| No. 10–NC State Wolfpack | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Princess Anne (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| College | NC State (2021–present) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Aziaha James is an American college basketball player for the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
James played basketball for Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. As a junior, she repeated as the Daily Press All-Tidewater Player of the Year and was named Virginia High School League Class 5 Player of the Year. [1] Four days after the death of her brother, James scored a career-high 41 points in a quarterfinal win at the Class 5 state tournament. [2] She helped her team win the state title in each of her four seasons and its eighth straight as a senior. [3] Rated a four-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for NC State. [4] [5]
As a freshman at NC State, James averaged 4.2 points per game and was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) All-Freshman Team. [6] In her sophomore season, she averaged 6.8 points and 2.3 assists per game, primarily coming off the bench. [7] As a junior, James entered a leading role and was named first-team All-ACC. She helped NC State reach the Final Four of the 2024 NCAA tournament, its first appearance since 1998, and earned most outstanding player honors for the Portland 4 Regional. [8]
James' older brother, Ashley "AJ" James, committed to play college basketball for Missouri State but died in an accidental shooting in 2020, before entering college. [9]
In April 2024, James attended Kelsey Plum's second annual Dawg Class, a 3-day camp with the purpose of helping top women college athletes transition from collegiate to professional basketball. [10] The 2024 camp was held at the IMG Academy and sponsored by Under Armour. [10]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | NC State | 25 | 0 | 9.5 | 42.6 | 29.3 | 38.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| 2022–23 | NC State | 32 | 6 | 18.8 | 40.7 | 28.8 | 63.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 2023–24 | NC State | 38 | 38 | 31.8 | 41.6 | 34.2 | 78.1 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 16.8 |
| Career | 95 | 44 | 21.5 | 41.5 | 32.4 | 70.5 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 10.1 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [11] | |||||||||||||