NEW ORLEANS – South Alabama senior guard Chaze Harris has been named Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after leading all players in scoring through the first two league games of the 2025-26 campaign.
In two road games, Harris averaged 30 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 3.0 steals per game while shooting 25-for-42 (.595) from the field in a 1-1 week for the Jaguars.
Harris opened the week with a career performance, pouring in 38 points on 16-for-22 shooting, while adding eight assists, six steals and five rebounds in nearly 47 minutes during a double-overtime comeback victory at ULM on Dec. 17. He scored 14 of South Alabama’s 25 points across the two overtime periods, including clutch free throws in the final seconds to close out the win.
In the performance, Harris became the first player in the nation this year to record at least 35 points, five assists, and five steals in a single game while shooting 70 percent or better from the floor. His 16 made field goals tied for the fourth-most in a single game in program history and marked the highest scoring output by any player in the Sun Belt this season.
Harris followed that effort with with 22 points, a team-high six rebounds, five assists, and two steals while logging nearly 40 minutes in a 67-65 setback at Texas State on Dec. 20. The Cleveland, Ohio native shot 9-for-20 from the field, extending his streak to three-consecutive games with 20 or more points.
Harris becomes the first South Alabama men’s basketball player to earn the Sun Belt’s top weekly honor since Barry Dunning Jr. and Myles Corey accomplished the feat last season.
2025-26 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 – Cooper Campbell, Troy (So., G – Puyallup, Wash.)
Week 2 – Spudd Webb, Georgia Southern (Gr., G – Hartwell, Ga.)
Week 3 –Tylik Weeks, Southern Miss (Jr., F – New York, N.Y.)
Week 4 –Justin McBride, James Madison (Jr., F – Plano, Texas)
Week 5 – Spudd Webb, Georgia Southern (Gr., G – Hartwell, Ga.)
Week 6 – Alonzo Dodd, App State (Sr., G – St. Paul, Minn.)
Week 7 – Chaze Harris, South Alabama (Sr., G – Cleveland, Ohio)