MORGANTOWN — The notion first hit Jordan Harrsion a couple of weeks ago when it was time to take pictures for media day.

After 100 games, 1,309 points scored and recording 236 career steals, Harrison is officially a college senior.

It’s a thought the WVU women’s basketball point guard is still trying to get her mind wrapped around — “No, it hasn’t really hit me that hard, yet,” she said. — but she knows she’s about to embark on a season like none other.

During her first two seasons with the Mountaineers — Harrison also played one season at Stephen F. Austin with head coach Mark Kellogg — she’s been part of a journey that’s included two trips to the NCAA tournament and one to the NIT.

She’s yet to play on a college team that’s been beaten in the first round of any postseason tournament.

She doesn’t expect that to change this season. The difference will be so much more responsibility will be set upon her 5-foot-6 frame than ever before.

“I’ve seen Jordan defer early, just to get to learn new players,” Kellogg said. “Offensively, she has to take on even more of a role.

“She’s an elite defender, which is where I think she’s been undervalued, but I think this is her opportunity to shine a little bit more.”

Harrison shot nearly 37% from 3-point range last season, but ended up taking 15 less threes than she did as a sophomore.

“We need for her assists to go up, her turnovers to go down and then she’s probably going to have to shoot more threes,” Kellogg said. “There were times last year she passed up on good attempts to try and keep others involved. I’d like for her to go ahead and take those.”

Her assists and steals also were lower as a junior, while Harrison’s points remained about the same.

WVU, which has won 50 games during Kellogg’s first two seasons, filled the gaps with the play of former standout J.J. Quinelry.

That’s no longer an option.

This is Harrison’s team now.

“I definitely see more production,” she said. “That’s more shots, even more rebounds. There’s certain shots I can’t turn down that I turned down last year.

“I have to be more aggressive, because my teammates are going to need me a lot more.”

That doesn’t come with a simple flip of a switch, Harrison said.

Simply being a senior doesn’t always translate to also being the go-to player.

“And I’m still a point guard,” Harrison said. “I have to facilitate and keep others involved.

“It has its pros and cons. I have to make that shift in my mind, which can be easy and sometimes be hard. I think I’ll be fine.”

If that’s the case, these Mountaineers appear to be headed on a familiar path to contending again in the Big 12, as well as playing in another NCAA tournament.

Harrison wants to see WVU make a jump to playing in the Sweet 16, which hasn’t happened since 1992. The field for the women’s NCAA tournament was just 48 teams that year.

“I think we all have team goals and individual goals in mind,” Harrison said. “The big thing for me is building chemistry with my teammates.”