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Jersey Number 2
Ke'Shunan James
- Position:
- Forward/Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Tenn.
- High School:
- South Side HS
2017-18
2015-16
2014-15
Before MSU
Personal
- Became just the fourth Racer in program history to be named OVC Player of the Year. James joined Karen Hubert Price (1983-84), Joi Scott (2006-07) and Ashley N. Hayes (2007-08 and 2008-09) as the only Racers to receive the prestigious honor.
- Led OVC in scoring with 22.8 points per game during league play and 21.4 ppg was 14th in NCAA D-I.
- Was fourth in the league in rebounding with 8.1 per game, is seventh in field goal percentage (48.7 percent), sixth in assists (4.2 apg) and fourth in steals (1.9 spg).
- Was one of only two players in the OVC that led her team in points, rebounds, assists and steals in the 2017-18 season.
- Had nine double-doubles and six 30-plus point outings and a 41-point barrage, the fourth-most points scored Murray State history vs Austin Peay (Feb. 8), a game in which she also came just one assist shy of the third triple-double in program history.
- First Team All-OVC selection for the second straight season
- Became the 19th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points November 17 at SIU
- Led the league in scoring with 20.5 points per game
- Scored in double figures in all but one game
- Had 17 games where she scored 20 points or more
- Ranked 17th nationally in scoring average and averaged 21.6 points per during league play
- Led the OVC in steals per game with 2.6
- Ranked fifth in the conference with 7.3 rebounds per game and was ninth in assists at 3.8 per
- Shot 48.1 percent from the floor which was 10th-best in the league
- Averaged 34.8 minutes per game (3rd in the OVC)
- Finished the year with 594 points, the fifth-highest single-season mark in program history
- Named the OVC Player of the Week four times
2015-16
- First Team All-OVC selection
- Was seventh in the league in scoring, averaging 16.4 points per game in OVC play and 17.7 for the season
- Ranked seventh in the conference with two steals per game, 11th in assists (3.4) and 12th in rebounding (6.4)
- Shot 42 percent from the floor and 32 percent from beyond the arc
- Second on the team with 41 made 3-pointers and had a team-best 109 made free throws
- Scored in double figures in all but three games and had 11 games where she scored 20 or more
- Had five double-doubles
- Scored a career-high 32 in the win over Morehead State (Jan. 2) and had two games with 13 rebounds, both coming against UT Martin
2014-15
- OVC Freshman of the Year (third in program history)
- Led the team with 28 starts and played in all 29 contests
- Second on the team in scoring (15.4 ppg), rebounding (6.5 rpg) and made free throws (103)
- Led the team with 46 steals and 157 made field goals
- Shot 42.4 percent from the floor
- Third on the team with 67 assists and 11 blocks
- Scored in double figures in 25 games and had seven games with 20-plus
- Scored a career-high 31 points on 12-of-17 shooting against Austin Peay (2/7)
- Three-time OVC Freshman of the Week (12/1, 2/8 and 2/23)
- OVC Player of the Week Feb. 8
Before MSU
- Played four years for South Side High School
- Four-time First Team All-Disctrict selection
- Selected to All-West Tennessee first team in 2011-12 and 2012-13 and was honorable mention in 2010-11
- During her senior year she averaged a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds per game
- Four-time team MVP
- Scored 1,421 career points and pulled down 697 career rebounds
- Three-time All-District selection and two-time team MVP in softball
Personal
- Born Ke'Shunan Lashun James, August 14, 1994 in Jackson, Tenn.
- Daughter of Greg and Chiquita Johnson.
- Has one brother, Ken, and a sister, Alexus.
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Casey Brockman
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Alfeldt
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Alexa Becker
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Ivan Roe
Tuesday, January 20
