 8, vs. Vermont (1-21-16) and vs. Columbia (12-10-16)
Free Throw Attempts: 14, vs. Columbia (12-10-15)
Rebounds: 18, vs. Stony Brook (1-18-18)
Assists: 3, three times, most recently vs. UMBC (1-24-18)
Blocks: 11, vs. Stony Brook (2-18-17) --- School and America East Record
Steals: 6, vs. Dartmouth (12-31-17)
Minutes: 45, vs. Maine (1-6-18)

MISCELLANEOUS
Games with 10+ Points: 55
Game with 20+ Points: 9
Game with 30+ Points: 1
Games with 10+ Rebounds: 32
Games with 15+ Rebounds: 4
Double-Doubles (P-R): 21
Triple-Doubles (P-R-B): 1, vs. Stony Brook (2-18-17)
Games with 5+ Blocks: 20
Games with 5+ Steals: 3
1,000th Career Point: vs. Army (11-10-17)
1,000th Career Rebound: vs. UMass Lowell (2-17-18)

HONORS
AE Defensive Player of the Year (3): 2016, 2017 & 2018
AE All-Conference (3): 2016 (3rd Team), 2017 & 2018 (2nd Team)
AE All-Defensive Team (3): 2016, 2017 & 2018
AE Player of the Week (1): Feb. 20, 2017

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2014-15Sophomore

    Forward
    6'1"
    5
  • 5

    2015-16Sophomore

    Forward
    6'1"
    5
  • 5

    2016-17Junior

    Forward
    6'1"
    5
  • 5

    2017-18Senior

    Center
    6'1"
    5
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