Marvelle Martray Harris (born December 16, 1993) is an American basketball player who belongs to the

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squad of the SPB. At 1.93 meters tall, he plays in the

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position.

College career

Harris, a 6'4"

from Eisenhower High School in

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, came to Fresno State in 2012 and went on to have one of the best careers in school history. He finished his career as the Bulldogs' career scoring leader and was named the Mountain West Player of the Year as a senior. He also led the Bulldogs to the 2016 NCAA tournament after leading the team to a

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championship in the 2016 conference tournament. Harris was named tournament MVP after averaging 17.7

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Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Harris joined the

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for the

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. On August 17, 2016, he signed with the

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for the 2016–17 NBL season. 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

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. Six days later, he had a 23-point effort in an 88–84 loss to the

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. On October 28, 2016, he scored a game-high 27 points in an 81–76 win over the

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. Harris started the season strong, but an ankle injury in November saw his form drop off in December. 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. 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. On October 9, 2021, he has signed with

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of the

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The Basketball Tournament

In the summer of 2017, Marvelle played in

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(TBT) for Team Challenge ALS. He averaged 10.5

(PPG), while 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

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, 86–83. In TBT 2018, Harris averaged 16.0 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game and 1.5 assists per game for Team Challenge ALS. They reached the West Regional championship game before losing to eventual tournament runner-up

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. In TBT 2021, Harris led all scorers in the tournament with 23.3 PPG, the highest of players appearing in at least three games.

References

External links

Fresno State Bulldogs bioProballers profileGetting back to his Marvelle-ous Self
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