Missouri Southern State University Athletics

2018-19 - Appeared in all 33 games while starting 32 of them in his first year for Missouri Southern … finished fourth in the MIAA with 159 assists and 44 steals along with a the fifth spot when it came to the assist-to-turnover ratio (2.79) and assists per game (4.8) … averaged 8.6 points per game off a field-goal percentage of 47.5, both for fifth on the team while leading in both assists and steal … scored a season-high 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor in 30 minutes of action against cross-state rival Pittsburg State (2/19) … logged double-digit assists by dishing out ten of them versus Washburn (3/16) … registered 13 other double-digit scoring outputs as well throughout the season … also part of squad that finished No. 1 in the MIAA in scoring offense (86.7), total rebounds (1,279), rebounds per game (38.76), assists (550), three-point field goals per game (10.9), free-throw attempts (730), and free throws made (531) on top of finishing top-20 in the country in ten categories: sixth in three-point field goals (966), eighth in three-point field goals made (359), 13th in total assists, 14th in three-point field goal per game, 15th in free throws made and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.49), 16th in in free-throw attempts and defensive rebounds per game (28.55), and 17th in scoring offense and total rebounds.

Prior to Southern - Tharp comes to the Lions after two years at Paris Junior College ... A Fort Wayne, Ind. native, Tharp averaged 11.9 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore ... Tharp averaged 5.2 assists per game, while starting 26 of the 28 games he played in ... Tharp helped Paris JC to a 23-8 record this past season.

High School - Tharp prepped at Concordia High School where he was a four-year starter for coach Tim Reinking and the Cadets. 

Personal - The son of Reggie Tharp and Marquetia Gatewood, Tharp plans to major in kinesiology at Southern.