2022-2023 Men's Basketball Roster

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12 Mason Harrell

  • Position G
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 / 145
  • Hometown Midwest City, Okla.
  • Major Applied Arts & Sciences

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 2023 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team
  • 2022 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 15)
  • 2022 Patty Mills North Shore Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Three-time All-Sun Belt selection (First Team, 2021; Second Team, 2022; Third Team, 2023)
  • 2021 NABC Division I All-District 23 Second Team

Career
Career leader in games played (146)... Ranks in top 10 in program history in games started (2nd, 109), points scored (6th, 1,558), field goal attempts (5th, 1,184), made field goals (8th, 527), three-point attempts (6th, 392), made three-pointers (6th, 149), made free throws (T-5th, 355), assists (3rd, 384), steals (6th, 135) and minutes (2nd, 3,963)... Only player in program history with 1,000 career points, 300 career assists and 100 steals.

2022-23 (Fifth-Year)
All-Sun Belt Third Team... Played and started in 32 games... Led team in scoring (509), assists (78), free throw percentage (87.1), minutes played (1,094), made three-pointers (45), made free throws (122), free throw attempts (140) and steals (34)... Averaged 15.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 34.2 minutes... Sixth in the Sun Belt in scoring... Third in the conference in free throw percentage... Fifth in the league in minutes played per game... Shot 41.3% (171-for-414) from the field and 34.1% (45-of-132) on threes... Recorded 28 games with 10+ points... Scored 26 points on 9-of-18 shooting and going 7-for-10 at the free throw line at Rhode Island (11/12)... Netted 20 points, grabbed five rebounds and recorded three steals at UTSA (11/17)... Finished with 21 points and two assists at California (11/21)... Went 6-for-10 from the field and made all six free throw attempts on the way to net 18 points versus Southern Utah (11/25)... Scored 23 points with three assists and two steals versus Hawaii (11/26)... Handed out a season-high seven assists and scored 18 points at Lamar (12/1)... Recorded 23 points against Rice (12/4)... Totaled 20 points, five rebounds and four assists against Mary Hardin-Baylor (12/13)... Recorded a season-high 27 points on 11-of-19 shooting and had six assists and two steals against Scinece & Arts (12/21)... Netted 20 points with four made three-pointers at Troy (2/4)... Had back-to-back 17-point, 5-assist games against Old Dominion (2/11) and at App State (2/16)... Went 6-for-11 shooting and 9-for-9 at the charity stripe to total 22 points at Coastal Carolina (2/18)... Finished with 16 points, four assists and five steals against Southern Miss (2/24)... Scored 20 points on 7-fo-13 shooting and made all four free throws, grabbed six rebounds and dished out three assists versus Old Dominion (3/2)... Totaled 17 points and four assists versus Marshall (3/4)... Ended career with 12 points, three steals and two assists versus Louisiana (3/5).

2021-22 (Senior)
All-Sun Belt Second Team … Dave Campbell's Texas Basketball All-Texas honorable mention ... Played and started in 28 of the team’s 29 games … Second on the team in scoring … Led the team in assists (87) and free-throw percentage (84.4 percent) … Second on the team in minutes played (832), three-pointers made (31) and steals (25) … Averaged 11.7 points, 3.1 assists and 2.0 rebounds … One of three Bobcats to average 10.0+ points … 17th in the Sun Belt in scoring … 12th in the conference in assists … 2nd in the Sun Belt in free throw percentage … 4th in the Sun Belt in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1) … Shot 47.6 percent from the field (11-of-231) and 40.3 percent from three (31-of-77) … 84.4 percent at the free throw line (76-of-90) … 3 20+ point games, including a season-high 24 against Rice on Nov. 30, 2021 … Took a season-high 15 shots against Rice, shooting 53.3 percent (8-of-15) … 19 10+ point games … Led the team in scoring in 7 games … 7 games of 5+ assists … Season-high 8 assists on Feb. 3, 2022 vs. App State … Season-high 3 steals vs. Louisiana in the Sun Belt Championship quarterfinals on March 5, 2022 … 6 games of 2+ steals … Finished the season averaging 15.1 points in the last 9 games of the year … Shot 47.8 percent (43-of-90) in those last 9 games.

2020-21 (Junior)
Made 23 starts in 24 appearances…third Bobcat to be named to the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team…listed on the NABC Division I All-District 23 Second Team…averaged 36.1 minutes per game (No. 2 in the Sun Belt) which ranks No. 5 in the program’s single-season record book…led the team with 13.9 points per game (No. 8 in the Sun Belt) behind a 46.6 field goal percentage, 41.9 3-point field goal percentage (No. 6 in the Sun Belt), and 78.3 free-throw percentage (No. 9 in the Sun Belt)…also averaged 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists (No. 10 in the Sun Belt), and 1.2 steals per game (28 total)…registered a 1.3 assists-to-turnover ratio, ranking 10th in the conference…totaled three 20-point games, including a career-high 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting vs. Louisiana (Jan. 30, 2021)…registered 21 total games with 10 or more points and open the season with 13 consecutive double-digit scoring games…turned in a career-high seven rebounds in the final game of the season against Appalachian State (March 6, 2021), and matched a career-high seven assists at UT Arlington (Feb. 11, 2021)… recorded six total games with five or more assists and also set a career-high four steals at Louisiana (Jan. 2, 2021).

2019-20 (Sophomore)
Made 26 starts in 29 games played and averaged 25.7 minutes per game...averaged 8.9 points on 49.4 percent shooting from the floor, 44.6 percent shooting from 3-point range, and 86.1 percent from the stripe…averaged 2.9 assists, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.9 steals per game…also had a 2.6 assist-to-turnover ratio…scored 10 or more points in 13 games and registered five or more assists in seven games…scored a total of 255 points…registered career-highs with 19 points vs. UTSA (Dec. 7, 2019), seven assists at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 6, 2020), five rebounds twice (at Baylor, Nov. 15, 2019; vs. Jackson State, Nov. 18, 2019), and three steals at UNLV (Nov. 20, 2019).

2018-19 (Freshman)
Made 33 appearances where he averaged 3.9 points, 1.7 assists and 12.8 minutes…handed out 56 total assists and logged a 2.07 assists-to-turnover ratio…grabbed 34 rebounds (1.0/game) to go along with 22 steals and one block…shot 36.9% from the floor (38-of-103), 29.3% from behind the arc (12-of-41) and 78.8 at the charity stripe (41-of-52)…scored in double-figures in three of the final six games, including a career-high 14 points at Troy (Feb. 28) on 4-of-6 shooting that includes two triples, and was also a perfect 4-of-4 at the free throw line…recorded a season-high six assists at Portland (Nov. 24) and four rebounds vs. Little Rock (Jan. 17).
 
Carl Albert High School
Coached by Jay Price... 2018 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year... 2018 American Family Insurance All-USA Today Oklahoma Player of the Year and First Team selection... 2018 OKPreps Player of the Year... 2018 Prep Hoops Oklahoma Player of the Year... 2018 The Oklahoman Super 5 Player of the Year... 2018 The Oklahoman Big All-City Player of the Year... Named to 2018 Oklahoma Coaches Association Large West All-State team... 2018 OCA Large West All-Star selection... 2018 Suburban Conference Player of the Year... Named to 2018 All-Suburban Conference First Team... Ended prep career with 2,740 points, 23rd all-time in the state of Oklahoma... Averaged 33.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 3.4 steals per game as a senior... Shot 54.3 percent from the field... Scored career-high 52 points in back-to-back games in January 2018... Led team to 24-3 record and quarterfinals appearance in the state tournament... Selected 2017 The Oklahoman Super 5 Player of the Year... Picked to 2017 The Oklahoman Big All-City team... Named 2017 Suburban Conference Player of the Year... Averaged 28.8 ppg, 5.1 apg, 4.1 rpg and 3.2 spg as a junior... Made 49.7 percent of his shots and 40.3 percent from three-point range... Selected to 2016 All-State 5A First Team... Named to 2016 The Oklahoman Super 5 Second Team... Led the Titans to the OSSAA 5A State Championship... Selected 2016 OSSAA 5A State Tournament MVP... Part of 2015 team that finishes runner-up for OSSAA 5A state title... Named to 2015 OSSAA All-State Tournament team... Member of the FCA and Art Club... Earned Teach and Principal Honor Roll.

Personal
Son of Cary and Eddie Harrell... Has a younger brother, Jaden, and younger sister, Hadyn... Mentors students at Carl Albert Middle School... Favorite basketball player is Isaiah Thomas... Favorite team is the Oklahoma City Thunder... Choose Texas State over offers from Binghamton, Mercer and Sam Houston State... Graduated with degree in applied arts & sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018-2019Freshman

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    2019-2020Sophomore

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    2020-2021Junior

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    2021-2022Senior

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    2022-2023Fifth Year

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