ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ at Tuscarawas’ Gunnar Tharp, of East Canton, scored his 1000th career point on Sunday, October 28, 2018, as the Golden Eagles opened the 2018-2019 basketball season by dominating Ohio University Zanesville 132-74. Tharp, a graduate of Canton South High School, is a sophomore majoring in both criminology and justice studies and sociology. He ended the game with 14 points. The navy and gold were led by LJ Williams, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a graduate of Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy, with 22 points, while Trevor Donaldson, of Dover and a graduate of Garaway High School, scored 21 points on perfect seven for seven shooting from behind the three-point arc.
In 2017-2018, Tharp earned Honorable Mention All-American honors from the United ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵs Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). He also led the Golden Eagles in total points and finished third nationally in the USCAA with 568 points, was second in three-point shots made with 133, ranked fourth in free throw percentage at 85.9 and was 11th in scoring average with 19.6 points per game.
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ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Tuscarawas is located at 330 University Dr. NE in New Philadelphia.