ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball program can add HBCU All-American to their list of historic players to don the Green and White as Michael James was bestowed the honor of being placed on the BOXTOROW First Team on Monday morning.
 
James, a junior guard from Byhalia, Mississippi, earned SWAC Newcomer of the Year and All-SWAC First Team accolades while winning six conference weekly awards throughout the course of the 2025-26 regular season.
 
The Meridian Community College transfer ranked top-15 in the nation for free throw percentage (90.4%), points per game (21.4), minutes per game (36:48), total points (685), field goals made (240), and field goal attempts (549).
 
A product of HW Byers High School, he also landed among the Southwestern Athletic Conference's best regarding field goal percentage (43.7%), steals per game (1.75), free throws made (123), and total steals (56) in addition to leading the league in three point percentage (34%), three-pointers per game (2.56), and total threes (82).
 

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