Thursday, February 26, 2009

Al Harris '09 Reaches 1,000 Career Points

Thirty seconds into the fourth quarter of his team's first-round matchup against O'Bryant in the Division II South playoffs on February 25th, Al Harris '09 drove to the paint, pulled up in traffic and arced a six-footer into the basket.

In doing so, he recorded his 1,000th and 1,001st points in a Knights uniform and became only the 6th player in school history to achieve four-digits in the record books as a leading scorer. Harris would go on to score 23 points in the matchup.

In the 71-61 win over O'Bryant, the senior captain (pictured above with his mother Diane and grandmother Alfreda on senior night), moved his team into the quarterfinals of the south bracket.

Previous 1000-pt. scorers for Catholic Memorial include Ron Teixiera '65, King Gaskins '72, Ron Perry, Jr. '76, Bruce Higgins '93, and Christopher Donald '06.