James Anderson (basketball) biography
Date of birth : 1989-03-25
Date of death : -
Birthplace : El Dorado, Arkansas
Nationality : American
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-04-28
Credited as : Basketball player NBA, shootong guard for the San Antonio Spurs, NBA Draft
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James Anderson is an American basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at Oklahoma State University. In 2010, Anderson was named Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and a first team All-American. He was picked by the San Antonio Spurs with the twentieth overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.
Career history
San Antonio Spurs (2010–present)
→ Austin Toros (2011)
CAREER:
Ranks fourth in school history with 1,811 career points … never missed a game in his college career (earned 99 starts in 101 games in his three seasons with the Cowboys) … finished with career averages of 17.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists … career scoring average of 17.9 ppg is the second highest in school history … played for Team USA in the 2009 World University Games … averaged 7.1 points and 2.4 rebounds in seven games as the US squad captured the bronze medal.
2009-10:
The 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year … named to the John Wooden All-American Team and earned second team All-American honors from the Associated Press … logged 33 starts as the Cowboys posted a 22-11 record … averaged 22.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.39 steals in 34.1 minutes … shot .457 (226-494) from the field, .341 (74-217) from three-point land and .810 (209-258) from the line … among NCAA Division I leaders ranked sixth in scoring and was tied for fifth in FT made … scored 735 points (the second highest single-season point total in Cowboy history behind the 797 points scored by Bryant Reeves in 1994-95) … led the team in scoring 23 times … scored in double-figures in all 33 games … had 20-or-more 22 times and finished with 30-or-more five times … scored a season-best 31 points three times: at Missouri on 1/30, vs. Oklahoma on 2/13 and vs. Baylor on 2/20 … finished with 30 points vs. Southern on 11/18 and at Kansas State on 1/23 … had a game-high 27 points as the Cowboys knocked off #1 ranked Kansas 85-77 in Stillwater on 2/27 … named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
2008-09: Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team … started all 35 games for the Cowboys … averaged 18.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.14 steals … shot .482 (209-434) from the field, .408 (84-206) from three-point land and .829 (136-164) from the line … ranked fourth in the Big-12 in scoring, fifth in FG percentage, fifth in 3PT-FG percentage, fifth in FT percentage and fifth in 3PT-FG made … first player in school history to score 30-or-more four times in their sophomore season: scored a career-high 37 points at Oklahoma on 3/7 … had 35 points (12-16 FG, 4-7 3PT-FG, 7-9 FT) at Texas on 2/10 … finished with 33 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals vs. Rhode Island on 12/20 … had 30 points and 10 boards vs. Colorado on 2/25 … twice named the Big-12 Player of the Week (12/22 and 2/23) … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
Career highlights and awards
Big 12 Conference Player of the Year (2010)
Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (2010)
Big 12 All-Rookie team (2008)
All-Big 12 First Team (2009)
All-Big 12 Second Team (2008)
USBWA All-District (2008)
Sporting News All-American First Team (2009)
McDonald's All-American (2007)
Parade All-American Third Team (2007)
