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Jersey Number 20
Ke'Shunan James
- Position:
- Forward/Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Tenn.
- High School:
- South Side HS
Bio
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.
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