3 • James Williams

Senior • Guard •
5-10 • 180
DeSoto, Texas • DeSoto

As a Junior in 2005-06: Northeast Conference first team selection … Averaged 16.6 points a game, a career-best … Ranked third in the Northeast Conference in scoring … Also, registered 2.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game … Started all 28 games … Has the most consecutive starts of any active player with 58 … The NEC’s active leading scorer heading into 06-07 season with 1,239 points to his credit … Closed season ranked in the NEC top-15 in five individual categories … Drilled 89 three-pointers, an average of 3.2 triples a game … Shot 41.8 percent from long range on the season, fourth-best in the NEC … Williams’ 3.2 3-pointers were second-best in the league … Shot 82.4 percent from the free throw line, fifth in the conference … Closed 11th in assists per game among NEC statistical leaders … Logged double digit scoring in 26 games, including a stretch of 18 straight to close the season … Led or co-led the team in scoring in 21 games in 05-06 and 46 times now in his career … Played entire contest on three occasions and logged 35 or more minutes in 17 games … Scored a career-best 31 points, including six three-pointers against Monmouth on Feb. 11 … Went 6-for-8 from behind the arc in the game and 7-for-11 from the field … Hit six three-pointers at Scared Heart and versus Central Connecticut State … Finished with 23 points vs. CCSU on Jan. 7, adding six assists to the line … At Sacred Heart, all field goals made were from long range for 20 points … Had 25 points versus Fairleigh Dickinson (2/9), going 7-of-18 from the field and sporting a perfect 7-for-7 showing from the charity stripe … Poured in 23 points, including a crucial three-pointer in overtime, to lead Blackbirds to win at St. Francis (PA) on Jan. 12 … Added six assists and three 3-pointers … Had 14 points to open the Wellness Center on Jan. 26, all in the second half … Had five 3-pointers at Wagner on Feb. 24 for a team-high 17 points … Handed out season-best seven assists versus Monmouth on Feb. 11 … Went a career-best 11-for-11 from the free throw lane versus the Hawks, while adding two steals and a season-best five rebounds … Reached career milestone at St. Francis (NY) on Jan.18, going over the 1,000 point plateau … 26th player in LIU history to accomplish the feat… Ranked in several Blackbird career statistical categories; second in three-pointers made with 201 recorded during his three-year stay in Brooklyn … Third for three-pointers made in a season (89) ... Sixth all-time in assists (290).

As a Sophomore in 2004-05: Named to the Northeast Conference’s second team .... Ranked fourth in the league in scoring and his 16.3 points per game average will be highest of any returnee in the NEC in 05-06 ... Also fourth in conference in free-throw percentage (.812), sixth in three-pointers per game (2.3/gm), and 12th in assists (3.4 apg) .... led team in points - the only double figure scorer - and free throw percentage and minutes (36.8) ... Led team in scoring in 21 games and in assist column in 12 contests ... Averaged 18.3 points in league affairs .... One of only two Blackbirds to start all 29 contests (Maki-Tulokas was the other) ... Played the entire contest 11 times last winter and 33-plus minutes in 27 games ... Scored in double figures 44 times in his career following last season’s 27 games in double digits ... Registered 20 or more points in nine games ... Drilled 66 three-pointers, seventh most in a single season in the LIU record book ... The 66 treys are seventh-best in a single season in the LIU record book .. Netted 16 of his team-best 19 points in second half vs. St. Francis PA in NEC quarterfinals .... Went 7-of-9 from field vs. Robert Morris on Feb. 24, his best shooting performance of the season-- 4-of-5 from ‘3’ with five assists and no turnovers. ...Connected on 7-of-8 from three-point range (27 points) at Wagner in early December, one off the single-game record (8) set by Charles Jones- then the nation’s leading scorer- in 1998 ... Seven three-pointers were a career-best for the sharpshooter and was the top 3-point field goal percentage in a single game in Divison I for 10 weeks until Donnie McGrath from Providence went 9-of-9 from ‘3’ in early February ... Also had 25 points at Albany on Dec. 8, including the go-ahead trey to lift LIU to the overtime win ... Netted 24 points and set career highs by shooting 12-of-14 from the line in a 76-71 triumph over Quinnipiac.

As a Freshman in 2003-04: The Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year ... The first LIU player to earn the accolade since Richie Parker in 1997 ... Led all NEC freshmen in several categories, including scoring (11.5 ppg), assists (3.9), free throw percentage (.781) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.02:1) ... Second in league among first-year players with 46 three-pointers ... Paced the Blackbirds in assists, free throw percentage and 3-point field goal percentage (.374) ... Scored in double figures a team-best 18 times this winter ... Patrolled the floor a team-high 36.1 minutes a game ... Appeared in 26 games with 25 starts ... Netted a career-high 25 points -including four 3-pointers -versus Robert Morris on February 2 ... Registered a season-best 10 assists on three occasions ...Had first career double-double in third game, scoring 14 points and dishing out 10 assists against Delaware (12/3) ... Went 6-for-6 from the free throw line in that contest ... Had career-best five 3-pointers versus Central Conn. State (1/19) for 17 points ... Posted 20 points and eight rebounds against Quinnipiac on Jan. 16 ... Had 10 assists to go along with nine points and five rebounds verus Sacred Heart on Feb. 14 ... Had second double-double of season on Feb. 21 versus St. Francis (NY), scoring 11 points and posting 10 assists ... Consistent from the charity stripe, shooting 78.1 percent (89-114 FT) ... Had a least one 3-point field goal in 23-of-26 games ... NEC Rookie of the Week in mid-January ... Scored in every contest he appeared in ... Played entire contest -40 or more minutes - in six games ... Never played less than 31 minutes in any game.

High School
Attended DeSoto (TX) High School... Helped his school to its first Class 5A state championship in 2002-03 by averaging 14.3 points and 5.0 assists... Tallied a career-high 40 points as a senior... Named first team all-area and all-district.