Where they are now: Amber Harris and Ta’Shia Phillips

By: Chris Behler The Xavier women’s basketball program has had many great players over the years. Ta’Shia Phillips and Amber Harris, graduates of the 2011 class, have perhaps shone the brightest among Xavier women’s basketball players in recent memory. While at Xavier, Phillips was a two-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, 2008 Rookie of the Year, 2009 A-10 Player of the Year and was selected in 2010 and 2011 as the State Farm Honorable Mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. Additionally, in 2009, 2010 and 2011, she was selected for the All-Atlantic 10 First Team. After … Continue reading Where they are now: Amber Harris and Ta’Shia Phillips

Women’s basketball duo selected in first round of WNBA draft

By: Nikhil Jelaji For the first time in 10 years, longtime teammates Amber Harris and Ta’Shia Phillips will be wearing different uniforms. Monday’s WNBA draft in Harford, Conn. was where not one, but two Xavier Musketeers were selected in the top 10. Forward Harris was selected fourth overall by the Minnesota Lynx, and Phillips was chosen eighth, joining the Washington Mystics after being traded from the Atlanta Dream. Harris and Phillips were teammates long before joining the Musketeers in 2010. They met at an AAU open gym in Indianapolis 10 years ago. The two ended up joining a Nike travel … Continue reading Women’s basketball duo selected in first round of WNBA draft