A Look Back at Purdue Basketball: Gicarri Harris

Purdue Boilermakers guard Gicarri Harris (24) shoots the ball during a NCAA Tournament first round game against the Queens University of Charlotte Royals on Friday, March 20, 2026, at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Purdue defeated Queens 104-71. | Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

2025-2026 Stats:
39 games played (0 starts)
178 points (4.6)
62 rebounds (1.6)
32 assists (0.8)
13 steals (0.8)
3 blocks (0.1)
12 turnovers (0.3)
.401 field goal percentage
.355 3-point percentage
.861 free throw percentage

2025-2026 Awards / Honors
No Awards or Honors

Season Retrospective
In his sophomore season, Gicarri Harris was on a list of players for Purdue that the fans were hopeful to see meaningful progression. Although perhaps not a massive leap on the stats sheet compared to his freshman season, Gicarri looked better and smoother on the court, especially behind the 3-point line. A lot of the lack of a leap was that Gicarri Harris essentially played the same role this season, the role of being a good shooter off the bench and providing on ball defense. His minutes ticked up from 15.0 in year 1 to 15.7 in year 2 but his 3 point shooting went from .310 to .355 and his onball defense saw a noticeable improvement. The biggest issue was that Gicarri was in a loaded room of guards and was basically option 4a alongside Omer Mayer. Nothing really jumped off the page for Harris’ season. His best game of the year came at Iowa in February when he had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals including this beauty of a dunk.

He also did have 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals in Purdue’s Elite Eight loss to Arizona. So yes, while Gicarri did not have a spotlight on him for most games, he kept his head down and was solid in his role for 39 games. for the upcoming year, minutes should be on the uptick as several seniors are moving on. With more minutes and hopefully more improvements, Gicarri’s role should be bigger in his junior season, and we hope to see him bring his steadiness into a more important spot to help Purdue basketball.