Hayden Harkins '18 led the EC men with 15.0 points per game to open the season and also nabbed All-Tournament Team honors at the Max Ziel Men's Basketball Tournament at Oswego State over the weekend. The junior continued to display his lethal 3-point shooting with 13 of his 15 made field goals coming from beyond the arc.
Originally from Tampa, Florida, Harkins twice scored 18 points during the week, as he paced the Soaring Eagles in scoring in both the season opener at Hilbert on Tuesday, November 15th and the victory over SUNY Maritime College on Saturday, November 19th. Against the Hawks, the 6-foot 5-inch forward finished 4-for-8 from 3-point range, while shooting 6-for-14 from deep in the 70-68 win over the Privateers. Sandwiched in-between those contests was a nine-point effort on a trio of treys in the first round of the Max Ziel Tournament against SUNY Canton on Friday, November 18th.
Through the first week of competition, Harkins sits atop the Empire 8 Conference leaderboards in overall 3-point makes (13) and on a per-game basis (4.3). His six 3-pointers in the win over SUNY Maritime are also tied for the most in a game by any E8 player on the young season.
The Soaring Eagles will head to the University of Rochester for the Lexington Rochester Airport Hotel Tournament, hosted by the Yellowjackets, on Saturday, November 26th, and Sunday, November 27th. EC opens the tournament against Vassar College on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
