Oklahoma State University Athletics
JamesOn Curry
October 11, 2006 | Cowboy Basketball
2005-06 (Sophomore season at Oklahoma State)
• was second on the team in scoring, averaging 13.5 points per contest.
• led the squad in assists (132) and three-pointers made (64).
• scored a career-high 30 points in the Dec. 18th game against Mercer, the 79th 30-point game in school history.
• set a career high with 10 assists vs. Detroit on Nov. 22, and matched that total against Gonzaga on Dec. 10.
• also had 16 points in the game vs. Detroit, his first-career double-double.
• nearly had his first double-double in points and assists with 22 points and nine boards against Texas on Feb. 19.
• became just the ninth player in school history to record multiple games with 10 or more assists in his career.
• became just the seventh player in school history to record multiple double-doubles in assists and points.
• his 132 assists on the season rank in the top 20 in OSU’s single-season record book.
• that total is the third-most by a Cowboy sophomore in school history.
• connected on 63 three pointers, tying for the 10th most in a single season in school history.
• his 225 career assists rank 18th on the career lists entering his junior season.
• his 109 career three-pointers made ranks 11th on the career list entering his junior season.
Summer of 2005 (USA Basketball)
• selected to participate in the USA Basketball Under 21 Team Trials in July.
• forced to pull out due to injury before the trials were completed.
• named to the preseason list of the 2006 Wooden Award.
2004-05 (Freshman season at Oklahoma State)
• burst onto the Big 12 scene midway through the season, averaging 9.4 points and 2.8 assists per game.
• came off the bench the first 17 games of the season, averaging 5.8 points in 18 minutes per contest.
• started the game at Colorado on Jan. 30, and started 15 of the final 16 games.
• in those final 16 contests, his minutes per game rose to 31.8, and his point production increased to 13.3 per contest.
• shot 47.4 percent from the floor, including 43.3 percent from three-point range.
• those averages rose to 51.3 and 48.3, respectively, during Big 12 Conference play.
• shot 75.9 percent from the free-throw line for the season, but that average bloomed to 91.3 percent (21 of 23) in six postseason games.
• was 8-of-12 from long range in three NCAA Tournament games.
• in his first start, scored a career-high 22 points against the Buffaloes in Boulder on 8-of-11 shooting from the floor, including 6-of-8 from long range.
• also had six assists and no turnovers in that game.
• three games later against Oklahoma, he matched his career best, tying Joey Graham for team honors with 22 points.
• grabbed a career-high eight rebounds at Texas, and had a career-best four steals against Northwestern State in his first collegiate game.
• dished out a career-high seven assists vs. Kansas in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City with no turnovers, and matched the seven dishes vs. Arizona in the Sweet 16.
High School
• lettered four years for coach John Moon at Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, N.C.
• holds the all-time state of North Carolina high school scoring record with 3,307 points.
• broke the previous record held by Lawrence “Cotton” Clayton, who scored 2,758 points for Kittrell Zeb Vance High School in Henderson, N.C., from 1956-59.
• averaged 40.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and six assists per game his senior season.
• scored a career-high 65 points in a 100-72 victory over Southern Guilford on Jan. 19, connecting on 25-of-39 shots from the floor, including 9-of-16 shots from three-point range.
• also had a season-high 11 rebounds in that contest.
• lowest output of the season was a 25 point effort vs. Western Alamance one game later.
• against Southern Alamance High School on Dec. 9, JamesOn nearly recorded a quadruple-double with 47 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and nine steals.
• for the season, he shot 53.8 percent from the field, including 40.4 percent from beyond the three-point arc, and 83.8 percent from the free-throw line.
• a two-time first-team All-State selection by the Associated Press.
• was considered one of the top combo guards in the country his senior year.
• ranked as the ninth-best point guard in the nation according to RivalsHoops.com, and was ranked the 16th-best shooting guard in the country by TheInsiderHoops.com.
• rated as one of the top-75 players overall in the nation by both services.
• originally signed a letter of intent with North Carolina during the early signing period, but was released from that committment and later signed with Oklahoma State.
Personal
Born Jan. 7, 1986, JamesOn is the son of Connie and Leon Curry. He has a sister, LeConnda. JamesOn enjoys writing poems, rap, listening to music and watching movies. He is undecided on his major at Oklahoma State.
