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2004-05:  Appeared in each of the team’s 30 games, earning 12 starting assignments ... Chipped in 14 points and four rebounds in 28 minutes of action in the team’s C-USA Tournament victory over Cincinnati (3/10/05) ... Shot a perfect 3-of-3 from the field for seven points vs. Tulane (2/5/05) ... Tied a career high in assists with four at ECU (1/5/05) ... Scored 13 points while grabbing five rebounds in USF’s 72-70 loss at South Carolina (12/14/04) ... Shot 7-of-9 (3-of-5 from behind the 3-point arch), registering 17 points vs. Bethune-Cookman (11/29/04) ... Notched a career-high 24 points on 9-of-11 shooting (both field goals and field goal attempts were also career highs) vs. Stetson (11/26/04) ... Also tallied career highs in both 3-pointers and 3-point attempts (6-of-8) versus  the Hatters ... Concluded the year averaging 6.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per game ... Earned second letter.
       
2003-04:  Season was interrupted and eventually ended by a stress fracture in his left ankle ... Had problems with the ankle through the season and did not play after late-January ... Missed three games in January due to the injury, came back to play at Memphis, and then reinjured the ankle Jan. 30 ... Played in 11 games and averaged 15.8 minutes-per-game off the bench ... Top outing was his final one when he scored a career-high 10 points at Memphis (Jan. 27, 2004) on 4-of-6 shooting from the floor while playing a career-high 28 minutes ... Earned first letter. 

Junior College:  A key contributor to the success enjoyed by Schoolcraft College ? one of the nation’s top NJCAA programs ? in 2002-03, his only season in the program ... Averaged 14.3 points-per-game at the Livonia, Mich., school ... Connected on 53.4 percent (175-of-328) of his attempts from the floor including 40.6 percent (63-of-155) of his attempts from 3-point range ... Helped Schoolcraft to a 25-2 overall record, as well as to NJCAA Regional (XII) and District (XII) titles ... Coached by Carlos Briggs.

High School:  Senior season averages included 16.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.7 steals-per-game ... Shot 41.8 percent (51-of-122) from beyond the 3-point line ... Team reached the Michigan Class A state semifinals his senior season in 2001-02 ... Team won a regional title and then a quarterfinal game along the way to the state semifinals ... A tri-captain who helped Belleville to a 23-4 overall record ... Honorable-mention all-state by the Detroit News ... Also named to The Detroit News All-Metro West.
 
Personal:  Full name is James William Holmes ... Born Oct. 13, 1983, in Ypsilanti, Mich. ... Son of Rose Marie Hamilton ... Has seven siblings ... Majoring in communications.