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James Cotton

Position: Guard

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

School: Long Beach State (Men)

Draft: Denver Nuggets, 2nd round (4th pick, 33rd overall), 1997 NBA draft

2x All-Big West
Big West All-Freshman
1993-94 Big West ROY

SUMMARY

Career

PTS

18.2

TRB

4.4

AST

2.2

FG%

44.2

FG3%

36.9

FT%

80.0

eFG%

51.9

Per Game

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	SOS
1993-94	Long Beach State	Big West	FR	26	19	28.0	3.8	8.0	.469	2.7	5.0	.546	1.0	3.0	.342	2.8	3.7	.760	4.2	2.3	1.1	0.5	2.4	3.0	11.4	-0.20
1994-95	Long Beach State	Big West	SO	1	0	29.0	3.0	10.0	.300	3.0	3.0	1.000	0.0	7.0	.000	8.0	10.0	.800	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	14.0	3.67
1995-96	Long Beach State	Big West	SO	26	25	36.6	5.9	13.6	.433	3.3	7.2	.465	2.5	6.4	.398	5.2	6.7	.782	4.1	1.7	1.3	0.2	2.3	2.6	19.5	0.42
1996-97	Long Beach State	Big West	JR	27	27	35.9	7.3	16.5	.439	4.9	10.2	.484	2.3	6.3	.368	6.6	8.0	.833	5.0	2.6	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.6	23.5	-1.14
Career	Long Beach State			80	71	33.4	5.6	12.7	.442	3.7	7.4	.494	2.0	5.3	.369	5.0	6.2	.800	4.4	2.2	1.2	0.3	2.3	2.7	18.2	0.69

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Totals

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1993-94	Long Beach State	Big West	FR	26	19	727	98	209	.469	71	130	.546	27	79	.342	73	96	.760	109	59	28	13	63	78	296
1994-95	Long Beach State	Big West	SO	1	0	29	3	10	.300	3	3	1.000	0	7	.000	8	10	.800	1	3	1	0	3	3	14
1995-96	Long Beach State	Big West	SO	26	25	951	153	353	.433	87	187	.465	66	166	.398	136	174	.782	106	43	34	5	61	67	508
1996-97	Long Beach State	Big West	JR	27	27	968	196	446	.439	133	275	.484	63	171	.368	179	215	.833	134	69	36	9	60	69	634
Career	Long Beach State			80	71	2675	450	1018	.442	294	595	.494	156	423	.369	396	495	.800	350	174	99	27	187	217	1452

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1993-94	Long Beach State	Big West	FR	26	19	727	5.4	11.5	.469	3.9	7.2	.546	1.5	4.3	.342	4.0	5.3	.760	6.0	3.2	1.5	0.7	3.5	4.3	16.3
1994-95	Long Beach State	Big West	SO	1	0	29	4.1	13.8	.300	4.1	4.1	1.000	0.0	9.7	.000	11.0	13.8	.800	1.4	4.1	1.4	0.0	4.1	4.1	19.3
1995-96	Long Beach State	Big West	SO	26	25	951	6.4	14.8	.433	3.7	7.9	.465	2.8	7.0	.398	5.7	7.3	.782	4.5	1.8	1.4	0.2	2.6	2.8	21.4
1996-97	Long Beach State	Big West	JR	27	27	968	8.1	18.4	.439	5.5	11.4	.484	2.6	7.1	.368	7.4	8.9	.833	5.5	2.9	1.5	0.4	2.5	2.9	26.2
Career	Long Beach State			80	71	2675	6.7	15.2	.442	4.4	8.9	.494	2.3	6.3	.369	5.9	7.4	.800	5.2	2.6	1.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	21.7

Advanced

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1993-94	Long Beach State	Big West	FR	26	19	727	.581	.533	.378	.459	19.8
1994-95	Long Beach State	Big West	SO	1	0	29	.475	.300	.700	1.000	16.9
1995-96	Long Beach State	Big West	SO	26	25	951	.583	.527	.470	.493	12.3	3.0	1.0	4.0	.167
1996-97	Long Beach State	Big West	JR	27	27	968	.578	.510	.383	.482	9.9	3.6	0.9	4.5	.188
Career	Long Beach State			80	71	2675	.579	.519	.416	.486	13.0	6.6	1.9	8.5

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