Darnell Harris (basketball, born 1992)

Darnell Harris (born February 2, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Larnaca of the Cypriot League. He played college basketball at Middle Tennessee.

Darnell Harris
Free agent
PositionPower forward
Personal information
Born (1992-02-02) February 2, 1992
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2016: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2017Spirou Charleroi
2017–2018Liège Basket
2018Beijing Eastern Bucks
2018–2019Panionios
2019–2020Larisa
2020AEK Larnaca

Early life and high school

Harris was born and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and originally attended Alexander Hamilton High School. He transferred to Christian Life Center Academy in Houston, Texas before his senior year and completed a fifth year at La Jolla Prep in San Diego, California. Harris initially committed to play basketball at Cleveland State, but an investigation into La Jolla Prep's curriculum did not meet the NCAA's academic requirements and Harris was therefore ineligible to play the next season at the Division I level.[1]

College career

Wisconsin-Whitewater

Harris began his college career playing for NCAA Division III Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks, opting to play close to home on at lower level than at a junior college. As a freshman, he averaged 11.4 points and a team-leading six rebounds per game. He opted to transfer to Northwest Florida State College following the end of the season in order to attempt to play basketball at a higher level.[2]

Northwest Florida

Harris spent his sophomore year playing for Northwest Florida State College and committed to play basketball at Middle Tennessee State University before the start of the junior college season. In his only season for the Raiders, Harris averaged 12 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while shooting 53.6 percent from the field and 36.1 percent of three-point attempts in 27 games (18 starts).[3]

Middle Tennessee

In his first season at Middle Tennessee, Harris played in all 36 of the Blue Raiders games (13 starts) and averaged 6.7 points per game.[4] He averaged 11.7 points and four rebounds per game as a starter during his senior year and scored 15 points in the Blue Raiders' upset of 2nd-seeded Michigan State in the 2016 NCAA tournament.[5]

Professional career

Spirou Charleroi

Harris signed a one-year contract with Spirou Charleroi of the Belgian Pro Basketball League (PBL) on June 28, 2016.[6] In his first professional season, Harris averaged 4.7 points and 2.2 rebounds in 42 PBL games, 5.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 13 Basketball Champions League games, and 5.5 points and 2.0 rebounds over two FIBA Europe Cup contests.[7]

Liège

Harris stayed in Belgium for a second season after signing with Liège Basket on June 11, 2017.[8] He averaged 9.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 35 games.[9]

Beijing Bucks

Harris played for Beijing Eastern Bucks of the Chinese National Basketball League (NBL), averaging 27.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.1 steals in 16 league games.[9]

Panionios

Harris signed with Panionios of the Greek Basket League (GBL) on September 7, 2018.[10] Harris played in 23 GBL games, starting 21, and averaged 10.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per game with Panionios.[11]

Sagesse

Following the end of the Greek League season, Harris signed with CS Sagesse of the Lebanese Basketball League on June 1, 2019.[11] Harris left Sagesse before appearing in a game with the team.

Larisa

On October 7. 2019, Harris returned to Greece and signed with Larisa (under his Panionios coach, Vassilis Fragkias), and replacing Justin Baker.[12]

References
  1. "Unexpected turn led Harris to UW-W". The Daily Jefferson County Union. DailyUnion.com. March 1, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  2. "NWF State's Harris commits to MTSU". NWFRaiders.com. October 25, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. Golden, Devin (November 29, 2014). "Raiders Turned Foes". NWFRaiders.com. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  4. Amato, Aldo Giovanni (December 10, 2015). "MTSU's Darnell Harris finding success with 3-point shot". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  5. Luketic, Caleb (April 5, 2016). "Darnell Harris Reflects On Blue Raider Career". MTSUSidelines.com. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  6. Giovanni Amato, Aldo (June 28, 2016). "MTSU's Darnell Harris signs with Belgian team". The Daily News Journal. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  7. "Darnell Harris heads to Liege Basket". Court-Side.com. June 12, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  8. "Liège Basket recruit Darnell Harris (Charleroi) and Milos Bojovic". La Capitale (in French). June 12, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  9. "Panionios land Darnell Harris, ex Beijing". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. September 7, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  10. Lupo, Nicola (September 7, 2018). "Darnell Harris signs with Panionios". Sportando. NanoPress. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  11. Madwar, Ahmad (June 1, 2018). "Sagesse signed a second import player Darnell Harris, ex Panionios". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  12. Skerletic, Dario (October 8, 2019). "Larissa BC sign Darnell Harris". Sportando. NanoPress. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
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