The sharp-shooting ability of Harkins was on full display this past Saturday, as the Tampa, Florida, native drained 11 3-pointers to help the Soaring Eagles earn a 111-100 victory over visiting St. Lawrence. Harkins’ hot hand was evident by his 11-for-18 shooting (61.1%) from 3-point range, which included a bevy of deep makes from the senior forward. His 11 3-point buckets set an EC record for most makes in a single game, as Harkins surpassed former record holder Ryan Bennett ’01, who previously held the record with 10 3-pointers against Keuka and Ithaca during the 1999-00 and 1998-99 seasons, respectively. The extraordinary effort also set a new Empire 8 Conference record.
Harkins ended the contest with a game- and career-high 33 points, all of which came on 3-point buckets. Eight of his 11 treys were registered in the first 20 minutes of regulation, which accounted for nearly half of Elmira’s entire first-half scoring. He also pulled down a pair of boards and dished out four assists.
His record-setting performance was just the most recent in a string of hot shooting by 6-foot 5-inch marksman. Harkins has made at least four 3-pointers in six of Elmira’s eight games and he has drained seven or more in three of those six contests. He leads the Empire 8 Conference in 3-point makes (41) and 3-point makes per game (5.1).
