#32 India Ali

5-5, Senior

Guard

Lithonia, Georgia

High School: Southwest DeKalb

High School Coach: Kathy Richey-Walton

AT HOFSTRA

2006-07: Played in 31 games...Averaged 0.7 points, 0.6 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game...Recorded 15 steals...Scored a season-high six points at Stetson...Had four points at Georgia State...Added four assists and four steals in Stetson game...Averaged 7.8 minutes per game.

2005-06: Started 18 of 31 games...Averaged 3.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and a team high 3.6 assists per game...Ranked second on the team with 51 steals (1.6 per game)...Led team in assists 14 times...Ranked sixth in the CAA in assists and 10th in steals...Scored a career-high-tying 12 points at Harvard...Had 10 points at Pepperdine...Pulled down a career best seven rebounds at William & Mary...Contributed a season-high seven assists versus Old Dominion twice and William & Mary...Picked up four steals at Pepperdine...Averaged 3.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in conference play...Averaged 23.9 minutes per game.

2004-05: Played in 26 games, making 14 starts...Averaged 3.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and a team-high 3.5 assists per game...Fell one assist shy of tying the school record with 12 at home versus Virginia Commonwealth...The 12 assists ranked as a CAA individual season-high as well, besting the next highest total by three...Ranked sixth in the CAA in assists per game and was second in assist to turnover ratio (1.2:1)...Had four or more assists on 12 occasions, including 11 times against conference opponents...Led the team in assists 12 times...Posted a team-high 35 steals on the year...Season high of 12 points came at William & Mary...Pulled down season-high six rebounds at home against Drexel...Averaged 3.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists in conference games...Started 14 of Hofstra's 18 CAA contests...Averaged 26.3 minutes per game.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL

Played four years of basketball at Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia...Street and Smith honorable mention All-America selection prior to senior season...Three-time All-DeKalb County selection...Averaged 12 points, seven assists and eight steals per game as a senior, and 10 points, eight assists and eight steals per game as a sophomore and junior...Honor Roll student...Named to Who's Who of American High School Students...Member of the United States Academic Academy...Born November 9, 1986...Has two brothers...Hobbies include writing poetry, drawing and sculpting...Also recruited by Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern and Florida A&M...Art Club volunteer, teaching elementary school and special education students...Marketing major.

Getting to know India

Favorites

            Book: "The Autobiography of Malcom X" 

            Actor/Actress: Eddie Murphy/Angelina Jolie

            Musicians: Andre 3000 and Lauryn Hill

            Athletes: Deanna Nolan and Jeff Francouer

            Sport other than basketball: baseball and football

            Broadway show: "The Lion King"

Most embarrassing basketball memory: In a summer league game, I was on a fast break and pulled up for a three ?pointer as we were down by six late in the game and out of nowhere a member of the other team came from behind me and blocked my shot into the stands.

Teammate most likely to win "So You Think You Can Dance": Isoken Uzamere

Teammate most likely to win "American Idol": Britne Rodgers

What is something that very few people know about you? I am an artist in every aspect imaginable and I am destined for greatness.

What is your best memory with the Hofstra Basketball team? Every year and every season has been a different and enjoyable experience. No one memory stands out in my mental Rolodex. There is no best, they all were and are great. Can't wait to create many more.

Career Highs:                                                                                 

PTS: 12, twice, most recently at Harvard, 12-28-05                                          

REBS: 7 at William & Mary, 2-3-06

ASTS: 12 vs. Virginia Commonwealth, 1-30-05

FGM: 5 at Harvard, 12-28-05

FGA: 11 vs. Towson, 1-9-05

3FGM: 2 at Harvard, 12-28-05

3FGA: 4, twice, most recently vs. UNC Wilmington, 2-13-05

FTM: 6, twice, most recently vs. St. John's, 12-11-05                              

FTA: 10 at William & Mary, 1-14-05

OR: 4, twice, most recently at William & Mary, 2-3-06

DR: 4, several times, most recently at Georgia State, 1-22-06

TO: 7 at Old Dominion, 1-16-05

BS: 1, twice, most recently vs. Delaware, 2-12-06               

ST: 5 vs. UNC Wilmington, 2-13-05

MIN: 39, twice, most recently at James Madison, 2-11-05