Harris Selected the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men's Basketball senior Brandon Harris (Elmsford, NY/Alexander Hamilton/Herkimer CC) was selected the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, January 25.
The guard averaged 26.0 points on 51.3 percent shooting to help the Gators (15-2/7-1 E8) knock off visiting Nazareth and Saint John Fisher over the weekend.
In Friday night's victory vs. Nazareth he scored 35 points on 13-of-23 shooting and recorded three steals, three rebounds, and two assists. Harris netted 12 of his points in the final 4:17 to help the RSC, off to its best start ever as a program, erase a seven-point second half deficit to win.
The output was second-most in a game by a Gator . On February 23, 2017 vs. Old Westbury, Rob Mills '17 scored 36 points to send RSC into the 2017 Skyline Conference Championship Tournament Finals.
After playing five consecutive home E8 contests, the Gators, which boast the top offense in the Conference, travel to Oneonta to face Hartwick on Tuesday night.
Gator Bites: The 2025-2026 season marks the 17th for Head Coach Brian Barnes at the helm of Russell Sage College Men's Basketball…He achieved career win number 200 on November 15 at SUNY Cobleskill...RSC got off to its best five-game (5-0), ten-game (9-1), and 15-game (13-2) starts to a season in program history…The first loss was to top-ranked Trinity…The 2014-2015 edition of the Gators started their season at 6-1 and 7-3 on their way to a 23-5 overall record and capturing the Skyline Conference Tournament Championship, and accompanying NCAA Tournament berth...RSC started that historic season, and also began last year, with a 12-3 record...The Gators opened the week as the top offense in the Conference at 85.6 points per-game…RSC is coming off a trip to the Quarterfinals of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament…Seven players back from last year's squad…Harris, junior guard Deavion Springsteen (Albany, NY/Albany), and junior center Khalel Noteman (Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie) headline the returners…Harris, voted third-team All-Conference, topped the Gators with 12.9 points per-game last season…The senior converted the game-winning layup with two seconds left in the January 6 overtime victory at Utica…He started the week leading the Conference in steals and steals per-game and ranked sixth with 17.9 points per-game…Harris scored 35 points, the second-most in a game by an RSC player, in the home win vs. Nazareth on January 23...Rob Mills' 17 netted 36 to send the Gators into the Finals of the 2017 Skyline Conference Championship Tournament...Barnes added seven newcomers to the program…Sophomore guard Kyle Dhu (Ozone Park, NY/Brooklyn Law and Tech) was tabbed the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 16…He averaged 25.5 points on 60.7 percent shooting in the 2-0 week…The sophomore made 61.5 percent of his three-point attempts and totaled 11 rebounds, five steals and four assists across the pair of victories…Harris was selected the Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, January 25...He averaged 26.0 points on 51.3 percent shooting in the 2-0 weekend...Junior guard Pape Tunkara (Mount Vernon, NY/Iona Prep/Genesee CC) commenced the week second in the E8 with 2.5 steals per-game.
