Tyasha Harris

All-SEC Second Team (Coaches, AP)
WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
WBCA All-Region
Nancy Lieberman Award finalist

All-SEC Second Team (Coaches, AP)
WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
WBCA All-Region
SEC All-Tournament Team
 

SEC All-Freshman Team
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 

2019 Pan Am Games, silver medal
2017 FIBA U19 World Championship, silver medal
2016 FIBA U18 Americas Championship, gold medal

In the Record Books

 
Career Summary

• As the starting point guard for 3-1/2 seasons, her teams never finished lower than 16th in the country and ended in the top 10 three times, including a pair of top-three finishes to bookend her career – No. 1 in 2020 and No. 3 in 2017
• In four seasons, helped Gamecocks to the 2017 NCAA National Championship, the 2018 Elite Eight and the 2019 Sweet 16 along with two SEC Regular-Season Championships, three SEC Tournament crowns and the program’s first final No. 1 ranking at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2019-20 season
• Teams went 118-22 (.843) in her career, highlighted by a 38-17 mark (.691) against nationally ranked opponents
• Left the Gamecocks as the holder of seven career program records (assists, assist-to-turnover ratio, games played, assists vs. SEC, average assists vs. SEC and SEC games played and SEC games started), six single-season record marks and one single-game record
• Ranks 19th in school history in scoring (1,340 points) and is the only Gamecock to amass 1,000 points and 700 assists in her career
• Her 702 career assists ranked ninth all-time in the SEC
• Increased her scoring output each season of her career, fully balancing her own offensive aggression with high assist numbers to keep all of the offense engaged
• Was the team leader in assists in 102 of her 139 career games, including 29 of 33 games her senior season

Senior Year (2019-20)

• Led the SEC in assists overall (5.7, 12th in NCAA) and in league games (5.9), also leads in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.8, 10th in NCAA)
• Notched the 11th double-double of her career in the SEC Championship game against Mississippi State (March 8) with 10 points and 10 assists
• Efficient first quarter at Florida (Feb. 27) with five of her eight assists coming in the period, which she closed on a personal 5-0 run to break open a tight game
• Flawless 40-minute, double-double (19 pts/11 assts) performance against #5/6 UConn (Feb. 10) included 12 points and six assists by halftime and no turnovers in the game
• Tallied seven assists at Georgia (Jan. 26) to become the Gamecock’s all-time leader in career assists
• Dropped 10 points and assisted on four of the Gamecocks’ other five field goals in the first quarter against #9/9 Mississippi State (Jan. 20) and netted the last five of the game to seal the win
• Poured in 10 fourth-quarter points to hold off Alabama (Jan. 5) rally attempt
• Set the tone early against Purdue (Dec. 15) with eight points and four assists in the opening 10 minutes
• Scored 12 of her 21 points at Temple (Dec. 7) in the fourth quarter to boost the Gamecocks to victory
• Got offense on track vs. #2/2 Baylor (Nov. 30) with a 3 and a steal turned layup to end an 8-2 opening run and steadied the Gamecocks late with a pair of free throws after the Lady Bears pulled within two in the fourth quarter
• Hit a 3 to cap a 9-0 run to open the fourth quarter against Washington State (Nov. 29), putting the game away
• Used a steal and layup to join the 1,000-point club in the third quarter against USC Upstate (Nov. 21)
• Controlled tempo in fourth quarter at #4/5 Maryland (Nov. 10) and scored five points in the final 1:07 to seal win
• Opened the season with stat-stuffing performance against Alabama State (Nov. 5), including five of her 11 points in the third quarter as Gamecocks pulled away after halftime

Junior Year (2018-19)

• Earned a spot on the All-SEC Second Team from both league coaches and the AP for the second-consecutive season
• Ranked third in the SEC and 30th in the nation in assists per game (5.3), eighth in nation in assist/turnover ratio (3.2)
• During SEC play – 6.2 apg (2nd) and 3.3 assist-to-turnover ratio (T-2nd)
• Moved into fourth place in program history in career assists as part of her six against #1/1 Baylor (Mar. 30) in the NCAA Sweet 16
• Posted three 20-point games among her team-high 17 double-digit scoring outings, including eight of the last nine games
• Dished out five or more assists 21 times in her 33 games played
• Called her own number in the final minute against #25/22 Florida State (Mar. 24) and sank an and-one with 27.2 seconds left to lift the Gamecocks to the Sweet 16
• Helped open up the NCAA first-round game against Belmont (Mar. 22) in the third quarter, serving up an alley-oop pass to begin the second half and hitting a late 3 … notched her 500th career assists in the period as well
• Took over in third quarter of SEC Tournament quarterfinal against Arkansas (Mar. 8) scoring on three straight possessions and hitting a three at the buzzer to give Carolina the 74-73 lead heading into the final 10 minutes … hit a pair of free throws and turned her steal into a layup to make it a four-point game with :31 to play
• Scored 11 of her team-high 20 points against #5/5 Mississippi State (Mar. 3) in the second half, including layup off a steal to make it a two-point game with 42 seconds left as part of seven-point fourth quarter
• Hit eight clutch free throws in the fourth quarter at Auburn (Feb. 28) to go with 10 assists, marking her second-straight double-double
• All-around impact at Tennessee (Feb. 24) – career-high14 assists, team-high tying seven rebounds, four steals and scoring 11 points … posted her second double-double in three games
• Dished out six of her 10 assists in the second quarter to take back the lead at Florida (Feb. 17) to secure her first double-double of the season
• Played all 20 minutes of the first half at #4/5 UConn (Feb. 11), scoring all 11 of her points in the opening half
• Registered nine assists against Ole Miss (Feb. 7), including five in the third quarter, while committing zero turnovers in 23 minutes
• Scored 10 of her 15 points at Arkansas (Feb. 3) in the fourth quarter, including five straight to give Carolina its first lead of the game
• Hit her second 3 of the game to end a 6:00 second-quarter scoring drought against Vanderbilt (Jan. 28)
• Scored 12 of her 16 points during the third quarter against #25/- Missouri (Jan. 21), including back-to-back threes and scoring the final four points for Carolina to build a 64-49 lead
• Scored or assisted on 18 of the first 22 Gamecock points against Florida (Jan. 10)
• Hit a clutch bucket with 1:36 to go at #21/21 Texas A&M (Jan. 3) to end three-minute scoring drought and give Gamecocks three-point lead
• Sank a career-high eight free throws at Purdue (Dec. 16), including five in the two overtime periods to help seal the victory, adding seven assists for the second-straight game
• Scored six of Gamecocks’ last 10 points to close out Dayton (Nov. 28) and cap her season-best 24-point outing
• Netted seven of her 18 points against Drake (Nov. 24) early in the fourth quarter to keep Gamecocks close

 
Sophomore Year (2017-18)

• Earned a spot on the All-SEC Second Team from both the league’s coaches and the Associated Press, leading the conference in assists per game and ranking second in assist-to-turnover ratio both overall and in league play
• Picked up WBCA All-Region honors after ranking among the nation’s top 35 in assists per game (21st, 6.1) and assist-to-turnover ratio (33rd, 2.4) to go along with her 10.4 points per game
• Earned a spot on SEC Tournament All-Tournament team with 9.0 points and 6.3 assists per game at the event
• Selected to be a team captain
• Led team in assists in 31 of 36 games on the season, including every SEC game, and set the school record for single-season assists (220) and minutes played (1,208)
• Posted six double-doubles, the most points-assists double-doubles in a season in Gamecock history, while ranking as one of just three Gamecocks in the SEC era to record multiple such double-doubles
• All three of her 20-point games came against ranked opponents – 20 at #15/13 Maryland (Nov. 13), 28 vs. #6/6 Tennessee (Jan. 14), 20 at #20/19 Georgia (Feb. 15)
• Opened SEC play with seven straight double-figure scoring games and finished league play with three double-doubles to average 6.5 assists and 11.0 points
• Turned into a timely scorer in the second and fourth quarters of the SEC Tournament title game against #2/2 Mississippi State (Mar. 4), netting all 14 of her points in those two periods, including eight fourth-quarter points on 4-of-4 shooting to stave off a Bulldog comeback
• Scored 10 of her 20 points at #20/19 Georgia (Feb. 15) in the third quarter as Gamecocks turned two-point halftime lead into an 11-point advantage
• After opening the game shooting 2-of-11, hit 5-of-7 from the field in the fourth quarter against Florida (Feb. 11), including a pair of 3s and a layup after the Gators had closed within five with 6:59 to play
• Dished out career-high 13 assists at Kentucky (Jan. 21) for her sixth double-double of the season
• Posted back-to-back double-doubles at #15/15 Missouri (Jan. 7) and vs. Auburn (Jan. 11), adding six rebounds and four steals against Auburn
• Notched her first career double-double against Western Carolina (Nov. 30) and went on to add two more over the next four games
• Narrowly missed her first career double-double with nine assists and 20 points at #15/13 Maryland (Nov. 13), including the team’s final six points after the Terps had closed within three with 38 seconds to play

 
Freshman Year (2016-17)

• Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team
• Started 27 games, moving into the full-time role at the start of SEC play
• Dished a team-high 3.2 assists per game to rank 14th in the SEC and was the league’s top freshman with a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio … assist average rose to 3.8 in SEC play, ninth-best in the league, with the fourth-best assist-to-turnover ratio in league play (2.4)
• Turned in 11 games of five or more assists, committing more than two turnovers just seven times in 37 games with 10 turnover-free games, including six in which she played at least 25 minutes, including at #1/1 UConn and in the NCAA semifinal against #6/6 Stanford
• Hit 3-of-4 free throws in the final 30 seconds of the NCAA semifinal against #6/6 Stanford (Apr. 2) to stretch a five-point lead to the victory
• Shined on both ends of the floor in the NCAA Elite Eight against #10/13 Florida State (Mar. 27) after notching 16 points and three steals … grabbed a career-best six rebounds, including a crucial offensive board that led to a layup that pushed Carolina’s lead to five with 1:42 to play … sealed the victory after intercepting an in-bounds pass and converting a pair of free throws to make it a seven-point advantage with eight seconds remaining
• Enjoyed a productive offensive showing against #22/- Kentucky (Feb. 26) with a career-high eight assists to go with 13 points
• Opened scoring at #25/- Kentucky (Feb. 2) with a 3-pointer and dished out three of her five assists during 22-4 run to close the second quarter
• Gave Gamecocks first lead over #4/4 Mississippi State (Jan. 23) with clutch third-quarter 3 as part of 13-2 run that overcame seven-point halftime deficit
• Impacted the game on both ends of the floor against Georgia (Jan. 12) with career highs in points (11) and steals (4) … connected on three 3s, including one from the right corner that answered a Georgia 3-pointer and sparked a pivotal 7-1 Gamecock run in the fourth quarter  
• Impressed against Minnesota (Dec. 11) in first career start with nine points and three 3-pointers, including the first basket of the game that sparked a 15-0 run
• Played a great all-around game against #14/15 Texas (Dec. 1) in a career-high 30 minutes of action, notching three steals and reaching double figures (10) for the first time … netted four-straight points late in the fourth quarter to put the game out of the Longhorns’ reach
• Drew the second-half start against #4/4 Louisville (Nov. 27), logging 14 of her 29 minutes during the half and dishing out five of her career-high six assists in that time

 
High School

• Ranked as the No. 27 recruit overall and the No. 8 point guard in the 2016 Class
• Earned a spot on the Naismith and USA Today All-America Third Teams (2016)
• Finalist for Indiana’s Miss Basketball award
• Helped Heritage Christian to three straight state titles, including the 2016 championship in the program’s first season in Class 3A
• Averaged 23.5 points as a senior
• Is her high school’s all-time top scorer with 2,004 career points, also holding school record in steals (487) and ranking third in assists (426)
• Named to the Senior “Supreme 15” All-State Team by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA)

 
Personal

• Daughter of Shannon Greer-Harris and Bruce Harris, has an older brother, Bruce, and two younger sisters, Talia and Tamara
• Majoring in sport and entertainment management