2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Denijay Harris
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Miss.
- High School:
- Columbus HS
- Prev School:
- Arkansas
2023-24 (Redshirt Senior, Arkansas)): Appeared in 11 games with one start...Lone start came at Ole Miss where he logged 13 minutes and scored two points...Saw a season-high 13 minutes against the Rebels...Scored a season-best five points in the opener against Alcorn State...Also pulled down seven rebounds in the game and went 3-of-6 from the free throw line...Logged minutes in SEC action against Auburn, Florida, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Missouri and LSU.
2022-23 (Redshirt Junior, Southern Miss): Appeared in 28 games and made 22 starts for the Sun Belt regular season champions...Averaged 8.9 ppg and 5.7rpg...Scored 248 points after only scoring 166 over the previous two seasons...Scored a career-best 22 points at Arkansas State...Posted three double-doubles, including his first one in an 11-point, 10-rebound outing against Arkansas State in Hattiesburg...Shot 56.2 percent from the field...Ended his season with 18 points and 12 rebounds against South Alabama at the Sun Belt Tournament...Grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds against Georgia Southern at RGC.
2021-22 (Redshirt Sophomore, Southern Miss): Appeared in 32 games, averaging 14.3 mpg...Started 13 contests while averaging 2.9 ppg...Posted a season-high 12 points against UAB on March 2 and also scored 10 points against FAB on Feb. 5...Played a season-high 32 minutes in games against UAB (March 3) and Rice (Feb. 26)...Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds in the UAB game on March 2...Dished out a season-high three assists against Rice on Feb. 26...Played 30-plus minutes against Rice (Feb. 26), UAB (March 2) and Charlotte (March 5)...Started both games at the Conference USA Tournament in Frisco, Texas.
2020-21 (Redshirt Freshman, Southern Miss): Appeared in 22 of the team's 25 games, earning eight starts, after playing just two games, two seasons ago ... Had six-straight lineup nods from Dec. 12 to Jan. 8 ... Averaged 3.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game over 17.1 mpg ... Pulled down 10 boards apiece against William Carey, ULM and Loyola, the latter two coming in consecutive games ... Scored season-high 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting in 84-54 win over Middle Tennessee ... Played 37 minutes against ULM ... Went 16-for-26 at the foul line, including 5-for-5 against UTEP and 4-of-4 at UTSA.
2019-20 (Freshman, Southern Miss): Redshirted.
Previous: Played two games at Southwest Mississippi CC before suffering a season-ending injury ... Averaged 13 points and 11.5 rebounds in that span and was teammates with current Southern Miss guard Jay Malone ... Enrolled at USM for the Spring 2019 semester.
High School: Helped Columbus HS to MHSAA 6A titles as a sophomore and senior, earning game MVP honors in his final season after scoring 20 of his 26 points in the second half ... As a senior, he averaged 12.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
