James Southerland III (born April 28, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange.
High school career Southerland played for Coach Ron Naclerio at Cardozo High School. He participated in the 2006 Reebok ABCD Camp (N.J.). As a junior, he averaged 17.6 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists for Cardozo. Southerland helped the squad to a 22–5 record. For 2008–09, he moved to Notre Dame Prep. He was rated 87th among the Class of 2009 small forwards by Scouts Inc.
College career Over his four-year career, Southerland averaged 7.9 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting .449 from the field and .370 from three-point range in 112 games. With nine, he tied the school record for made threes in a single game, at Arkansas, on November 30, 2012, while scoring a career-best 35 points. Was named Big East Player of the Week on December 3, 2012. On January 11, 2013, in his final season at Syracuse, Southerland was declared ineligible due to an undisclosed academic issue. He was reinstated on February 10, after missing six games. On senior night at the Carrier Dome, he recorded his first collegiate double-double, by scoring 22 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, against DePaul. During the 2013 Big East tournament, Southerland set records for most three-pointers made in a game without a miss (6 vs Pittsburgh) and total number of threes made (20) in a single tournament, while being named to the All-Tournament team. Was selected as a member of the East Regional All-Tournament team during the 2013 NCAA tournament.
College statistics College Year GP GS MIN MPG FG FGA FG% FG3 FG3A 3FG% FT FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PTS PPG Syracuse 2009–10 13 0 97 7.5 16 39 .410 7 24 .292 2 4 .500 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 41 3.2 Syracuse 2010–11 28 2 396 14.1 52 121 .430 25 68 .368 7 10 .700 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 136 4.9 Syracuse 2011–12 37 0 593 16.0 96 206 .466 37 110 .336 23 33 .697 3.1 0.4 0.8 0.9 252 6.8 Syracuse 2012–13 34 11 1003 29.5 161 358 .450 84 211 .398 45 57 .789 5.2 1.1 1.5 0.9 451 13.3 Career 112 13 2089 18.7 325 724 .449 153 413 .370 77 104 .740 3.3 0.6 0.9 0.8 880 7.9
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Professional career After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Southerland played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the Orlando Summer League and the Golden State Warriors in the Las Vegas Summer League. On September 5, 2013, he signed with the Charlotte Bobcats.Bobcats Sign Free Agent Forward James Southerland He was waived by the Bobcats on December 11, 2013, after playing in just one game.Cats Sign Douglas-Roberts, Waive Southerland He was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA D-League eight days laterD-Fenders Acquire James Southerland and earned All-Rookie Second Team honors for the 2023–14 season. On April 11, 2014, he signed with the New Orleans Pelicans for the rest of the NBA season.PELICANS SIGN SOUTHERLAND
Southerland played for the Pelicans in the 2014 NBA Summer League and then spent the pre-season with the Portland Trail Blazers.Trail Blazers Announce Training Camp RosterTrail Blazers place James Southerland on waivers
Between October 2014 and December 2014, Southerland played in France for Limoges CSP.James SOUTHERLAND s’engage avec le Limoges CSP
After playing in the 2015 NBA Summer League for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Southerland moved to Italy to play for Vanoli Cremona.Vanoli Cremona announces James Southerland On January 15, 2016, he parted ways with Cremona after averaging 5.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in fourteen games.Vanoli Cremona, James Southerland part ways Two days later, he signed with Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga for the rest of the season.MBC announces James Southerland He averaged 13.5 points per game for Mitteldeutscher.
Southerland returned to Germany for the 2016–17 season, playing 11 games for s.Oliver Würzburg on a two-month contract.S.Oliver Wuerzburg signs James SoutherlandS.Oliver Wuerzburg, James Southerland part ways He joined the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League in December 2016. Following the G League season, he had a six-game stint in Puerto Rico for Indios de Mayagüez.
After playing in the 2017 NBA Summer League for the Utah Jazz, Southerland returned to the Santa Cruz Warriors for the 2017–18 season. On February 13, 2018, he was traded to the South Bay Lakers.
For the 2018–19 season, Southerland moved to Japan to play for SeaHorses Mikawa.
In December 2019, Southerland returned to Japan to play out the 2019–20 season with Yokohama B-Corsairs.
In January 2022, Southerland joined CAB Madeira of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol.
In September 2022, Southerland joined the NBA G League Ignite for the 2022–23 season.
On March 28, 2023, Southerland signed with the Wellington Saints for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season. He appeared in one game before being released on April 19 due to injury.
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| | style="text-align:left;"|Charlotte | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || – || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|New Orleans | 3 || 0 || 9.0 || .417 || .600 || .500 || 2.7 || .0 || .3 || .7 || 4.7 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 4 || 0 || 7.5 || .333 || .500 || .500 || 2.0 || .0 || .3 || .5 || 3.5
References
External links
Syracuse Orange bio FIBA.com profile