Eastern Michigan Athletics
2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 2
James Thompson IV
- Position:
- F/C
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Baton Rouge, La.
- High School:
- Parkview Baptist
Bio
EMU: Joined the Eagles as a freshman prior to the 2015-16 campaign...2018-19: Finished his career as Eastern Michigan's all-time leading rebounder with 1,452, and will go down as one of the best to don the Green and White... Ended his career with 1,823 career points, good for sixth in EMU history... One of just three players to finish their careers with 1,000+ points and rebounds... Graduates with the all-time record for career field goal percentage with a .632 (701-of-1109) mark... Swatted 172 shots for his career, good for third all-time... His career rebound average of 11.0 puts him in third all-time... Also finishes with three of the top five single-season field goal percentages... Played in all 32 games making 30 starts on the season... Averaged 11.0 points and a Mid-American Conference-best 10.9 rebounds in 32.4 minutes per game in his final season... Not only led the MAC, but was second in the country in offensive rebounds per game with 4.1... Set a new career-high and a Convocation Center record while breaking the all-time rebound mark when pulling down 23 boards against Ball State, March 5... Scored double-digits on 18 occasions during the season, including two games of 20-or-more points... Also had 18 games of double-digit rebounding, including five games of 15-or-more boards... Scored a season-high 24 points while grabbing 14 rebounds against Detroit Mercy, Nov. 24... Named to the National Basketball Hall of Fame Kareem Abdul-Jabbar preseason watchlist as one of the nation's top 20 centers... Earned All-Mid-American Conference Second Team honors 2017-18: Started and played in all 35 of Eastern's games in his junior season... Named All-MAC First Team and NABC All-District 14 First Team, while also earning a spot on the All-MAC Defensive Team... Became just the third player in EMU history, joining Kennedy McIntosh and Derrick Dial, to join the 1,000 point and 1,000 rebound club during their career... Registered his 1,000th point in a 23-point outburst against Arkansas State, Nov. 16... Pulled down his 1,000th rebound at Bowling Green, Feb. 10... Averaged 14.5 points and 11.2 rebounds per game, one of just two players in the MAC to average double-digits in both categories... Led the conference in double-doubles (20), rebounds per game (11.2), field goal percentage (67.2), total blocks (67), offensive rebounds per game (4.1), and defensive rebounds per game (7.1)... Also ranked in the top 10 nationally in field goal percentage (third), offensive rebounds per game (third), rebounds per game (eighth), and double-doubles (eighth)... His field goal percentage of 67.2 percent (201-of-299) was the second highest for an Eagle in program history... He also finished with the third best single-season rebound total and was sixth-best in blocked shots... His 507 total points mark the 10th-best single-season output by a junior in EMU history... Was named MAC West Player of the Week on two occasions during the season, Jan. 18 and Feb. 19... 2016-17: Appeared in 32 games, starting all of them…Named to the All-MAC Second Team for the second straight year following the 2016-17 campaign…NABC All-District 14 Second Team honoree for second consecutive season…Named to the Academic All-MAC Team...Averaged 14.6 points per game, good for 16th in the MAC...Posted the second most rebounds in the conference at 11.2 per contest, which also ranked sixth in the nation…Connected on 57.4 percent (178-of-310) of his field goal opportunities, which is the second highest mark in the conference…Corralled 4.8 offensive rebounds per game is the best in the league and second-most in NCAA Division I basketball…Grabbed 358 rebounds, the third-most in a single season in EMU history…Recorded 20 double-doubles, which was the third-most in the conference…Became the first Eagle to score 20-plus points and grab 20-plus rebounds in a single game in the modern statistical era which dates back to 1998 when we scored 26 points and corralled 20 rebounds at Miami (Jan. 28)…Scored 20-or-more points on six occasions…Recorded 20-or-more rebounds in a pair of games…Grabbed 10-or-more rebounds in all but nine games played…Was named MAC West Player of the Week (Nov. 28)…Ranked eighth in the MAC in blocked shots with 29 and 0.9 per contest…2015-16: Named Eastern Michigan's second-ever Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year...Earned Second Team All-MAC accolades...Started in all 33 games...Connected on 64.5 percent (182-of-282) of his field goal attempts, good for the second-best in a single season in EMU history...Grabbed 352 rebounds which ranks as the fourth most in a single season...His 490 points scored was the most by a freshman at EMU in a single season...Tied a then-NCAA record of 26-straight field goals made over a four-game stretch...Led the Mid-American Conference in field goal percentage at 64.5 percent and rebounding at 10.7 per game...One-of-two student-athletes in the MAC to average a double-double at 14.8 points and 10.7 rebounds...Finished the year with the eighth-best field goal percentage in the NCAA...His 19 double-doubles were the 13th-most in the NCAA...Ranked third in the country in offensive rebounds per game with 4.52...Ranked 11th in the MAC in scoring with 14.8 points per game...Scored in double-digits in all but six games...Tied for the most rebounds in a game in Convocation Center history with 19 versus Kent State (Feb. 13)...His 26 first half points versus Marygrove (Nov. 25) ranks as the second-most in Convocation Center history for a single half...Grabbed double-digit rebounding performances in 20 games...Set a career-high with 32 points versus Marygrove (Nov. 25)...Blocked five shots versus Siena Heights (Nov. 20)...Had 15-or-more rebounds in four games...Led the Eagles in blocks with 47...High School: Played under Don Green at Parkview Baptist High School in Baton Rouge, La....Was voted his team's most valuable player as a junior and a senior...Was a three-time first team all-state award winner...Earned first team all-Baton Rouge Metro honors during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons....Averaged 24 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks per game as a senior, 20 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks as a junior and 17 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks in his sophomore stint...Played AAU ball for the Louisiana Future and Houston Hoops for Head Coach Titus Randle...Was a key factor in Houston Hoops' run to the championship of the Fab 48 in Las Vegas, Nev. during the summer of 2013...Personal: Full Name: James Thompson IV...Son of James Thompson III and Yosiata Steptore...Has one sister, Jamienne...Major: Biology.
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