Tucker James
1 Tucker James
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Essex Fells, N.J.
  • High School:
    Bergen Catholic
  • Position:
    A
  • gp
    15
  • p
    55
  • g
    33
  • a
    22

Bio

As a junior: All-NEC First Team ... NEILA All New England Second Team ... All-NEC Tournament Team ... NEILA Preseason Second Team ... USILA Preseason Honorable Mention ... NEC Player of the Week ... Appeared in and started all 15 games at attack ... Led team with a career high 55 points on 33 goals and 22 assists ... Led NEC with 1.47 helpers per game and ranked second with 2.20 goals per game and 3.67 points per game ... Tied the program record for points in a game (13) and set the Division I record for assists in a game (7) against Wagner on April 9 ... Scored at least three goals five times and had five games with at least five points .. Added 41 ground balls to finish third on the team and three man-up goals to sit second on the squad. 

As a sophomore: All-NEC First Team ... Started all 18 games at attack, leading the Bulldogs with 34 goals ... Finished second on the team in points (50) and assists (16) ... Ranked fourth with 37 ground balls ... Ranked in the top-10 in the league in goals per game (4th), points per game (5th), assists per game (8th) and shots per game (10th) ... Fired 103 shots on the season ... Netted four hat tricks on the season, including a career-high six goals in a win over Sacred Heart April 7 ... Found the back of the net in all but a single contest ... Registered at least one point in all 18 games ... Tallied the game-winning goal in a 5-3 victory over Wagner April 4 ... Notched a man-up score against Hartford Feb. 21 ... Forced three caused turnovers.

As a freshman: NEC Rookie of the Year ... All-NEC Second Team ... NEC All-Rookie Team ... NEC Player of the Week ... Five-time NEC Rookie of the Week ... Ranked fifth in the nation among all rookie scorers, tallying 31 goals ... Finished tied for second on the team in points (51) and assists (20) and third in goals (31) ... Ranked in the NEC top-10 in assists per game (10th), ground balls per game (ninth) points per game (eighth) and shot percentage (fifth) ... Led the team with seven man-up goals ... Scored the team's only man-down goal of the year ... Recorded five hat tricks as a rookie, posting a career-best four against #17 Drexel and again against second-seeded Syracuse in the Bulldogs' NCAA First Round win ... Totalled a season-best six points against the Orange ... Scored at least one goal in 14 contests and recorded at least one point in 17 ... Netted the game winner against #13 Albany ... Collected 56 ground balls, good for second on the team, and one caused turnover.     

Before Bryant: A 2013 graduate of Bergen Catholic High School, James was a three-year varsity starter for the Crusaders … Led team to a Gibbs Conference title in 2013 … Named Gibbs Conference Player of the Year and a first team all-state selection as a senior … Also named first team all-conference, first team all-county, first team all-non-public and first team All-North Jersey … 2013 Second Team All-MSG Varsity … Participated in the 2013 New Jersey North/South All-Star Game … Named a second team all-conference and all-county selection as a junior … Also earned four varsity letters in ice hockey … Senior captain in both hockey and lacrosse … Earned Principal's List honors as a junior and senior … Four-year honor roll student.

Personal: Son of Jody and Greg James, Tucker James was born January 12, 1995 … Has one brother, Griffin, and one sister, Meredith, who plays lacrosse at Bryant.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals:
6, twice (last vs. Wagner, 4/9/16)
Assists: 7 vs. Wagner, 4/9/16
Points:
13 vs. Wagner, 4/9/16
Ground balls: 6, three times (last at Saint Joseph's, 5/2/15)
Caused turnovers: 1, eight times (last vs. Hobart, 5/5/16)

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 9 Wagner W, 18-5
Apr 16 at Saint Joseph's L, 10-9
Apr 19 Mount St. Mary's W, 12-7
Apr 23 Hobart W, 15-2
Apr 26 at Sacred Heart W, 9-3
May 5 #3 Hobart L, 7-6
  Overall Conf
Games 15 6
Points 55 30
Goals 33 18
Assists 22 12
Man-up goals 3 1
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 41 17
Turnovers 20 7
Caused turnovers 4 0
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 104 42
Shooting percentage 31.7 42.9
Shots on goal 57 28
Shots on goal percentage 54.8 66.7
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 6 Manhattan W, 16-3 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 9 22.2 3 33.3
Feb 14 Bucknell L, 11-10 1 2 3 0 0 3 1 1 0-0 6 16.7 2 33.3
Feb 20 at Providence W, 12-10 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 3 33.3 2 66.7
Feb 27 at Hartford W, 16-11 5 3 8 1 0 5 2 1 0-0 10 50.0 6 60.0
Mar 5 #6 Yale L, 14-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0-0 4 0.0 1 25.0
Mar 8 #8/7 Harvard W, 12-9 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 7 14.3 5 71.4
Mar 12 Drexel L, 14-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0-0 5 0.0 2 40.0
Mar 15 at Siena   - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 2 at Robert Morris W, 13-12 4 1 5 0 0 5 1 0 0-0 6 66.7 5 83.3
Apr 5 at #2/3 Brown W, 11-10 2 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0-0 10 20.0 3 30.0
Apr 9 Wagner W, 18-5 6 7 13 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 9 66.7 7 77.8
Apr 16 at Saint Joseph's L, 10-9 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0-0 7 28.6 4 57.1
Apr 19 Mount St. Mary's W, 12-7 5 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0-0 8 62.5 5 62.5
Apr 23 Hobart W, 15-2 1 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 7 14.3 3 42.9
Apr 26 at Sacred Heart W, 9-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0-0 5 0.0 4 80.0
May 5 #3 Hobart L, 7-6 3 0 3 1 0 3 2 1 0-0 8 37.5 5 62.5
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2013-14 21 21 31 20 51 7 1 56 36 1 0-0 88 35.2 52 59.1
2014-15 18 18 34 16 50 1 0 37 20 3 0-0 103 33.0 56 54.4
2015-16 15 15 33 22 55 3 0 41 20 4 0-0 104 31.7 57 54.8
2016-17 19 19 43 27 70 6 0 47 45 11 0-0 144 29.9 87 60.4
Total 73 73 141 85 226 17 1 181 121 19 0-0 439 32.1 252 57.4
    gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Event Total 15 15 33 22 55 3 0 41 20 4 0-0 104 31.7 57 54.8
Conference 6 6 18 12 30 1 0 17 7 0 0-0 42 42.9 28 66.7
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Location Home 9 9 19 16 35 2 0 23 9 2 0-0 63 30.2 33 52.4
Away 6 6 14 6 20 1 0 18 11 2 0-0 41 34.1 24 58.5
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Result Wins 10 10 27 20 47 2 0 25 11 2 0-0 74 36.5 43 58.1
Losses 5 5 6 2 8 1 0 16 9 2 0-0 30 20.0 14 46.7
Month February 4 4 9 8 17 1 0 12 4 3 0-0 28 32.1 13 46.4
March 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 8 4 0 0-0 16 6.3 8 50.0
April 7 7 20 13 33 1 0 18 10 0 0-0 52 38.5 31 59.6
May 1 1 3 0 3 1 0 3 2 1 0-0 8 37.5 5 62.5

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