Blocks, Boards & Buckets

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Blocks, Boards & Buckets Sophomore Ae'Rianna Harris had another outstanding campaign in 2017-18, and is on an all-out assault of the Purdue record books

Harris put together one of the most statistical dominant post-player campaigns in program history in 2017-18, joining only AP National Player of the Year A'Ja Wilson of South Carolina and Binghamton's Alyssa James as the only players in NCAA Division I with 300 points, 300 rebounds and 100 blocked shots

Her 2017-18 totals make her the fifth player in Big Ten Conference history to post 300-300-100, joining Ohio State's Jessica Davenport (2004-05), Purdue assistant coach Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (2006-07), Minnesota's Amanda Zahui B (2013-14, 2014-15) and Ohio State's Alexa Hart (2014-15)

BOARDS

Harris pulled down a career-high 304 rebounds, becoming the fifth player in program history to secure at least 300 in a season and the first-ever Purdue sophomore

Her 8.9 rebounds per game is the best-ever average for a Boilermaker sophomore, No. 9 all-time at Purdue and sixth-best in the Big Ten this season

Her 491 career rebounds are the most-ever by a Boilermaker over her first two seasons, and her 7.0 rebounds per game are tied for fifth on Purdue's career record list

BLOCKS

Harris led the Big Ten Conference and tied for fifth in the NCAA with 105 blocked shots this season, becoming the third player in Purdue history to earn Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors (Kelly Komara, 2002, Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (2007). She's 1-of-3 sophomore in conference history to earn the award, joining Penn State's Tanisha Wright (2003) and Ohio State's Shavelle Little (2008)

Her 105 blocks are the most-ever by a Purdue sophomore, second-most for a Boilermaker all-time and two blocks shy of a spot in the Big Ten Conference's all-time top 10

She's the fastest player in program history to 100 career blocks, needing just 45 games to hit the mark, and is already fourth all-time at Purdue with 180 career blocks

Harris is already within 89 blocks of a spot in the all-time Big Ten top 10, and 101 shy of the Boilermakers' career record of 281, held by Wisdom-Hylton

Buckets

Harris scored 398 points this season, averaging 11.7 per game, totaling the 11th-most in program history by a Boilermaker sophomore. She was among the Big Ten's best in field goal percentage, and had one of the best individual improvements at the free throw line in school history

She finished third on the team in scoring, and 27th in the Big Ten, on her way to a Purdue sophomore record nine double-doubles, tied for seventh-most in a season all-time for the Boilermakers

She cashed in on 51.9% from the field, good for fourth-best in the Big Ten, and her 52.1% career field goal percentage is tied for seventh-best all-time at Purdue

She had one of the nation's best improvements at the free throw line, bettering her average at the charity stripe by 21.6%, hitting 76.7% in 2017-18

Harris posted her first three 20-point scoring games of her career, notching double-doubles in two of them, including a career-high 27 points on 12-of-14 shooting against Penn State

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