By Josh Barr

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

As Richard Harris attempted a jump shot during a game earlier this month, stroking the ball toward the basket with his right hand, two of his biggest fans turned to each other with a similar thought.

"Man, does that look familiar," Michelle Bias-Harris said to her father, James Bias, remembering a shooting motion displayed on local high school courts nearly 30 years ago. "He looked just like his uncle out there."

Like his late uncle, Len Bias, Richard Harris has a bright smile and loves his time on the basketball court. Now in his third season as a starting forward for Surrattsville High, the 6-foot-3 Harris is averaging a team-leading 14.2 points per game and hoping for a college scholarship. After winning just one game last season, the Hornets are 11-4 and aiming for a long playoff run.

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