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2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster

31 Dejza James

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • High School Pleasant Grove HS
  • Hometown Sacramento, Calif.

Biography

SENIOR (2016-17)
Played in 29 games during her senior year and started in two of them … Averaged 5.3 points and was third on the team with 4.4 rebounds per game … Led the team in field goal percentage as she shot 45% from the field … Scored eight points, had four rebounds and blocked two shots against Alcorn State in the season opener in 15 minutes off the bench ... Played 10 minutes and grabbed one rebound against George Mason ... Grabbed two rebounds and recorded one steal in six minutes against North Texas ... Scored two points in against Southern Utah ... Had a good game off the bench as she scored 12 points in just 16 minutes while grabbing four rebounds ... Had a career night against Utah State as she scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 14 boards for her first career double-double, which she achieved in the first half alone with 11 points and 10 rebounds ... Scored four points, cleaned the glass for six boards and had a season-high three assists against Portland State in 18 minutes off the bench ... Played 17 minutes against No. 21 Cal and scored two points and had two rebounds and a steal ... Scored two points, had two boards and blocked a shot in 12 minutes off the bench against Colorado ... Scored eight points and grabbed six boards in just nine rebounds off the bench ... Scored 11 points and had four rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench against Washington ... Scored a career-high 18 points on 8-12 shooting and had eight rebounds against Oregon ... Grabbed 10 rebounds and had a career-high three blocks and three steals ... Posted her second-straight double-digit rebounding effort as she grabbed 11 boards against Washington State in a career-high 31 minutes ... Scored 11 points and had five rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench ... Recorded her second double-double on senior day against USC with 14 points and 12 rebounds … Had five rebounds against Oregon in the Pac-12 Tournament.

JUNIOR (2015-16)
Played in 13 of Arizona’s 32 games and started one of them against Gardner-Webb (12/21) … Averaged 5.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game … Opened the season against San Diego (11/21) and scored eight points while grabbing 10 rebounds in 21 minutes … Followed that up with seven points and five rebounds against Kansas (11/23) … Crashed the boards for a career-high 13 rebounds against New Mexico State (12/2) and added seven points with two blocks as well … Scored a career-high 16 points, cleaned the glass for nine rebounds and dished out five assists in a winning effort against Louisiana Tech (12/10) … Collected seven rebounds against George Mason (12/29) in 13 minutes of action … Scored seven points and finished with eight rebounds against California (1/4) in a victory … Scored 10 points and had six rebounds in her final game of the season against Washington (1/10) … Was forced to miss the rest of the season due to injury.

SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Played in all 30 games for Arizona averaging 13.2 minutes per contest totaling 395 on the season…Shot 48-of-124 (38.7%) from the field… Scored double-digit points on three different occasions this season…Averaged 3.6 points per game scoring 109 on the season… Shot 13-of-27 from the charity stipe shooting 48.1%... Recorded 2.9 rebounds per game and notched double-digit rebounds once this season totaling 88… Averaged 0.2 assists per game… Totaled 0.1 blocks and 0.3 steals per contest… Had a season-high 11 rebounds vs. UC Santa Barbara (11/25)...Recorded seven rebounds and two blocked shots at FIU (11/28)… Led the Cats with 14 points vs. Grambling State (12/3)…tallied a blocked shot at Arizona State (1/10)…Recorded four rebounds at Oregon State (2/15) 

FRESHMAN (2013-14)
Played in 10 games, averaging 3.7 points and 2.4 rebounds before tearing her ACL on December 21.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was named team captain her junior and senior years…Was named Most Valuable Player her senior year…Was named All-Conference all four years, All-City her junior and senior years and All-Region her junior year…Set the Pleasant Grove High School records for most points and most rebounds scored in a game…Led her team to a 20-9 finish her senior year…Won their league her freshman and junior year.

PERSONAL
Born Dejza Ujagar James…Daughter of Eric and Surinder James…Has two younger sisters…Plans to pursue communications at Arizona…Would like to be a broadcaster…Enjoys sleeping and eating in her free time.

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2012-13Redshirt

    Forward
    6'1"
    31
  • 31

    2013-14Freshman

    Forward
    6'1"
    31
  • 31

    2014-15Sophomore

    Forward
    6'1"
    31
  • 31

    2015-16Junior

    Forward
    6'1"
    31
  • 31

    2016-17Senior

    Forward
    6'1"
    31
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