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Tyasha Harris

  • position G
  • height 5-10
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Noblesville, Ind.
  • High school Heritage Christian
  • position G
  • height 5-10
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Noblesville, Ind.
  • High school Heritage Christian

Tyasha Harris Bio

Harris’ Career Game-by-Game Stats (PDF)

Awards

Senior Year (2019-20)
All-America (WBCA)
All-America Third Team (AP, USBWA)
Naismith Trophy finalist
Wade Trophy finalist
The Dawn Staley Award
Nancy Lieberman Award finalist
All-SEC First Team
SEC All-Tournament Team
SEC Athlete of the Year (all sports)
No. 7 pick in 2020 WNBA Draft (Dallas Wings)
SEC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll

Junior Year (2018-19)

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

Sophomore Year (2017-18)

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

Freshman Year (2016-17)

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

High School

Naismith All-America Third Team (2016)
USA Today All-America Third Team (2016)
 

International

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

1st – Assists in a career (702)
1st – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a career (2.55)
1st – Games played in a career (139)
2nd – Free throw percentage in a career (.792 (251-317))
2nd – Minutes played in a career (4,168)
2nd – Games started in a career (127)
3rd – Assist average in a career (5.1)
8th – Consecutive games started (49, 12/21/17-2/14/19)
9th – 3-point field goals made in a career (135)
9th – Steals in a career (224)
10th – Consecutive games started (41, 2/21/19-3/8/20)
10th – 3-point field goal attempts in a career (411)
10th – 3-point field goal percentage in a career (.328 (135-411))
10th – Minutes played average in a career (30.0)
1st – Assists in an SEC career (357)
1st – Assist average in career SEC games (5.6)
1st – Assist-to-turnover ratio in career SEC games (2.98)
2nd – Minutes played in career SEC games (1,978)
1st – Games played in career SEC games (64)
1st – Games started in career SEC games (63)
Most assists in career NCAA Tournament games (52)
Most assists in career SEC Tournament games (59)
Most steals in career SEC Tournament games (16)
 

Season

1st – Assists in a season (220 in 2017-18)
1st – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season (3.20 in 2018-19)
1st – Minutes played in a season (1,208 in 2017-18)
1st – Games played in a season (37 in 2016-17)
2nd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season (2.78 in 2019-20)
3rd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season (2.37 in 2017-18)
5th – Assists in a season (189 in 2019-20)
5th – Assist average in a season (6.1 in 2017-18)
6th – Assist-to-turnover ratio in a season (2.14 in 2016-17)
7th – Assists in a season (176 in 2018-19)
9th – Assist average in a season (5.7 in 2019-20)
9th – Steals in a season (79 in 2017-18)
1st – Assists in an SEC season (104 in 2017-18)
1st – Assist average in an SEC season (6.5 in 2017-18)
1st – Assist-to-turnover ratio in an SEC season (3.30 in 2018-19)
2nd – Assists in an SEC season (99 in 2018-19)
2nd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in an SEC season (3.06 in 2017-18)
3rd – Assists in an SEC season (94 in 2019-20)
3rd – Assist average in an SEC season (6.2 in 2018-19)
3rd – Assist-to-turnover ratio in an SEC season (3.03 in 2019-20)
4th – Assist-to-turnover ratio in an SEC season (2.40 in 2016-17)
5th – Assist average in an SEC season (5.9 in 2019-20)
5th – Minutes played in an SEC season (539 in 2017-18)
9th – Games started in a season (35 in 2017-18)
Most games played by a freshman (37 in 2016-17)
Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a freshman (1.98 in 2016-17)
Most assists by a sophomore (220 in 2017-18)
Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a sophomore (2.37 in 2017-18)
Most games started by a sophomore (35 in 2017-18)
Most minutes played by a sophomore (1,208 in 2017-18)
Best free throw percentage by a junior (.854 (76-89) in 2018-19)
Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a junior (3.20 in 2018-19)
Most assists by a senior (189 in 2019-20)
Best assist-to-turnover ratio by a senior (2.78 in 2019-20)
Most assists in a single SEC Tournament (22 in 2020)
 

Game

2nd – Assists in a game (14 at Tennessee, 2/24/19)
8th – Assists in a game (13 at Kentucky, 2/21/18)
1st – Assists in an SEC game (14 at Tennessee, 2/24/19)
3rd – Assists in an SEC game (13 at Kentucky, 2/21/18)
Most assists in an NCAA Tournament game (9 vs. Buffalo, 3/24/18)
Most assists in an SEC Tournament game (10 vs. Mississippi State, 3/8/20)


 
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