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Zuri James Bio

2010-11 (SOPHOMORE) - Played in 30 games, making 15 starts ... Averaged 5.2 points per game and scored in double-figures in eight games ... Scored career-high against Auburn (12-29) with 18 points ... Knocked down four three-pointers in three different games, dialing in against Auburn (12-29), Furman (1-15) and at Furman (2-10) ... Posted 16 points at Furman (2-10) with 14 against Wofford (1-12) and 13 at home against The Citadel (2-19) ... Pulled four rebounds in back-to-back games versus Western Carolina (1-5) and at Appalachian State (1-8) ... Recorded 19 steals with a pair against Georgia State (12-22), Auburn (12-29), Western Carolina (1-5) and UNC Greensboro (2-24) ... Averaged 22.4 minutes per game and played a career-high 37 minutes against Western Carolina (1-5).

AT TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2008-09) - Played in 27 games with five starts ... Averaged 5.8 points per game and 1.1 assists per game ... Earned Panhandle Conference All-Academic honors ... Scored 12 points in his collegiate debut against Gordon College ... Reached double figures in eight games ... Best game for the Eagles was an 18-point, five-rebound versus Genesis One Elite ...  Recorded 13 points - including 4-of-6 from behind the arc - and five rebounds in a season-high 29 minutes against Daytona State.

HIGH SCHOOL - Twice named Class AA All-State Honorable Mention (2007, 2008) by the Georgia Sports Writers Association ... Earned Second-Team All-CityLife in 2008 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Served as team captain his junior and senior years ... Averaged 23.1 points and was the eighth-leading scorer in the state ... Named one of Georgia's Top 30 Players as both a junior and senior by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club ... Played in the East-West Georgia All-Star game his senior year ... Touted as one of the five most talented guards in Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Earned All-Region 1 and First-Team All-Metro accolades ... Helped Pace to a spot in the Elite Eight of the Georgia AA State Tournament in 2008 ... Paced finished ranked No. 8 in the Coaches' Poll and No. 6 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Averaged 17 points and eight rebounds his junior year.

PERSONAL - Full name is Zuri Kaman Ade James ... Born on November 9, 1989, in Brooklyn, NY. ... Son of Brent and Karen James ... Intended major is finance. 

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