Connie James - 2009-10 Women's Basketball - LIU Brooklyn


Connie James
#02 Connie James

Position: Guard
Height: 5-8
Class: Senior
Hometown: Galloway, N.J.
Previous School: Absegami

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2008-09: Saw action in every game, making 28 starts… Averaged 9.2 points per game to place third on team… Finished tied for 14th in the Northeast Conference with 6.0 rebounds per game… Collected 174 caroms for the season… Snared 3.1 boards per game on the offensive glass to place fifth in the NEC… Averaged 3.6 assists per contest, finishing eighth in the league… Pilfered 2.2 steals per game, tying for second in the conference and ranking 91st in the nation… Assist-to-turnover ratio of 0.89 was 11th in the NEC… Named to all-tournament team at the Courtyard LaGuardia Turkey Classic… Scored in double digits on 15 occasions, highlighted by a season-high 16 at Columbia… Led team in scoring twice… Notched a trio of double-doubles, tallying 12 points and 11 rebounds at Fairleigh Dickinson, scoring 13 points to go along with a season-high 12 boards against Kentucky and amassing 11 points and 10 assists at Monmouth… Collected double-digit caroms one other time with 10 at Sacred Heart… Turned in team highs in rebounds on four occasions… Accumulated 105 assists, including eight games with five or more... Swatted six shots for the season… Totaled 65 steals, including a season-high five at Brown… Shot 39 percent from the floor and 33 percent from beyond the arc… Converted 75.3 percent of her free-throw attempts, placing 13th in the NEC… Mark stands as eighth highest in school history.
2007-08: Played in 32 games, making 31 starts… Averaged 6.7 points per game… Pulled down 196 rebounds, finishing second on the team… Placed 15th in the NEC, averaging 6.1 rebounds per game… Averaged 2.8 offensive boards per contest, finishing sixth in the NEC… Was fifth in the league with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.2… Dished out 104 assists, finishing ninth in the NEC… Placed 11th in the conference with 54 steals… Scored in double figures five times, including a season-high 15 points at Saint Peter’s… Tallied 13 points at Mount St. Mary’s and netted 12 at Quinnipiac… Recorded double-figure rebounds four times, including a season-high 11 boards against Holy Cross, Mount St. Mary’s and at Central Connecticut State… Handed out at least five assists on nine occasions, including eight against Quinnipiac in the NEC Tournament… Pilfered a season-high five steals against Youngstown State… Was 4-for-7 from beyond the three-point arc for the season… Shot 48 percent from the field and 65 percent from the free-throw line.
2006-07: Appeared in 29 games, making 20 starts during her inaugural campaign… Averaged 4.0 points per game… Ranked 20th in the NEC, averaging a team-high 5.0 rebounds per game… Scored a season-high 12 points against Saint Francis (Pa.), going 6-for-7 from the field… Swiped a season-high 11 rebounds twice, both against Monmouth… Recorded at least eight rebounds in a game five times… Shot 48 percent from the floor and 57 percent from the charity stripe… Drained her lone three-pointer against Navy… Scored eight points at Siena… Tallied nine points, seven boards and five assists against Mount St. Mary’s… Scored nine points at Iona in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament… Accumulated 61 assists, 39 steals and four blocks on the season.
Background: A four-year letterwinner at Absegami High School… Captained her squad in 2005 and 2006… Led team to state championships in 2005 and 2006… Named Cape Atlantic League First Team All-Star in 2006, earning honorable mention in 2005… Led team to American Conference championship in 2004… Was ranked as the Newark Star-Ledger’s top defender in 2006… Earned a spot on the Courier-Post All-Star Second Team… Named an all-star in 2006 by the Press of Atlantic City… Recorded 89 steals and 82 assists as a senior… Also competed in soccer, track and field and softball.
Personal: Daughter of Herbert and Sheila James… Born on Aug. 14, 1988… Majoring in business management.

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