Alex Harris (basketball)

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Alex Harris
Personal information
Born (1986-01-30) January 30, 1986 (age 38)
Mission Viejo, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
High school St. Joseph Notre Dame
(Alameda, California)
College UC Santa Barbara (2004–2008)
NBA draft 2008: undrafted
Playing career2008–2019
Position Shooting guard
Career history
2008–2009 PGE Turów Zgorzelec
2009–2010 Energa Czarni Slupsk
2010–2012 Ludwigsburg
2012–2013 Eisbären Bremerhaven
2013–2014 Walter Tigers Tübingen
2014–2015 Aries Trikala
2015–2016 Enel Brindisi
2016 AEK Larnaca
2017 Doxa Lefkadas
2017–2018 Regatas Corrientes
2018–2019 Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim
Career highlights and awards

Alexander Cory Harris (born January 30, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played eleven seasons in several European countries. Harris played collegiately for UC Santa Barbara where he was the 2008 Big West Conference co-Player of the Year.

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College career

Harris played high school basketball for St. Joseph Notre Dame (Alameda, California), leading them to a California Division 4 championship as a senior.

He joined the University of California at Santa Barbara, playing in the Big West Conference of the NCAA Division I, in 2004. [1]

In his junior season in 2006–07, Harris made a leap in his production, raised his scoring average from 8.3 points per game to a Conference 21.1. [2]

In his senior season, Harris was named to the preseason All-Big West team and continued his strong play, averaging 20.2 points per game. He led the Gauchos to the top seed in the 2008 Big West tournament and was named the Big West co-Player of the Year (with Cal State Fullerton's Scott Cutley). [3] The team went to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament and at the close of the season Harris gained national recognition as an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press. [4]

Professional career

Following the close of his college career, Harris went undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft. He signed with PGE Turów Zgorzelec of the Polish Basketball League, averaging 7.3 points per game in his first professional season. He then moved to Energa Czarni Slupsk for the 2009–10 season. [5] Harris then moved to EnBW Ludwigsburg, and later Eisbären Bremerhaven in Germany's Bundesliga. He averaged 12.4 points per game with EnBW Ludwigsburg in 2011–12 and 7.7 the following season for Bremerhaven. He was selected for the 2011 Bundesliga All-Star game. For the 2013–14 season he signed with WALTER Tigers Tübingen. [6] On December 21, 2014, he signed with Aries Trikala of Greece for the rest of the 2014–15 Greek Basket League season. [7]

On July 22, 2015, Harris signed with Enel Brindisi of the Italian Serie A. [8]

On December 5, 2018, Harris signed with the Israeli team Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim for the rest of the season. [9] In 23 games played for Ramat Gan, he averaged 17.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, while shooting 38.7 percent from three-point range.

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References

  1. ↑ "12 - Alex Harris". UCSBGauchos.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Graney, Ed (August 29, 2007). "UCSB might be best of a talented group in Big West". ESPN.com . Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Harris Named Big West co-Player of the Year, Three Other Gauchos Also Honored". UCSB Gauchos . March 10, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ "AP All-America College Basketball Teams Announced". WJBF.com. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Energa Czarni tabs Alex Harris". Sportando.net. August 10, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Alex Harris signs with Walter Tigers". Court-side.com. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  7. ↑ Alex Harris signs with Trikala to replace Nate Bowie
  8. ↑ "Enel Brindisi signs three-point marksman Harris". EurocupBasketball.com. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  9. ↑ ""רעננה, קריית אתא ומכבי חיפה ילכו עד הסוף"". one.co.il (in Hebrew). December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
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