James Akinjo
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James Akinjo: 2022 Draft Prospect

Height: 6-1
Weight: 184
Position: PG
College: Baylor
Age: 21

2021-2022 Season Stats
PPG: 13.5
RPG: 2.8
APG: 5.8
BLK: 0.0
STL: 2.0

Player Bio
Courtesy of Baylor Athletics

A career .382 shooter from 3-point range, along with a career .815 clip from the free throw line … Averaging 5.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game, while posting a 1.97 career assist-to-turnover ratio … Scored in double-figures 49 times during his collegiate career, including 12 games with 20+ points ... Named 2021 All-Pac 12 First Team and 2019 Big East Freshman of the Year.
 
Prior to Baylor
Arizona: Started all 26 games for Arizona during the 2020-21 season … Averaged 15.6 points and 5.4 assists a game while shooting .401 from 3-point range … Earned All-Pac 12 First Team honors … Ranked second in the Pac 12 in assists per game (5.4) and third in the league in minutes per game (34.9) … Recorded a 2.35 assist-to-turnover ratio, fourth-best in the Pac 12 … Posted seven games with 20+ points in league play … Scored 22 points and added eight assists against Colorado in Pac-12 debut … Recorded 25 points and eight assists against eventual Final Four team UCLA … Posted career-high 26 points with seven assists in a 75-74 win over Washington.
 
Georgetown: Played all 33 games for Georgetown as true freshman in 2018-19 … Named 2019 Big East Freshman of the Year … Selected to Big East All-Freshman Team … Averaged 13.4 points and team-high 5.2 assists per game … Played seven games as sophomore in 2019-20 before electing to transfer to Arizona mid-year.
 
High School: A four-star prospect from Richmond, Calif. … Attended Salesian College Preparatory … Averaged 20.7 points, 5.2 assists, and 3.1 rebounds per game as a senior … Named San Francisco Chronicle Metro Player of the Year, Bay Area NewsGroup Player of the Year and SportsStars Magazine NorCal Player of the Year … Ranked as 90th-overall prospect in 247Sports.com’s composite rankings for the class of 2018.

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