James Bolden

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-0
Weight:
160
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Covington, Ky.
High School:
West Virginia / Holmes HS

Career Highlights

•   Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
•   Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
•   Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

Graduate Senior (2019-20)

•   Scored a season-high 24 points, shooting a career-high 7-of-12 (58 percent) from three, while grabbing 3 boards, an assist and a steal against Vanderbilt (3/3)Came off the bench to lead the Tide in scoring with a season-high 23 points while knocking down a career-best 6-of-8 threes in the win against Southern Miss (11/29)
•   Led the team in scoring with 15 points while registering 3 boards and an assist against Penn State (12/14)
•   Finished with 15 points while registering 3 rebounds and an assist vs. Florida (1/4)
•   Finished with 11 points, while registering 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals at Mississippi State (2/25)
•   Registered 11 points to go along with 6 boards and 4 assists against Georgia (2/8)
•   Grabbed 11 points and 2 rebounds against Auburn (1/15)
•   Scored 11 points while registering 2 boards and an assist against Mississippi State (1/8)
•   Came off the bench to record 10 points and 2 assists against Penn (11/5)
•   Knocked down a pair of threes and scored 10 points against Iowa State (11/28)
•   Grabbed 9 points, a rebound and an assist off the bench against Samford (12/18)
•   Finished with 8 points and 2 assists against Missouri (1/18)
•   Tallied seven points in the win over South Carolina (2/29)
•   Scored six points, grabbed three rebounds and dished out two assists against Texas A&M (2/19)

At West Virginia (2016-19)

•   A three-time Academic All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Second Team honoree
•   Played in 82 career games, starting 15 times, and finished his Mountaineer career with 635 points (7.7 ppg), while knocking down 210-of-492 (.427) field goals and 121-of-303 (.399) three-pointers
•   Played in 18 games while making 12 starts as a junior before an ankle injury sidelined him for the team’s final 18 contests
•   Ranked second on the team with 12.2 points per game, while adding 2.6 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 21.4 minutes per game as a junior
•   Finished his junior season shooting 40.9 percent (70-of-171) from the field, 34.9 percent (30-of-86) from beyond the arc and a team-leading 82.0 percent (50-of-61) from the charity stripe
•   Scored a career-best 31 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field and 4-of-9 from deep in a win over Oklahoma State (1/12/19)
•   Saw action in 37 games as a sophomore in 2017-18, making three starts
•   Averaged 8.7 points and 17.2 minutes per game, while topping West Virginia in three-point shooting (41.1 percent) and ranking second in threes made (69-of-168) and free throw percentage (83.7 percent)
•   Saw action in 27 games as a redshirt freshman in 2016-17, averaging 3.5 points and 5.8 minutes per game
•   Shot 46.4 percent from the field and 44.9 percent from three-point range
•   Sat out the 2015-16 campaign due to a knee injury that occurred prior to the start of the season

Prep Highlights

•   Played at Holmes High School under head coach Mark Listerman
•   Averaged 19.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game and led Holmes High as a senior
•   Led his team to the finals of the Ninth Region tournament for a third straight season in 2016, falling to eventual state champion Covington Catholic
•   Shot 46.3 percent from the floor, including 33.8 percent on three-pointers (69-of-204)
•   Finished career with 2,024 points, 464 rebounds, 402 assists and 227 steals
•   Averaged 20.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.8 steals as a junior
•   Shot 35.2 percent from three-point range and 82 percent at the free throw line
•   One of three juniors to make the Louisville Courier-Journal’s All-State First Team and one of two sophomores to make the first team in 2013
• Earned First Team All-State as a senior
•   Named to the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Boys All-State Basketball First Team as a senior, junior and sophomore
•   Two-time Player of the Year by the Northern Kentucky Boys’ Basketball Coaches Association and the Cincinnati Enquirer
•   Three-time selection to the Kentucky All-State Basketball Team
•   Averaged 18.5 points, 4.0 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 steals as a sophomore
•   Shot 42 percent from three-point line and 80 percent from the foul line as a sophomore
•   Holmes High finished the 2012-13 season with a 32-3 record and a spot in Kentucky’s Sweet 16 round
•   Played AAU basketball for the Kentucky Travelers

Personal

•   Born Jan. 16, 1996
•   Son of James Bolden Sr.
•   Graduated from West Virginia this summer with a degree in sport management
•   Pursuing a master’s degree in sports business management at Alabama