MORGANTOWN \u2014 The notion first hit Jordan Harrsion a couple of weeks ago when it was time to take pictures for media day.<\/p>\n
After 100 games, 1,309 points scored and recording 236 career steals, Harrison is officially a college senior.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a thought the WVU women\u2019s basketball point guard is still trying to get her mind wrapped around \u2014 \u201cNo, it hasn\u2019t really hit me that hard, yet,\u201d she said. \u2014 but she knows she\u2019s about to embark on a season like none other.<\/p>\n
During her first two seasons with the Mountaineers \u2014 Harrison also played one season at Stephen F. Austin with head coach Mark Kellogg \u2014 she\u2019s been part of a journey that\u2019s included two trips to the NCAA tournament and one to the NIT.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s yet to play on a college team that\u2019s been beaten in the first round of any postseason tournament.<\/p>\n
She doesn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen Jordan defer early, just to get to learn new players,\u201d Kellogg said. \u201cOffensively, she has to take on even more of a role.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s an elite defender, which is where I think she\u2019s been undervalued, but I think this is her opportunity to shine a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harrison shot nearly 37% from 3-point range last season, but ended up taking 15 less threes than she did as a sophomore.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need for her assists to go up, her turnovers to go down and then she\u2019s probably going to have to shoot more threes,\u201d Kellogg said. \u201cThere were times last year she passed up on good attempts to try and keep others involved. I\u2019d like for her to go ahead and take those.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her assists and steals also were lower as a junior, while Harrison\u2019s points remained about the same.<\/p>\n
WVU, which has won 50 games during Kellogg\u2019s first two seasons, filled the gaps with the play of former standout J.J. Quinelry.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s no longer an option.<\/p>\n
This is Harrison\u2019s team now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely see more production,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s more shots, even more rebounds. There\u2019s certain shots I can\u2019t turn down that I turned down last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have to be more aggressive, because my teammates are going to need me a lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n
That doesn\u2019t come with a simple flip of a switch, Harrison said.<\/p>\n
Simply being a senior doesn\u2019t always translate to also being the go-to player.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019m still a point guard,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cI have to facilitate and keep others involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt 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\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
If that\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Harrison wants to see WVU make a jump to playing in the Sweet 16, which hasn\u2019t happened since 1992. The field for the women\u2019s NCAA tournament was just 48 teams that year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we all have team goals and individual goals in mind,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cThe big thing for me is building chemistry with my teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MORGANTOWN \u2014 The notion first hit Jordan Harrsion a couple of weeks ago when it was time to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,42137,145712,145713,1317,1337,1338,62,67,132,68,42138],"class_list":{"0":"post-282401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-featured-sports","10":"tag-jordan-harrison","11":"tag-mark-kellogg","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-basketball","14":"tag-ncaabasketball","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-wvu-womens-basketball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115328979283247884","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}