D'Angelo Damon Harrison (born August 14, 1993) is an American

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player for Treviso Basket of the

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(LBA). He completed his college career for the

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before playing professionally in Turkey, Israel and Russia. Harrison is known as a prolific scorer and marksman, holding the St. John's record for career three-pointers made.

High school career

Harrison attended

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, where he was coached by Mike Carrabine. As a junior, he posted averages of 20.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.2 steals per game, earning Harrison 2009–10 ''

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'' Player of the Year and District MVP honors. As a senior, he averaged 31.1 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game. He was named Fort Bend Player of the Year and was an all-state selection. According to Yahoo, Harrison was ranked 10th for his position and 40th nationally as a high school senior.

College career

Harrison was a Big East All-Rookie selection in his freshman year. Harrison is known as a prolific scorer and marksman, holding the St. John's record for three-pointers made in a career. Harrison scored a career-high 36 points, including six three-pointers, in an overtime loss to Villanova on January 2, 2013. He hit two free throws at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime. In his sophomore campaign, he averaged 17.8 points per game, good for third in the Big East. However, on March 1, he was suspended for the rest of the season by coach

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. Lavin gave Harrison the option of transferring, turning pro, or reforming and remaining at St. John's; Harrison chose the third option. In the offseason, he attended a camp led by former NBA player John Lucas aiming to work on anger management issues. While there, he met and befriended former

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coach Mike Rice Jr. The two drove to practices together and seeing how Rice, who allegedly made homophobic comments to players, worked on his own issues gave Harrison a new perspective on life. As a junior, Harrison was named to the First Team All-Big East. He was selected to the District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV) All-District team by the

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(USBWA). Harrison was listed on the

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Division I All‐District 5 first team on March 12. He received the

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honoring the best college basketball player in New York City. As a senior, he was one of the 10 finalists for that season's

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. He was named to the All Big East First Team.

Professional career

Uşak Sportif (2015–2017)

On June 30, 2015, Harrison signed with the Turkish team

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for the 2015–16 season. On October 26, 2015, Harrison signed a one-year contract extension with Uşak. In 25 games played during the 2016–17 season, he averaged 13 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

Hapoel Gilboa Galil (2017–2018)

On July 10, 2017, Harrison signed with the Israeli team

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for the 2017–18 season. On January 20, 2018, Harrison recorded a career-high 34 points, shooting 11-of-19 from the field, along with six rebounds, five steals and four assists in a 94–91 win over

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. Three days later, Harrison was named Israeli League Round 14 MVP. On April 28, 2018, Harrison tied his career-high 34 points, shooting 11-of-18 from the field, along with six rebounds and three assists in a 90–86 win over

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. He was subsequently named Israeli League Round 27 MVP. In 31 games played during the 2017–18 season, he averaged 16.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Harrison helped Gilboa Galil reach the 2018 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually lost to

Enisey (2018–2019)

On July 24, 2018, Harrison signed a two-year deal with the Russian team

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of the

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. On April 24, 2019, Harrison recorded a double-double and a season-high of 34 points and 12 rebounds, shooting 10-of-15 from the field, along with four assists in a 94–86 win over

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. In 25 VTB League games, he averaged 16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

ESSM Le Portel (2019–2020)

On July 8, 2019, Harrison signed with

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of the French

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for the 2019–20 season. On February 19, 2020, he leaves his club for personal reasons.

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2020)

On February 25, 2020, he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the

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New Basket Brindisi (2020–2021)

On August 3, 2020, he signed a year deal with

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of the Italian

(LBA), and

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BC Prometey (2021–2022)

On July 17, 2021, Harrison signed with Prometey of the

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and

(BCL). He averaged 15 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game.

New Basket Brindisi (2022–2023)

On March 6, 2022, Harrison signed with

of the

Universo Treviso Basket (2023–present)

On August 9, 2023, he signed with Treviso Basket of the

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Harrison competed in

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for Gael Nation, a team composed of Iona College basketball alum. In two games, Harrison averaged 22.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game; helping Gael Nation advance to the second round of the tournament where they lost to Boeheim's Army. In TBT 2018, Harrison suited up for Team Fancy. In 2 games, he averaged 11 points, 4 assists, and 6.5 rebounds per game. Team Fancy reached the second round before falling to Boeheim's Army.

Personal life

Harrison is the grandson of Angela and O.B. Harris. He was a communications major at St. John's.

References

External links

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St. John's Red Storm bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, D'Angelo 1993 births Living people 21st-century American sportsmen American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players BC Enisey players ESSM Le Portel players Hapoel Gilboa Galil players Lega Basket Serie A players Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players New Basket Brindisi players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Shooting guards Basketball players from Anchorage, Alaska St. John's Red Storm men's basketball players Universo Treviso Basket players Uşak Sportif players