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Aziaha James

Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.
High School:
Princess Anne
Major:
Applied Education Studies

IN THE NC STATE RECORD BOOK
Career

No. 6 in 3-point field goals attempted (561)
No. 7 in 3-point field goals made (184)
No. 8 in games played (130)
No. 9 in field goal attempts (1,400)
No. 12 in points (1,589)
No. 15 in field goals made (597)

Season

No. 3 in 3-point field goals attempted (238) - 2024-25
No. 5 in 3-point field goals attempted (219) - 2023-24
No. 8 in points (637) - 2023-24
No. 9 in points (627) - 2024-25
No. 9 in 3-point field goals made (76) - 2024-25
No. 10 in 3-point field goals made (75) - 2023-24
No. 11 in field goals made (238) - 2024-25

Game

No. 5 in 3-point field goal percentage - .833 vs. Davidson (12/15/22)
No. 6 in 3-pointers made - 7 vs. Texas (3/31/24)
No. 10 in field goals made - 15 vs. Duke (2/3/25)
No. 11 in points - 36 vs. Duke (2/3/25)

NCAA Tournament Game

POINTS: No. 4 - 29 vs. Stanford (3/29/24), No. 5 - 27 vs. Texas (3/31/24) and No. 8 - 26 vs. Michigan State (3/24/25)
FIELD GOALS MADE: No. 9 - 10 vs. Michigan State (3/24/25)
3-POINTERS MADE: No. 1 - 7 vs. Texas (3/3/24) and No. 2 - 6 v. Michigan State (3/24/25)
FREE THROWS MADE: No. 2 - 10 vs. Stanford (3/29/24)
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED: No. 4 - 11 vs. Stanford (3/29/24)
ASSISTS: No. 9 - 7 vs. Tennessee (3/25/24)

NCAA Tournament Career

No. 2 in points (184)
No. 2 in games played (11)
No. 3 in steals (15)
No. 6 in assists (26)

AFTER NC STATE

Drafted No. 12 overall, first round, by the Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA Draft

2024-25 (SENIOR):

Received All-ACC First Team honors for the second consecutive year
Named All-America Honorable Mention from AP, USBWA and WBCA
Tabbed on the final ballot for the Wooden Award (one of 15 in the country)
Finished her senior year averaging a career-high 17.9 points per game along with 4.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game in 35 appearances with 34 starts
Averaged clips of 44.5 percent from the field (238-535), 33.3 percent from beyond the arc (76-228) and 75.0 percent from the free throw line (75-100)
Led the team in points per game, field goals made per game (6.8), field goal attempts per game (15.3) and 3-pointers per game (2.2)
Ended her career having played in 105 straight games, tied for the most on the 2024-25 team
Career top 15 lists: No. 6 in 3-point field goals attempted (561), No. 7 in 3-point field goals made (184), No. 8 in games played (130), No. 9 in field goals attempted (1,400), No. 12 in points (1,589) and No. 15 in field goals made (597)
2024-25 season top 15 lists: No. 3 in 3-point field goals attempted (228), No. 9 in points (627) and 3-point field goals made (76) and No. 11 in field goals made (238)
Registered 34 double-digit scoring games, 14 20-point games and one 30-point contest
Surpassed 1,000 career points against Kent State, logging 20 points, nine rebounds and four assists
Delivered 27 points off the bench at TCU
Logged 21 points, including 14 in the first quarter against Davidson, doing so with eight rebounds
Tallied 22 points off 6-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc vs. Pitt and followed that up with 20 points against Virginia to be named USBWA National Player of the Week
Put up 25 points with five boards, four assists and two steals against Virginia Tech
Registered a career-high 36 points off 15-of-19 shooting from the field with six boards against No. 10/10 Duke and followed that up with 22 points at No. 22/22 Florida State to be tabbed ACC Player of the Week, USBWA National Player of the Week and AP Player of the Week Runner Up
Her 36 points against Duke marked the most points scored by a member of the Pack since 1998 (Chasity Melvin vs. Louisiana Tech)
Logged six field goals in the third quarter at North Carolina, which matches her program record that she had against Duke in the fourth quarter and Davidson in the first quarter
Recorded 20 points and five rebounds, as well as a highlight-reel behind-the-back layup in the Pack’s double-overtime win over No. 1/1 Notre Dame
Had 21 points behind six 3-pointers in the Pack’s Senior Day win vs. Wake Forest
Finished with 19 points, nine rebounds and three assists at SMU
Tabbed ACC All-Tournament First Team after registering 17.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in the Pack’s three games and ACC Tournament Championship game appearance
Recorded 19 points and nine rebounds, while going 8-of-8 from the free throw line vs. 5-seeded, No. 14/14 North Carolina in the ACC Tournament Semifinals
Registered 15 points and three assists vs. Vermont in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 and followed that up with 26 points off 10-of-17 from the field and 6-of-11 from 3-point with six rebounds and two blocks in her last game at Reynolds vs. Michigan State to advance to the Sweet 16

2023-24 (JUNIOR):

Earned All-ACC First Team honors, almost tripling her scoring average at 16.8 points per game, along with 4.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 31.8 minutes played per contest
Averaged 15.2 points per game in ACC play and lit it up in the NCAA Tournament, logging 23.4 points and 3.2 assists per game on 47.5 percent shooting from the field (38-of-80), 50.0 percent from beyond the arc (19-of-38) and 84.6 percent from the free throw line (22-of-26) in the Pack’s run to the Final Four
Tabbed to the Ann Meyers Drysdale USBWA National Player of the Year Watch List (one of 40 candidates), and was a WBCA All-America Team Regional finalist
Accepted an invitation as one of 12 players nationally to attend Kelsey Plum’s 2024 DAWG CLASS
One of two on the team to start in all 38 games
Led the team in scoring average, total points (637), field goals made per game (6.1), 3-pointers made per game (2.0) and total 3-pointers (75)
Logged 31 double-digit scoring games, 12 20-point games and two 30-pieces, and had seven contests with 5+ assists and 14 with 3+ 3-pointers
Got off to a great start with 26 points, 19 of those scored in the first quarter to break a program record, nailing five 3-pointers with five rebounds vs. Charlotte
Recorded 18 points in the Pack’s upset win over No. 2/2 UConn
Registered a team-high 18 points off four triples against Liberty
Tallied 16 points, six rebounds and five assists with no turnovers at USF and followed that up with 16 points off 8-of-10 from the free throw line with six boards at Old Dominion
Registered 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals vs. Virginia
Earned a career-high 33 points off 12-of-20 shooting from the field with eight rebounds, two assists and two steals, while playing all 40 minutes vs. Duke
Finished with 24 points for her fourth 20+ point game of the season at Boston College
Led the game with 28 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals vs. Louisville
Recorded 30 points, seven boards, two assists and three steals against Georgia Tech and followed that up with 24 points, nine rebounds and three assists at No. 24/24 North Carolina
Tabbed to the ACC All-Tournament First Team, having averaged 17 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game across the Pack’s three games
Logged 23 points, matched a career-high nine boards and had four assists vs. Florida State in the ACC Tournament Semifinals and played all 40 minutes and scored 12 points vs. Notre Dame in the championship game
Scored 19+ points in all five NCAA Tournament games, starting with a game-high 19 points off 5-of-10 from beyond the arc against Chattanooga
Recorded 22 points, seven assists and two steals, while playing all 40 minutes against Tennessee
Tore it up against No. 5/5 Stanford with an NCAA Tournament personal best 29 points off 8-of-14 shooting from the field, 10-of-11 from the line, with five assists
Logged 27 points behind a program record seven made 3-pointers with six boards and four assists vs. No. 1-seeded, fourth-ranked Texas
Tabbed Portland 4 Regional Most Outstanding Player and was named to the All-Tournament Team
Wrapped up NC State’s memorable season with 20 points vs. top-seeded, No. 1/1 South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament Final Four

2022-23 (SOPHOMORE):

Played in all 32 games during 2022-23 season, earning the starting nod in the last six contests of the year
Averaged 6.8 points and 2.3 assists in 18.8 minutes of action per game
Scored in double figures in eight games
Earned starting nod for first time in career in the Pack’s Feb. 19 game at Virginia Tech, in which she scored a career-high 20 points to lead the team and hit 3-of-6 3-pointers in the contest
In six starts, averaged 10.2 points, 4.3 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game
Shot career-best 5-of-6 from distance in 19-point outing against Davidson on Dec. 15, with her 3-point percentage ranked tied for fourth in the single-game program record books
One of two players on the team with a seven-assist game in 2022-23, accomplishing that mark twice in ACC games against Florida State and Pitt
Had total of 14 games with 3+ assists that season
Averaged 12.0 points, 4.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds at 2023 ACC Tournament
Score in double figure at the ACC Tournament for the first time with 14 against Notre Dame and 10 against Syracuse
Scored team lead-tying 18 points off the bench in Feb. 16 home win over UNC, logging 12 points in the fourth quarter and overtime alone for what was then her ACC high
Scored 11 points in the Pack’s Dec. 29 game against Duke to mark her first 10+ point performance against a ACC team

2021-22 (FRESHMAN):

All-ACC Freshman Team honoree, as selected by the league’s head coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel
Played in 25 games and averaged 4.2 points and 1.6 rebounds in 9.5 minutes per game
Scoring average ranked eighth among all ACC freshmen following the season
Played in first game as a member of the Pack against Wofford, scoring nine points in that game and dishing out a pair of assists
Logged double figures in scoring against Elon with a season-high 11 points, knocking down three triples and shooting 60 percent from distance
Matched season-high 11 points against Saint Mary's
Scored nine points at Virginia for the highest scoring mark in ACC play this season, knocking down a 3-pointer and shooting 4-of-7 overall
Scored nine points off the bench in ACC Tournament quarterfinal, tallying six of those in her first minute and a half of action
Made NCAA Tournament debut in Pack’s first round win over Longwood, scoring six points including a fake-out layup that was featured on SportsCenter that night
All-ACC Academic Team member

PRIOR TO NC STATE:

No. 21 in the class of 2021 Collegiate Girls Basketball Report rankings and seventh at her position
2020 VHSL 5A Player of the Year
VHSL First Team 5A All-State in both 2019 and 2020
Four-time VHSL Class 5 state champion
2020 All-Tidewater Player of the Year
2021 McDonald's All-America Game Nominee

COACH MOORE’S TAKE:
“Aziaha has a scorer’s mentality. Her ability to shoot the three with range as well as get to the rim allows her to score in bunches. She has the size and the strength to be a factor on the boards as well. We also like the fact that she comes from a very successful high school and travel team programs- she knows how to win.”