Andrew Vlahov
July 23, 2020
Scott Harkess
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Harvey (WA)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): 202
- Weight (KG): #N/A
- Junior Assoc: WA - Perry Lakes
- College: Emporia State University (1995–1997)
- NBL DEBUT: 19/04/97
- AGE AT DEBUT: 0
- LAST NBL GAME: 17/10/97
- NBL History: Perth 1997
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Scott Harkess was born and raised in Harvey (WA). He began playing basketball as a junior with the Perry Lakes basketball program. Harkess received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 1992. He spent one year there and played for the program’s state league team.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Scott Harkess made his NBL debut with the Perth Wildcats on 19/4/1997. He scored one point in his first NBL game.
Scott Harkess played one season in the NBL. He averaged 2.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 0.4 assists in 21 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0 | Perth | 17-13 (4) | 21 | 219 | 56 | 47 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 46 | 43% | 4 | 14 | 29% | 12 | 22 | 55% | 50% | 48% | 13 | Totals | 21 | 219 | 56 | 47 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 46 | 43.5% | 4 | 14 | 28.6% | 12 | 22 | 54.5% | 50% | 48% | 13 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0 | Perth | 17-13 (4) | 21 | 10.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 43% | 0.2 | 0.7 | 29% | 0.6 | 1.0 | 55% | 50% | 48% | 13 | Total | 21 | 10.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 43.5% | 0.0 | 28.6% | 0.2 | 0.7 | 54.5% | 50% | 48% | 13 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Mandurah 1990-1991, 1993 | AIS 1992 | Perry Lakes 1994-1997
Harkess began playing in the WA state league in 1990 with Mandurah. He spent two seasons there, averaging 9 points per game across 55 games before accepting a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport.
While at the AIS he played for the programs SEABL squad in state league competition.
Upon returning to Perth, he played a third season with Mandurah in 1993 where he averaged 15.3 points across 24 games.
Later, he was a part of the Perry Lakes Hawks squad that captured the 1994 SBL championship.
Played in 11 SBL games in 1996, averaging 20 points and 8 rebounds per game for Perry Lakes before heading to play college ball in the US.
COLLEGE
Harkess played college basketball at Emporia State University during the 1995-96 season and continued there through 1996-97, finishing his Hornets career across the 1995-97 window.
Emporia State’s year-by-year results list the 1995-96 Hornets as a 12-15 team under long-time head coach Ron Slaymaker, with the schedule including road trips to NCAA Division I Kansas State and several neutral-site games early in the season.
In that 1995-96 season, Harkess produced 268 points, a total that later remained part of Emporia State’s all-time freshman scoring list and was still cited decades later as a benchmark for first-year production in the program.
Emporia State improved to 15-12 in 1996-97, and that season became Harkess’ most decorated year at the school, as he was named to the All-MIAA Second Team while also earning NABC All-Region Second Team honours in 1997.
On the glass, Harkess authored two of Emporia State’s notable single-game rebounding marks from that 1996-97 campaign, pulling down 17 rebounds against Northwestern Oklahoma State and then grabbing 18 rebounds against Northwest Missouri in another outing that season.
The 18-rebound night against Northwest Missouri came on December 3, 1996, and remained a reference point in later Emporia State materials when comparing subsequent Hornets who approached or matched that level of rebounding output in a single game.
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