Recruiting Report: CaRondis Harris-Anderson (2018)
In the past five seasons, there’s only been eight Iowa guys go for 50 points in a game, and Waterloo West’s 6-foot-3 wing CaRondis Harris-Anderson is one of them.
Iowa’s 32nd-ranked 2018, Harris-Anderson has seen some lukewarm recruitment come his way over the past year, and notching 50 in game should help with the recruitment process.
North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, Northwood and Upper Iowa are schools that were reaching out to him when we last we talked with Harris-Anderson in the spring.
But, for now, recruitment isn’t something that the talented wing is thinking about too much.
“So far it’s just been North Dakota State University, Wayne State, William Penn, Bellevue, that’s pretty much the ones I could think of right now,” said Harris-Anderson, who holds one offer from William Penn.
“Actually, I haven’t thought about any colleges, though. Right now, I’m just trying to play basketball, and I’ll focus on that a little bit later in the season.”
A slasher first and foremost, Harris-Anderson is working to improve his jumper and his defense of late.
“I’ve been working a lot on my shooting, and I’ve actually been working on my handles a lot, too. And I’ve been working on my defense,” he said.
He’s taken his new and improved skill-set into his senior season, and is averaging 28.3 points and 7.3 rebounds through six games.
After a 1-2 start, the Wahawks have won three straight, and have officially started the season on a good note.
“My role is to be the leader of the team, getting everybody all on board, and getting us all on the same page. And after those two losses, we did a lot of looking in the mirror and fixing our little errors,” said Harris-Anderson.
“We weren’t pointing fingers, just looking in the mirror and fixing our own mistakes. And we’re just going to keep doing what we’re doing, keep playing good ball.”
As for his 50 point game; it came in a 94-62 win over rival Waterloo East.
“I actually approached that game knowing we had to comeback from the Cedar Falls loss. That loss made us 10 times better than what we were. And every game up to that one I had started bad, and I knew I had to fix that,” said Harris-Anderson.
“So I just knew I had to step up, and my coach believed in me, and I just handled my business.”