Former South Carolina women’s basketball star Ty Harris will play overseas this offseason. According to a report from the Chinese Women’s Hoop Show (an outlet that covers the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association and has broken lots of WNBA-to-WCBA news this offseason), Harris has signed a contract to join the Liaoning Flying Eagles after her WNBA season ends.
She will look to improve a team that finished 12th (out of 17) during the 2023-2024 season. The Flying Eagles hope to return to the prominence the franchise experienced when they won four championships in five seasons from 2006-2010.
Many WNBA players play overseas during the offseason to supplement their incomes and to continue working on their games in competitive environments. Harris joins fellow Gamecock legend Kamilla Cardoso (Shanghai Swordfish) in the WCBA.
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During her South Carolina career, Harris became one of the greatest Gamecocks to lace ’em up in Colonial Life Arena. Her long list of accolades includes All-American honors, three years of All-SEC selections, and an SEC All-Freshman selection. Harris also won the Dawn Staley Award and was a finalist for two National Player of the Year honors. She made two Honorable Mention All-American teams and was a Nancy Lieberman Award finalist twice, as well.
No. 52 is South Carolina’s all-time leader in games played, assists, and assist-to-turnover ratio. She won a National Championship, two SEC Championships, and three SEC Tournament Championships.
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Harris and her Connecticut Sun team are still in the WNBA Playoffs. Harris and the Sun will play an elimination game on Sunday as they trail the Minnesota Lynx two games to one. When her WNBA season ends, she will join Liaoning. The WCBA season begins officially in November.
