Southland Basketball: Ranking of 25 best players from last decade (2013-23)

8. Kevon Harris

A 6’6 wing originally from Ellenwood, Georgia, Harris headed west for his collegiate career, ending up at Stephen F. Austin. He would join the Lumberjacks in 2016, the same year Kyle Keller took over as head coach. Harris would turn into a very important piece in Keller’s early years leading the Lumberjacks, emerging as a full-time starter by his sophomore season.

He helped lead Stephen F. Austin to the CIT as a freshman but started to have great production the following year. He had his first 30-point outing in a win over Rice and helped lead the Lumberjacks to the 2018 NCAA Tournament, averaging just under 15 points a game on the year. In each of his upperclassman season, he averaged at least 17.5 points per game with decent rebound and steals numbers as well. As a senior, he had a game-high 26 points in the historic upset over #1 Duke and led the Lumberjacks to a 28-3 mark in the pandemic-shortened season.

Harris showed talent with the Lumberjacks, finishing as one of the league’s tops scorers in those last two seasons. He was Second Team All-Southland as both a sophomore and junior before being named the league’s Player of the Year in his final season. Not only did he develop into a major threat from the wing, but he was the leader on one of the best teams we’ve seen in recent memory in the Southland. Stephen F. Austin certainly misses his leadership and production.