Marvelle Harris

Marvelle Harris
No. 23 – Louaize Club
Position Shooting guard
League Lebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1993-12-16) December 16, 1993
Nationality American
Listed height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Career information
High school Eisenhower (Rialto, California)
College Fresno State (2012–2016)
NBA draft 2016 / Undrafted
Playing career 2016–present
Career history
2016–2017 Illawarra Hawks
2017–present Louaize Club
Career highlights and awards

Marvelle Martray Harris (born December 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Louaize Club in the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL) . He played college basketball for Fresno State, where as a senior in 2016, he was named the Mountain West Player of the Year.

College career

Harris, a 6'4" shooting guard from Eisenhower High School in Rialto, California, came to Fresno State in 2012 and went on to have one of the best careers in school history.[1] He finished his career as the Bulldogs' career scoring leader[2] and was named the Mountain West Player of the Year as a senior.[3] He also led the Bulldogs to the 2016 NCAA Tournament after leading the team to a Mountain West championship in the 2016 conference tournament. Harris was named tournament MVP after averaging 17.7 points per game.[4]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Harris joined the New York Knicks for the 2016 NBA Summer League.[5] On August 17, 2016, he signed with the Illawarra Hawks for the 2016–17 NBL season.[6] He made his debut for the Hawks in their season opener on October 7, 2016, scoring 21 points as a starter in a 122–88 win over the Adelaide 36ers.[7] Six days later, he had a 23-point effort in an 88–84 loss to the Sydney Kings.[8] On October 28, 2016, he scored a game-high 27 points in an 81–76 win over the Perth Wildcats.[9][10] Harris started the season strong, but an ankle injury in November saw his form drop off in December.[11] He helped the Hawks finish the regular season in fourth place with a 15–13 record, and helped them win through to the best-of-five grand final series. However, he missed Game 1 of the series after returning home to Los Angeles to be with his critically ill father.[12] The Hawks went on to lose the series in a 3–0 sweep. Harris appeared in 32 games for the Hawks in 2016–17, averaging 10.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) (2017–present)

In the summer of 2017, Marvelle played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Challenge ALS. He competed for the $2 million prize in 2017, and for Team Challenge ALS, he averaged 10.5 points per game, also shooting 78 percent from the free-throw line. Marvelle helped take the sixth-seeded Team Challenge ALS to the Championship Game of the tournament, where they lost in a close game to Overseas Elite 86-83. [13]

References

  1. ↑ Warszawski, Marek (March 2, 2016). "Where does Marvelle Harris rank in Fresno State hoops history? Among best ever". Fresno Bee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Juarez, Liz (April 14, 2016). "Marvelle Harris chases NBA dreams after leading 'Dogs to new heights". The Collegian. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mountain West all-conference awards: Coaches pick Marvelle Harris as player of the year". suntimes.com. March 8, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fresno State wins Mountain West, NCAA Tournament spot". ESPN.com. March 12, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Becker, David (June 24, 2016). "Fresno State's Marvelle Harris earns Knicks summer league invite". FresnoBee.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ "MARVELLE HARRIS COMPLETES HAWKS ROSTER". Hawks.com.au. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ "IRRESISTIBLE HAWKS CRUSH SIXERS, SET SCORING RECORD". NBL.com.au. October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ "BACKCOURT STARS SHOOT KINGS TO FIRST WIN". NBL.com.au. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ "HARRIS, HAWKS BEAT BRAVE 'CATS". NBL.com.au. October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ Cohen, Mitch (October 28, 2016). "Hawks end losing streak, beat Perth". IllawarraMercury.com.au. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ Nagy, Boti (January 3, 2017). "Illawarra coach Rob Beveridge pulls no punches in guiding struggling import Marvelle Harris back to NBL form against 36ers". AdelaideNow.com.au. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  12. ↑ Cohen, Mitch (February 24, 2017). "Illawarra Hawks' Marvelle Harris to return to US, miss opening GF game". IllawarraMercury.com.au. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Bracket | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
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