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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
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Ray Harrison
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 195
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Greenville, S.C.
- High School:
- Legacy Early College
- Prev School:
- Presbyterian
Bio
| Read | Harrison went 'Bigtime' to put Lopes in Big Dance Watch | Newcomer Spotlight |
Career Summary |
- Ended three-year GCU career ranking prominently in the program's career record books:
- third all-time (second in D-I era) in free throws made with 416
- third all-time (second in D-I era) in free-throw percentage at 81.1
- tied for fourth all-time (third in D-I era) in points with 1,490
- tied for 10th all-time (sixth in D-I era) in 3-pointers made at 122
- third in D-I era in assists at 359
- fourth in D-I era in scoring average at 14.3
- fourth in D-I era in field goals made at 476
- fourth in D-I era in minutes at 3,341
- Ended career as the No. 9 active leading scorer in the NCAA with 2,381 career points.
- Finished with 105 career starts — missing just one start in his three-year career (held out vs. a non-D-I opponent).
- Won WAC Tournament Championships and made NCAA Tournament appearances in all three of his Lopes seasons. Landed on the All-WAC Tournament team in all three seasons.
- Led the team in assists per game in all three of his GCU seasons.
- Came to GCU after two years at Presbyterian. In his first season as a Lope in 2022-23, set career-best marks for points per game (17.8), field goal percentage (44.2%) and assists (3.6) despite averaging fewer minutes.
- Entered the NBA Draft in 2023, went through the process and worked out for the Brooklyn Nets before withdrawing to return to GCU for 2023-24.
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Grand Canyon |
2024-25 | Senior
- Started all games against D-I opponents for the third consecutive season.
- Set GCU D-I season record for free-throw percentage at 87.8%, also a top-five mark in all-time program history. His mark ranked 36th nationally and second in the WAC.
- Led the Lopes in assists per game (2.9) for the third straight season. Also led the team in minutes per game (31.6) for the second time in three seasons. Ranked in the WAC's top 10 in both categories.
- Became a top-five scorer in all-time GCU history on Senior Night on March 6.
- Scored a season-high 21 points in a season-opening win over Cal State Fullerton on Nov. 4 which included a 10-for-10 performance from the free-throw line.
- Scored the game-winning bucket with under one second remaining in a Nov. 9 win against Western Kentucky.
- Dished out a career-high tying eight assists in a win over Norfolk State on Nov. 22.
- Knocked down a season-high four 3-pointers in a Dec. 22 win over Saint Louis.
- Was the Lopes' leading scorer (18) in the WAC Tournament Championship win over Utah Valley on March 15.
- Named to the Preseason All-WAC Team.
- Earned All-WAC honors for the second straight season, landing on the second team.
- Awarded All-WAC Tournament team honors. Helped lead GCU to a second straight WAC Tournament title with 17- and 19-point efforts and a 17-of-19 (89.4%) performance from the free throw line.
- In just his second GCU season, became the program's 28th member of the 1,000-point club and sixth at the Division I level on Feb. 24.
- Led the Lopes and ranked sixth in the WAC in free throw percentage, converting on 83.5% of his opportunities (137 of 164).
- Ranked second on the team and 11th in the WAC in scoring at 13.5 points per game.
- Adopted more of a point guard role, leading the team and ranking fourth in the conference with 3.9 assists per game. Was fourth in the WAC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.82. After Nov. 17 San Francisco win: "I know I got a lot of talented guys around me and I love sharing the sugar. I've never been
somebody who want I want it all to be about me. That's not me. It put a big smile on my face to see these guys come to this program." - Had a team-leading +/- of +15 in GCU's first D-I NCAA tournament win over Saint Mary's on March 22. Scored 17 points, second-most on the team, and added six assists with 7-of-8 shooting from the line.
- Had a season-high 24 points against San Francisco on Nov. 17, going 11 of 13 from the free throw line.
- Logged six games of 20-point scoring and 26 games in double-figure scoring.
- Named WAC Preseason Player of the Year.
- Named a first-team All-WAC honoree. Led the WAC in scoring in conference games at 21.1 points per game.
- Named the WAC Tournament Most Outstanding Performer, the second winner in program history. Became the first Division I player since Kemba Walker at the 2011 Big East Tournament to rack up at least 80 points, 20 assists and 20 rebounds in a conference tournament.
- Had two 30-point outbursts to bookend the WAC Tournament. Scored 30 points in GCU's first game against UT Arlington on 9-for-16 shooting and 10 made free throws. Brought home the trophy with a 31-point showing in GCU's rout of Southern Utah, connecting on five 3-pointers and racking up eight assists.
- At 640 points, logged GCU's highest-scoring D-I season and tied for the program's No. 5 highest-scoring all-time season.
- Led GCU with 20 points in an NCAA Tournament game against Gonzaga.
- Recorded the highest-scoring game by a WAC player in 2022-23, scoring 38 points in a win over Utah Tech on Jan. 18. It tied for the second most points by a GCU player in the program's D-I era. Made seven 3-pointers in the effort.
- Logged 12 20-point games.
- Only reached double figures in one of his first six games before igniting a 21-game streak in double figures.
- Despite his status as a newcomer to the WAC, earned the preseason respect of coaches on the All-WAC second team.
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Presbyterian College |
Clinton, S.C. |
2021-22 | (Second-Year) Freshman
- Averaging 17.1 points, ranked second in the Big South in scoring.
- Earned second-team honors in NABC All-District and All-Big South voting.
- Logged 27 (of 32) games in double figures and 12 with 20 points or more.
- Scored a career-best 32 points on an efficient 13-for-23 shooting clip in a win over Virginia Military Institute on Nov. 12.
- Led the Blue Hose in points, assists, minutes, 3-pointers and free throws.
- Named Big South Freshman of the Year.
- Played and started in 20 games, and scored in double figures in all but one.
- A member of the league's all-freshman and second-team all-conference teams.
- Named a CollegeInsider.com Freshman All-American.
- Led the team in scoring, field goals made and attempts, 3-pointers made, defensive rebounds and steals.
- Was the leading freshman in the conference in scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage, free throw percentage, 3-point field goals made and minutes played.
- Nationally, averaged the third-most minutes of any freshman in the nation at 34.4 and was third among freshmen in points per game (17.2).
- Led the team in scoring in 13 games and earned Big South Freshman of the Week honors seven times, which tied for most in the league in single-season honors.
- Scored a career-high 31 points against Charleston Southern on Feb. 22, which tied for the eighth highest scoring output in Presbyterian's D-I history. He paired that with 13 rebounds for a career-best and his first double-double.
Legacy Early College |
Greenville, S.C. |
- Finished his prep career as a 1,000-point scorer.
- Averaged 14.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 34% from 3-point range and 83% from the free throw line as a senior at Legacy.
- Named the 2020 MVP of the Greenville County All-Star game.
- As a junior, helped lead Legacy Early College to a 34-5 record and the 2019 USA National Prep Basketball Championship.
- Played with Team South Carolina AAU program.
Personal |
- Parents are Ray Harrison and Sonya Gray.
- If he wasn't playing basketball, it'd be football.
- Cites his favorite motivational quote as Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
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