Harris leads Concordia to victory

Missed this from earlier: Tim (Valley Christian High) Harris enjoyed 17 points and three rebounds in 26 minutes of play during Concordia's 82-81 win over Vanguard on Tuesday.

Harris paces Concordia

Concordia handled Cal State San Marcos 84-79 with Tim (Valley Christian High) Harris pacing the victors with 19 points, including a 4-5 performance from long distance.

Jose (De La Salle High) Rivera contributed 13 points plus five rebounds for San Marcos

Harris leads Concordia

Concordia topped Warner Pacific 84-78 on Saturday with former Valley Christian star Tim Harris scoring 19 points.

Harris help Concordia to victory

Concordia topped Bethesda 92-61 at home last night with former Valley Christian star Tim Harris totaling 15 points.

Updates on Tim Harris and Bryce Pressley

Tim (Valley Christian High/St. Mary's) Harris is a junior this season at defending NAIA champion Concordia (southern CA). Two games into the season, he has put up 10 points and four steals in 22 minutes of play then 16 points and four assists in 33 minutes on the court.

In that latter game versus host University of Portland, freshman Bryce (Jesuit High) Pressley totaled four points and four boards in 14 minutes of action for the Pilots.

Austin Simon and Tim Harris win national championship

Corcordia University in southern California just won the NAIA national basketball championship, aided by Austin Simon (above) and Tim Harris (below), both out of Valley Christian High.

Concordia turned back Oklahoma Baptist 72-69 and Simon was named to the All Tournament squad. He hit two free throws at the very end of the championship contest to salt away the win for Concordia while totaling 13 points.

Remember Tim Harris?

Tim Harris was at St. Mary's for a couple of years before transferring to Concordia College in southern California.

In 11 games so far @ 19 minutes a contest, the sophomore Harris is averaging nine points each time out, shooting 42% overall, 32% from three-point range. He is also grabbing 2.2 rebounds each game.

Tim Harris lands at Concordia

Tim Harris struggled through two injury-riddled years at St. Mary's and now Diamond Leung is tweeting that the former Valley Christian star has a new home -- Concordia in southern CA.

Ken Ammann is the head coach of the Eagles who are coming off a #2 national finish based on a 32-4 record, a conference championship, a conference tournament championship and an NAIA National Championships Quarterfinal finish.

Checking in on Tim Harris

Tim Harris was a star West Catholic Athletic League player at Valley Christian High two years ago for Coach Steve Cotton and then headed up to Randy Bennett's St. Mary's program after graduation.

As a Gael, Harris has been bitten by the injury bug for two straight seasons.

In his freshman go-around, a right hamstring injury sidelined him and he was granted a redshirt exemption.

In 2010-11, it was a left wrist ligament injury that put him in drydock for the first half of the schedule and then a late-season appendectomy closed out his court prospects for the year.

So what does this coming season offer for Harris?

Hopefully, robust health for one. Point Mickey McConnell has graduated probably to be replaced by 5-foot-11 SMU transfer Paul McCoy. 6-foot-4 Matthew Dellavedova returns as a starter as does sophomore-to-be Stephen Holt, also at 6-foot-4. Prep Mckenzie Moore is a possibility, contingent on passing his SAT.

So that leaves a playing time opening for the high-jumping and very quick Harris as his physical assets and skills set isn't duplicated by any other backcourter on the roster.